Keith’s Chili with Shopping and Cooking Tips

Keith’s Chili

1 onion
3 cloves of garlic
500g ground beef
3 400g cans of chopped tomatoes
500g dried red kidney beans soaked over night and cooked
cumin, chili powder, curry powder, basil, garlic powder, salt, pepper to taste (use any or all)

Chop onions and garlic, fry in large pot with oil. Add beef when tender, fry until brown. Drain the grease. Add the beans, tomatoes and spices. Simmer for 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning.

For this recipe, I call for 500g of kidney beans, soaked and cooked. This violates the 30 minute rule, but canned kidney beans here have sugar in them and that ruins the taste, in my opinion. Soaking the beans overnight and cooking for an hour ahead of time, makes it easier.

I get the ground beef in the Hofer in Hainburg, I’ve heard that Carrefour has decent meat, too.

I prefer the Valfrutta brand of chopped tomatoes (Krajena Rajcata).

I have not found cumin in either Slovakia or Austria that imparts the right flavor. Net Grocer is easy and keeping spices in the cupboard is easy, so I figured this is good enough reason to still include this recipe.