My mom has made the same chili recipe for as long as I can remember. In my three decades on this planet, I’ve never come across one quite like it. It has a unique ingredient that takes some by pleasure and some by surprise…but to me, it’s perfectly normal 🙂 Let me know if you can guess it!

Any and all soups, stews or chili recipes make my belly full and my whole body warm & cozy. This is such a feel-good meal served best with crackers or cornbread – chef’s choice! How we nourish our bodies is completely up to us, so to my vegans I recommend using Beyond Beef or Impossible Burgers + vegan butter as substitutes!

My Mom’s Chili Recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef

1 large onion chopped fine

2 or 3 cloves of garlic chopped fine (garlic powder also works)

1/2 stick butter

2 cups hot water

1 tsp. salt

2 Tbsp. flour

4-6 Tbsp. chili powder

1 can chili beans

1 can tomato sauce

and 1 handful Spaghetti pasta, broken into 3 sections

Instructions

1. Melt butter in skillet.
2. Add meat, onions, garlic. Cook until meat loses red color.
3. Add water. Cook covered for 10 minutes.
4. Make paste of flour and chili powder by adding a little water to them (the paste should look like the consistency pictured above). Add to meat.
5. Add beans, tomato sauce, spaghetti pasta. Cook for 15 minutes or until pasta is done.
6. Enjoy!

Serves 8 – 10. Preparing the day before planning to serve improves flavor.

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