Quick Beef and Pinto Bean Chili
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Total time: 22 min • Prep: 14 min • Cook: 8 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Chili doesn't get any easier than this - we used lots of well-spiced convenience foods to boost the recipe's flavour and minimise prep and cooking times.
Ingredients
Frozen mixed vegetables (corn, lima beans, snap beans, green peas, and carrots)
1 package(s)
Uncooked 93% lean ground beef
1 pound(s)
Canned diced tomatoes
14½ oz
Canned crushed tomatoes
1 cup(s)
Chili powder
2 tsp(s)
Dried oregano
¼ tsp(s)
Table salt
½ tsp(s)
Black pepper
¼ pinch(es)
Canned pinto beans
15 oz
Olive oil cooking spray
1 spray(s)
Garlic
1 clove(s), small
Instructions
1
Coat a large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Add garlic and frozen vegetable mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables thaw and any liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. Add beef, breaking up clumps with back of a spoon; brown beef, stirring frequently, about 2 minutes.
2
Add diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, chili powder, oregano, salt, black pepper and beans; cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, until some liquid evaporates and chili thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Yield about 1 1/4 cups per serving.
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