Pretty Easy Chili Recipe
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans, drained
- 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, broken apart by hand
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can tomato soup (optional)
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt
- 1 pinch cracked black pepper to taste
- 4 fluid ounces beer
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, onion, and garlic in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Transfer beef mixture to a slow cooker.
- Stir pinto beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato soup into beef mixture.
- Mix chili powder, sugar, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, and pepper together in a bowl; stir into beef mixture. Add beer.
- Cook on Low, 6 to 8 hours.