In Detroit, chili is more of a sauce to spread on chili dogs (coney dogs) and chili cheese fries. My recipe is pretty simple and easy to make. The key is blitzing everything in the food processor to make it a slightly chunky sauce.
- 4-5 cans of beans, your choice (red kidney beans, black beans, chili beans with sauce, pinto beans, even garbanzo beans)
- 1 can of fire-roasted tomatoes
- 1/2 to 1 lb of ground beef
- 1 packet of McCormick chili seasoning (you could add your own, too)
Cook the ground beef and crumble into small pieces. Add beans and seasonings. {I drain the black beans and garbanzo beans, but skip draining the rest.} Mix well and cook for a few minutes to combine.
Next, dump into your blender or food processor and blitz in batches until chunky, not perfectly smooth. This step usually takes a few batches to blend everything. Put back in pot and warm through on stove. That’s it. 🙂