Chili Beef with Beans

Preparation info
  • Four to six

    servings.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 medium-sized onions, chopped (about cups)

Method

  1. Melt the butter in a skillet and add the onions and garlic. Cook, stirring, until onions wilt. Add the meat, salt, pepper, chili powder, and cumin seeds. Break up the meat with the edge of a long-handled kitchen spoon. Cook for 10 minutes.

  2. Add the tomatoes and sugar. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes more.

  3. Add the beans, cover again, an