Beanless Beef Chili Sauce

Beef chili sauce as a condiment was created out of frugality. Burger joints that use fresh ground beef are often left with a daily dilemma: what to do with unused beef at the end of the day. Beef chili is the perfect solution because it can be refrigerated for up to a week or kept in the freezer for six months. And it tastes great on a cheeseburger.

The history of the chili-topped burger is not well documented, but all roads seem to lead to Los Angeles, California, where arguably it