I am a bigger fan of Taco Soup, but this was good chili! The few changes I made was....one can of rotel rather than crushed tomatoes. I used one can of pintos and one of spicy chili beans rather than two cans of pintos. (I really like kidney beans, but didn’t have any on hand). I too like a thicker chili, so rather than two cans of chicken broth, I used chicken granules, dissolved in 1/2 C of water. I threw in a beef bouillon cube to the chicken granules. I cooked this in the crockpot on low for 8 hours. This had a great kick to it!! I took an easy route and served with crackers. For left-overs tonight, I am going to serve with grilled cheese sandwiches. Very good.....thanks!

Reviewed On: Mar. 1, 2009

This was really quick and good and I had most of the ingredients on hand. I used whole wheat pasta, one can of tomato soup, and one can of rotel. I used frozen onion, and one package of taco seasoning. As an extra kick, I added black and red pepper (we like it spicy) and extra cheese. I used 12 oz of Mexican Blend cheese. I stirred half of the cheese in the beef mixture, with the remaining 6 oz on top. I baked this in the oven for 20 minutes and added the crushed chips as I served my family, with extra chips and salsa on the side.

Reviewed On: Mar. 1, 2009

We love this recipe and make it every couple of weeks. I use 1 tsp of liquid smoke; 3 tsp of Worcestershire; ½ tsp of minced garlic; 1 Lakefront Eastside Dark Beer (or whatever DARK beer is available!) Do not use anything but dark!; 1 can of Campbell’s French Onion soup w/ beef stock; 1 can of double rich Campbell’s Beef Broth, 1 tsp of black pepper; 1 tsp of salt and then a 3 ½ to 4 pound roast. I have used both rump roasts and sirloin tip roasts. I am a working Mom, so I put all of my ingredients in the crock pot at night and place it in the refrig…..in the morning before I leave for work, I flip the roast and cook for 8 to 10 hours on low. We eat this on many varieties of sandwich rolls, but we always toast them. My boys like for me to drain all of the juice off of the sandwich, but my husband like the messier version w/ lots of juice. I always add a slice of cheese to each sandwich, based on our individual preference. Leftover are great, but this freezes well too!!!!! A BASIC in our house.

Reviewed On: Jan. 4, 2009