Reviewed: May 21, 2012

Awesome...we make this all the time!

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Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2012

Chad-This stew is FANTASTIC.. My family LOVED it. My husband is on a low sodium diet, so I used low sodium taco seasoning and low sodium tomatoes. I only used half of the ranch dressing mix, and it tasted wonderful. Just the right amount of ingredients, and my family liked that it wasn't too beany. Modifications I made were 14oz can of crushed tomatoes instead of 28 oz, and added 2 cans of diced tomatoes with garlic, fire roasted reduced sodium! I used Heiniken beer, and it didn't taste like beer at all. Many thanks for a wonderful recipe. When it was sitting in the crock pot ready to heat overnight, my husband wanted a bowl. I warmed it through on the stovetop, and he loved that the peppers were *al dente*. So it doesn't even have to slow cook!! :)

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Andromeda1

Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2012

My wife and friends absolutely love this dish!

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JKNeterer

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

Pretty good

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Daysee

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Helena, Montana, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2011

I love the soup and so did everybody else. I had to print the recipe for my aunt. The only thing I different was use turkey sausage and no peppers. I don't like spicy food so I didn't chance it. Next time I may add more ground beef and sausage. We ate that so fast I barely had seconds. I feel the same somebody else do on these reviews. You can't make a review on some changes you did and give it less that recipe deserves because you decided to change something. Try the recipe as it is and then rated if you have negative stuff to say. I am sure I feel the same way if I like spicy food and did it as it. I really didn't make many change just no peppers or hot sausage. Thanks and I love the soup. Everybody is asking for it again. Don't know what the beer did but I added that too.

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Chocolatecreamy

Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2011

HELP!! Chad - do you mean bottled chili sauce - like catsup? that you use with seafood/shrimp? doesn't seem right OR am I completely off base??

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Katherine

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2011

This is tremendous. The only change I made was I used the spicy chili beans,undrained, in lieu of the kidney beans and 1/2 c. chili sauce. Very very very good. We crumbled Doritos and shredded cheddar on top when we ate it. Delicious! I bet sour cream and green onions on top would be excellent as well!

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Barbara

Reviewed: Aug. 16, 2011

Easy and wonderful. I have frozen my left overs for a cool Fall day. I can't wait!

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bigbluemoose

Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2011

Meh. This was "OK." While I don't think this was terrible, I wouldn't race to make it again (sorry!). Fullly expecting TONS of leftovers, I plan to serve them sometime in the near future (again, this is not THAT bad). I'll have to serve this on a night when I can invite my parents or friends over for dinner tho... my hubby didn't care for this at all (he thought this was too beany / bland). For me, this was super tangy, almost too tangy. To my surprise, I could taste no spice whatsoever. I don't think using hot tomatoes & green chilies, a hot chile sauce or a hotter variety pepper would make a noticeable difference either, so I won't be reattempting this to find out. Another surprise? The beer was totally unnoticeable. I even used a dark, flavorful beer as directed (Bischof premium black lager is all my hubs could find at the Italian market we grocery shopped at this weekend). Serving bowlfuls garnished with Frito's, cubed avocado and shredded Mexican-blend cheese added a nice touch (this seemed more like chili to me, hence the idea). This just needs more spice to appeal to me / us. Thanks for sharing your idea tho, Chad! :-)

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: De Soto, Missouri, USA

Living In: Elgin, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2011

I won 1st place in a chili cookoff with this recipe. I lightened up on the chili sauce by using 1/4 cup instead of the full 1/2 cup of which the recipe calls for. Thx Chad! Good stuff! ~Danielle

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