Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2012

I made certain changes to this recipe. I used 2 cans of chili and 1 can of kidney beans, one can of diced tomatoes and a 1/4 of tomato ketchup, a pound and a half of hamburger and one chopped onion and I used the 1/4 tsp of chili powder. My recipe came out perfectly fine and wasn't watery. I just thought 5 cans of beans seemed like too much. Mine seemed to strike a perfect balance between beans and meat.

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BigSky

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Whitetail, Montana, USA

Living In: Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2012

This recipe requires so many alterations to make it taste like something other than tomato bean soup that there is no way to give it a good rating as chili. I often read the reviews for tips and tricks to improve even a great recipe. I made this twice having to add 6times the chili powder, cutting the beans in half, adding additional seasonings to give it flavor and then I finally realized, I was creating a new recipe! Making this chili as is will create a very bland, very watery, bean and tomato concoction, not chili.

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SCATNEY

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Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2011

Made this recipe & it was AWESOME, I LOVED IT, needless to say, this is my new chili recipe :).

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hoosiermom1959

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Wabash, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 17, 2011

I LOVE THIS RECIPE! I'm a very hesitant beginner cook and I've now made this at least 10 times and my family and I really enjoy it. It's a little different every time, but it always turns out well. Seems like you can't really mess it up..... just my kind of recipe. Enjoy!

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Shoshanna

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Arcata, California, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2011

This made a pretty good chili. My one complaint is that the recipe didn't have enough chili powder.

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colinorheidi

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2011

I used one can of chili beans in sauce, can of Rotel, can of tomato sauce, and some kidney beans I soaked over night. I like my chili thicker so I just added some water so it wouldn't dry out while I left it in the slow cooker for 6 hours. I found mine to be just fine for an easy night. Served with corn bread and it was a hearty meal. Thanks for sharing.

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Dancing Queen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Fresno, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2011

Loved this chili. It's so easy to make too. It is kinda hard to mess up chili, though...I mean you can add pretty much whatever you want to it as long as you have the main ingrediants of meat and beans. I add celery sometimes, different bell peppers for taste and colour, few different spices. You just have to mess around a bit with ingrediants or add or subtract whatever tastes you do or dont like!

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nbourque81

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2011

I agree with many of the other ratings. 3 cans of beans not 5 (drained). I put 2 Tablespoons of chili powder because I like it spicy. I also found that it tasted better the next day after all the flavors melded. Perfect for chili size topped with cheese or sour cream.

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goldendd

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Rosemead, California, USA

Living In: Rowland Heights, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2011

Used 1 40oz can of kidney beans instead, cut the pepper and the onion, added 2 cans tomato paste, salted, peppered, used garlic powder to taste and 3tbs chili powder. Also used 2lbs ground beef instead!

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A.Gravelyn

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2011

Bravo! I really loved this. I used a small can of Manwich sauce inplace of one of the cans of tomato sauce. It along withe spices gave the dish some extra kick!

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