Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2010

Excellent recipe! Like others, I added 2 tsp. of brown sugar, more chili powder and cayenne pepper. I also thickened the chili using two tsp. of corn starch. My wife loved it! My recommendation is to also make Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread, an excellent recipe from allrecipes.com. It's easy to make and can easily be done while the chili is cooking in the slow cooker. Good luck!

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zoltman

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Toledo, Ohio, USA

Living In: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2010

This was a great recipe but I changed it somewhat for my husbands liking. Instead of the Mexican-style stewed tomatoes I used 2 cans of tomato sauce to make it thicker. Instead of the red bell pepper I used two Serrano peppers to make it extra spicy. I added some minced garlic and left out the red wine because I didn't have any handy! It turned out wonderful! The peppers make it very hot, so beware if you aren't used to really spicy things.

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Audrey

Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2010

I found the wine and vinegar made the chilli taste sour. Did not like it at all.

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Sippley

Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2010

This is a great recipe. I like onions so I added 1/2 cup to the recipe. I will make this recipe again, it's a keeper.

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soupy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 6, 2010

This was excellent... My family and I have wanted chili for a few weeks now and it was delicious, Im 9 months pregnant with my 3rd and I get nauseous easily but I ate 2 bowls of this! And my kids are super picky and loved it! Though I use one less can of the mexican style tomatoes, they were a bit hot for my kids :-)

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BrookLee

Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2010

I have been using this recipe for a while and I think it's the best I've ever had. I reduce the red wine vinegar to 1-2 tablespoons, and I add a whole sweet onion. I'm really into the flavor more than "heat" and this one has great flavor. I normally make this on the stove top instead of the crock, and I have used ground turkey or pork sausage and it comes out great either way. Thanks for this GREAT recipe!

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Randy

Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2010

Forgot the red wine, good nevertheless.

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VIVNIDHI

Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2010

For any chili recipe, I always add a small can of tomato paste to thicken it up! And I always usechopped onions!

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Mew0116

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2010

My whole family thinks this is the BEST chili they have ever had!!

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becca

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2010

This was my very first ever homemade chili... It was very filling.went good with a garden salad (even my husband likes it) I only had 1 can of the stewed tomatoes (which was not mexican style) so I added some tomatoe paste and mix that in..... now i can have left overs as well

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