STEAK AND SHAKE CHILI
(the original recipe)

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 pounds ground beef*
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (10.5 oz) can condesnde cream of onion soup
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (15 oz) can kidney beans, undrained**
1 cup coke cola (not diet type)
1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
1 (6 oz) can tomato paste

Heat oil in Dutch oven. Add crumbled beef and salt. Pack firmly in skillet and cover. Cook over low heat 20 minutes. Drain.

Put soup in blender; blend 1 minute. Add soup to beef. Mash beef until it looks like rice. Cover and let simmer 5 minutes.

Place beef mixture in a crock pot. Add chili powder, cumin, cocoa powder, pepper, beans, cola, tomato sauce, and tomato paste.

Cover and simmer on low for 6 hours or on high for 2 hours.

*Draining the fat from the cooked beef before adding the onion soup can reduce the calories in each serving to about 350 and the fat in each serving to about 13 grams.

**The original recipe called for a 21-ounce can of beans, which is no longer available. You can add more beans, but should drain them.

Servings: 6
Source: Jackson posted to Recipes BB