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For today's edition of Book Nerd Bites I will be featuring...
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Since I kind of have a Darkest Minds thing going on this month, I figured I had to try and include it for this feature as well! I recently did a reread of the whole series and in the first book, there is a scene around the campfire at East River where they are having chili for supper.
So for my post for the month, I'm going to share a recipe for chili that I just recently made! It was my first time making chili and I kind of just went through a bunch of recipes on pinterest and did a pick-and-choose thing to figure out what ingredients I wanted in my chili.
Ingredients:
-2 lbs of ground hamburger
-1 medium/large onion
-2 cloves of garlic
-1 (15) oz can of tomato sauce
-1 tsp garlic salt
-2 Tbsp chili powder
-1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp pepper
-1 can Rotel
-2 (15) oz cans beans
(I used 1 dark red kidney bean and 1 light red kidney beans)
1-2 c. water or beef broth
Tips:
Don't drain the beans or the Rotel.
Regular pepper is probably optional, just because I forgot to add it when I made this.
I added like 1.5 cups of water and I feel like that was too much.
Instructions:
Brown the meat and crumble. Drain it if it's too greasy.
Cook onions and garlic until it's done. I don't know what point it's done at because I apparently didn't think that was important in my notes I wrote down.
Pour all of the ingredients into the crockpot.
Mix thoroughly.
Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours.
The longer the better.
Top with cheddar cheese, sour cream, crackers, whatever you like.
I like an incredibly disgusting amount of cheddar cheese and crushed Fritos on my chili.
What do you like in your chili? Have I convinced you to read this book yet with all my posts this month? If I haven't, I might have to try harder in the future!
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