Solar Oven Recipes: Easy Chili with Beans

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Ingredients:

• 2 (regular size) cans of tomatoes, (whole, crushed, diced, pureed whichever you prefer.)
• 2 packets of chili seasoning (McCormick or store brand)
• 1 lb ground beef
• 3-4 tbsp of dried chopped onions
• 1 ½ tbsp of Salt
• 2 beef bullion cubes
• 4-5 cups of pre cooked beans (pinto or whatever mix you may like.)
• 1 tablespoon of pepper flakes (if so desired)

Steps:

• Pre heat Solar Cooker or Oven (If you want to cook faster consider using two solar cookers)
• After 15 minutes of pre heating put your ground meat and ½ tbsp salt into one of the solar cookers and position towards sun. Time for twenty minutes
• In a bowl empty the two cans of tomatoes (if using whole tomatoes chop or blend to create small chunks)
• Add half can of water from each can into tomatoes (in order to clean out can)
• Stir in the chili seasoning packets (1 ½ packets can be used for milder flavor)
• Add 3-4 tbsp of chopped dry onions, 1tbsp salt, bullion cubes and pre cooked beans. (The bullion cubes do not need to be dissolved before hand.)
• Add pepper flakes if you prefer a spicier chili.
• At twenty minutes stir and crumble your cooking ground beef into small pieces and re-cover pot. Reset timer for another 20 to 30 minutes.
• Pour all of the tomato/bean mix into the second solar pot and cover, position towards sun.
• When timer sounds the meat should be fully cooked, pour out excess grease then crumble meat to smaller size.
• Add already cooked meat to chili mixture, stirring and mixing all ingredients well. Recover the pot and reposition towards sun.
• Cook for about 3 ½ to 5 hours stirring only once at the most.

*Uncover pot as little as possible in order to retain higher heat levels for better cooking results.

Result:
Chili should be dark in color due to long, slow cooking time. Flavor is enhanced when allowed to stew for longer time.

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