My Bizzy Kitchen

Cincinnati Chili

One of the things I like most about Cincinnati chili is that there are no huge chunks of tomatoes (it uses tomato sauce as its base) and I leave those damn onions away!   And I love the flavor combination with the cinnamon and allspice!

The first time I had chili mac was at a Steak and Shake – with spaghetti, cheddar cheese and kidney beans.  Now you could add diced onions to yours if you are weird and like onions!

Cincinnati Chili  adapted courtesy of CooksCountry!

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• salt to taste
• 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons cidar vinegar (love this!)
• 1 teaspoons dark brown sugar
• 1.5 pounds 85% lean ground beef

1. Heat heavy pot over medium-high heat.  Add garlic, tomato paste, chili powder, oregano, cinnamon, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper and allspice and cook until fragrant – about a minute.  Stir in chicken broth, tomato sauce, vinegar and sugar.
2. Add beef and stir to break it up.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until until chili is deep brown and slightly thickened, about 20 minutes.  Season with salt if necessary.  Keep refrigerated for three days or frozen for up to 2 months). 

So good! From beginning to end, dinner was ready in just about 1/2 hour

So this batch made 9 cups so I made each serving 1 1/8 cups which comes in at:

• 283 calories
• 20 fat
• 8.1 carbs
• 2.1 fiber
• 17.6 protein

I made my serving with 6 ounces of cooked spaghetti, one serving of chili, 1/4 cup light kidney beans and 1/2 ounce cheddar jack cheese:

My plate comes in at 644 calories, 27 grams of fat and 65 carbs

Stats for the Day!

• 1393 calories
• 51 fat
• 156 carbs
• 33% of calories from fat
• 22% of calories from protein
• 45% of calories from carbs
• Day 20 of 30 day shred
• 5 minute treadmill after shred
• 20 minute walk with Ed after dinner
• 10 minutes of putting together the garbage and recycle – I am counting that as exercise!

Off to make quinoa, spinach zucchini lasagna for my lunch tomorrow.  This comes out really good in my head – hopefully it will turn out okay!

See you in the morning!