The question is, “how do you feed a crowd on a budget?” We use a big electric turkey roaster instead of a crock pot, the crock pot isn’t big enough for us.
1 pound ground beef, browned with 2 chopped onions
1 gal can tomatoe sauce
1 gal can diced tomatoes
(2) 1 gal cans pinto beans, or one each of pinto and black beans
spices to your liking- chili powder, cajun seasoning, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper
put all in roaster at noon, turn on 350, serve around 5, stir every once in awhile
we also serve grated cheese, chopped jalapenos and sour cream as toppings, and cornbread muffins on the side, you can cook some of them with added cheese and jalapenos
you can serve chili in styrofoam cups with plastic spoons if you need easy clean up
this should easily serve 30 people unless my son Beau is one of them 🙂
We are THAT family says
I love chili. Haven’t tried it this way. Thanks for the tip.
Briggie says
I love Chili and yes, your recipe will certainly feed a crowd! I make a Vegetarian version, not that we’re Vegetarian’s, I just like using all the squashes in the fall. I omit the beef and saute up zucchini, yellow squash, butternut squash, frozen corn, green beans, eggplant and use both chili beans and kidney beans….mmmm good stuff!
Cindy says
Hi Penny, I was surprised to see you at WFMW since you were so busy! Still praying that it’s all coming together for you. 🙂
Blessings,
Cindy