Easy Chili

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb lean ground turkey
• 1 envelope chili seasoning mix (i prefer mccormick's)
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 (15 ounce) cans ranch style beans (or your favorite beans)
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 3/4 cup small elbow macaroni or 4 ounces spaghetti noodles, broken into pieces (optional)

Recipe

• 1 brown meat and drain off any grease (i use turkey so i don't have extra grease) in a stew pot or dutch-oven pot.
• 2 sprinkle chili mix over meat, stir to mix.
• 3 add tomatoes, tomato sauce, beans, and water.
• 4 stir well.
• 5 add small elbow macaroni noodles or broken spaghetti noodles, if desired.
• 6 simmer for 20 minutes, or until noodles are done.
• 7 stir occasionally to prevent sticking to bottom of pot.