Chili Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 6 cups cold water
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 8 ounces canned tomato sauce
• 4 tablespoons mild chili powder
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon instant minced onion, dried
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, granulated
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon table salt

Recipe

• 1 brown the meat in a 4-qt dutch oven. when browned, pour off excess grease except for 2 tablespoons.
• 2 in a 2-qt mixing bowl, add water. whisk in cornstarch until fully blended. whisk in flour until fully blended. whisk in tomato sauce until fully blended.
• 3 stir into the water mixture the chili powder, paprika, dried onion, cumin, garlic powder, black pepper and salt. mix well.
• 4 add water mixture to meat in dutch oven.
• 5 bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer.
• 6 simmer 45-minutes. stir well and scrape bottom of pot every 5-minutes to prevent burning. the chili will darken and thicken by the end of cooking.