Chris' Chili

• servings: 14 servings
• active time: 30 minutes
• total time: 2 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

¼ cup bacon grease (see notes)

1 ½ pounds boneless beef round steak, cut into 1/3-inch cubes

1 ½ pounds beef sirloin steak, cut into 1/3-inch cubes

1 ½ cups onion soup, prepared from a packet of dry onion soup mix

3 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans, undrained

1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce

1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

1 tablespoon chili powder

2 teaspoons ground cumin

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

1 cup cola soft drink (such as Coke®)

1 tablespoon yellow sport pepper sauce (such as Texas Petes's®)

2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions

Place bacon grease into a large stainless steel soup pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir cubed round and sirloin steak meat in hot bacon grease until well browned, about 10 minutes. Pour in onion soup and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 7 minutes, stirring to dissolve any browned flavor bits from the bottom of the pot.

Stir in kidney beans, tomato sauce, tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently to avoid burning the bottom. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Stir in cola, pepper sauce, and cocoa. Simmer until flavors blend, about 20 more minutes. Serve hot.

Nutrition

• Calories: 305 kcal
• Total Fat: 11 g
• Saturated Fat: 4 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 69 mg
• Sodium: 710 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 20 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7 g
• Total Sugars: 4 g
• Protein: 32 g