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lean meat chili takes several minutes to prepare.

lean meat chili takes several minutes to cook.

lean meat chili makes 18 servings.

The ingredients for lean meat chili are:

2 pounds 97% lean ground beef
1 large yellow onion, diced
2 medium cloves garlic, crushed
2 - 3 ribs of clelery, washed and finely diced
1 - 6 oz can tomato paste
1- 15.5 oz (or larger if desired) diced tomatoes
1 - 26.5 oz can hunt's meat spaghetti sauce
4 - 15.5 oz. cans pinto beans
1 Carroll Shelby's Chili kit ( I remove salt to lessen sodium)
1 tbsp chili powder

Here is how you make lean meat chili:

In a skillet toss ground beef, onion, garlic, and celery until meat has cooked and set aside.In a large dutch oven, all other ingredients and except the masa from the chili kit. Stir in the meat mixture. Cook overmedium heat until it begins to bubble then stir in the masauntil it is well blended. reduce heaat and continue cooking another 5 minutes stirring occassionally.serve hot with whole wheat toast or crackersNumber of Servings: 18Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JANEINE.

The nutritional information for lean meat chili is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 18
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 182.1

• Total Fat: 9.3 g
• Cholesterol: 34.8 mg
• Sodium: 520.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 43.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
• Protein: 12.4 g