Tasty Low Sodium Chili
photo by Swirling F.
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 can no-salt-added pinto beans
- 1 can no-salt-added kidney beans
- 1 can low-sodium crushed tomatoes
- 1 can low-sodium tomato puree
- 4 teaspoons oregano
- 4 tablespoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped onions
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped green peppers
directions
- Brown ground beef, rinse under water.
- Brown peppers, onion and garlic.
- Mix all ingredients in crock pot.
- Let cook at low heat for 4- 8 hours.
- Ready when you get home from work!
Questions & Replies
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What size cans beans, tomato puree and crushed tomatoes are used -
what is sodium content per serving and what amount is a serving? -
4 or 8 hours on Low?? -
What size canned beans? -
Do you drain any of the canned ingredients?
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Reviews
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This is perhaps the biggest life saver I have ever come across. Good, Low sodium food is very hard to come by. This recipie takes the cake! Be sure to stick to the measurements, as adding too much gives the chilli a rather large kick. If you stick to the recipie though it should come out sweet, with just a bit of a nip to it. Thank you nesta! :)
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I made this for Xmas Eve, as the host of the house we went to was on an extremely low sodium diet. I was really pretty worried about how it would come out, considering the amount of salt that is normally found in tomato paste and beans. I used only no salt tomato products and cooked my own dried beans. I brought a salt shaker along for those who needed it. It came out far better than I expected, and this will be my base recipe from now on. Not nearly as bland as one might expect. But 3 Tablespoons of garlic powder? My wife would kill me for putting that much garlic in anything.
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Well, I made a lot of changes, but it was a great starting point.Would rather not include a star rating, but have no choice.<br/>Used ground turkey instead of beef, black beans instead of pinto, tomato sauce instead of puree, a whole lot of sauteed chopped garlic as well as garlic powder, habanero sauce instead of tabasco, less paprika and cumin, and added ground habanero to the cayenne. Certainly did not add the salt! Fiery good.<br/>Next time, will avoid the cans and use actual beans. -
If I wanted to make a batch with 2 pounds of beef instead of 1, should I tweak the other ingredients or still use the same amount? Specifically the seasonings? -
it said "2" Tablespoons garlic powder.
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Tweaks
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I used ground turkey and left out the salt. Still was delicious!
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We used cooked rump roast already in the freezer, and then tweaked from what was in the pantry. Since we are just now learning low-sodium cooking, some of our ingredients did contain salt, so we added no additional salt in preparing the chili. Using canned beans from the pantry, we included one can of black beans, and one can of white chili beans, drained and rinsed thoroughly. These were 15 1/2 ounce cans. We used a 28-ounce can of crushed tomatoes, a 6-ounce can of tomato paste, and a 15 1/2-ounce can of diced tomatoes, which we puréed in the blender because my husband does not care for chunks of tomatoes. I found the resulting mixture very thick and difficult to stir, so I added reduced sodium chicken broth already open in the refrigerator. Any flavor broth for this purpose will not overwhelm the flavor of the chili, IMO. For the spices, I used a combination of sweet paprika and smoked paprika to reach the full 4 tablespoons. I used dried minced onions instead of onion powder. I did make one mistake, however. Because we like fresh garlic, I went overboard on the garlic, so about two hours into the cooking, I cut a potato into large cubes and added it to the chili to adjust the flavors, and it worked just fine. The result, despite all the tweaks, it was delicious! -
How much sodium is in this recipe? I'm trying to find a recipe that I can make for my grandpa who is on a low sodium diet!
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Well, I made a lot of changes, but it was a great starting point.Would rather not include a star rating, but have no choice.<br/>Used ground turkey instead of beef, black beans instead of pinto, tomato sauce instead of puree, a whole lot of sauteed chopped garlic as well as garlic powder, habanero sauce instead of tabasco, less paprika and cumin, and added ground habanero to the cayenne. Certainly did not add the salt! Fiery good.<br/>Next time, will avoid the cans and use actual beans.
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