How to Make a Big Batch of Chili

Big Batch Chili Cooking:

Hope House Chili (30 Servings @ 16 oz ea) serve over rice or noodles to double the servings
Ingredients:
10 pounds of ground meat (beef, chicken, turkey, or a combination of any two or three; recommend that you cook the meat the day before to shorten prep time
16-quart pot and lid
2 tbsp Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil or Bacon Grease!
Can Count:
17 – 15.5 ounce cans of assorted beans: red kidney beans, black beans, navy beans, chili beans, pinto beans, and white kidney beans
4 – 28 ounce cans of tomatoes: crushed, chopped, stewed, and whole tomatoes
1 – 5 ounce can of tomato paste
Optional: 4 cans of sweet corn, garbanzo beans, or chickpeas; red peppers for a spicier chili
1 tablespoon salt or to taste
1/4 to 1/3 Beef powder (Knorr) or 1/2 cup Beef paste
6 to 8 packets of chili mix or 1 cup of McCormick Chili Mix (optional add 1 to 2 tablespoons Cumin)
1 to 2 large green peppers chopped
1 large onion (red, yellow, or white)
1 to 2 heaping tablespoons minced garlic or one to two bulbs of fresh garlic chopped
1/2 to 1 bunch of celery chopped including the leaves

Cook for 6 to 8 hrs on low on the stove or crockpot. Instapot will take less than an hour. Follow your Instapot directions for beans or chili.

This is the chili I prepare for the homeless ministry at my “home away from home” church, Lake Gibson United Methodist Church Lakeland, FL. This chili is delicious and very filling. You can stretch the number of servings by serving over rice. We also included cornbread and large chocolate chip cookies with this meal.

We provided a hot meal (4 meals total) every other week for 8 weeks. We were not yet vaccinated at the time. So, we did not stay to serve the guests at Hope House Ministry. The weeks that we did not cook, we collected clothing, snacks, and toiletries for the guests.

If you would like to make a donation to Hope House Ministry, please, send a check or money order to:
Lakeland United Methodist Church – 424 W Daughtery Rd, Lakeland, FL 33809
Write “Hope House Ministry” at the bottom of the check or money order. Donations in any amount will be greatly appreciated.

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