Sweet and Spicy Chili

This chili recipe is A huge family favorite. Sweet flavor from the baked beans and Heat from the ground beef! I brought this to the Ormond Family reunion last weekend and I heard “this chili is AWESOME” multiple times! People were having it on their hamburgers and hot dogs and some just had a big bowl with some tortilla chips! This makes a BIG batch. It will feed the Ormond’s, a small army or your local fire department! No matter who gets this they will love it!

INGREDIENTS
2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon to 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper. Make it as hot as you like, taste as you go.
2 packet’s medium spice chili seasoning, low sodium, (I use a gluten free brand)
2 cans diced tomatoes (do not drain)14.5 ounce
1 medium onion, diced
2 (28 ounces of original Bush’s Baked Beans
2 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
3/4 cup real maple syrup
2/3 cup ketchup
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine diced onion,  beans, mustard, maple syrup, ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Pout into a 9×13 baking dish, cover with foil and bake for one hour. Remove foil and cook for 35 more minutes. In a large stock pot, add your ground beef and cook through crumbling the beef as you go. When it it almost cooked through drain the fat from the ground beef and add the chili seasoning and water. Add the cayenne pepper a little at a time and taste as you go and get the desired amount of heat.mix well. Add the two cans of tomatoes, mixing well. When the beans have finished cooking, add the beans into the ground beef mixture and mix well. Remove from heat and serve warm.

Enjoy,