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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5086018" data-attributes="member: 8835">most folks like my wife's chili.  It ain't overly spicy, but that's just a few more peppers away.  It scores nicely on the weight watchers point system, as well  The basics are:1 pound of ground hamburger (or lean turkey burger)a can of tomato sauce, tomatoa paste, and diced tomatoes (drained)1 chopped up onionsome chopped up garlic clovessome chili powder1 jalapeno pepper sliced upchopped up bell peppersbeans (not baked beans) kidney, and other types, usually from a can, drainedbrown the meat, throw it all in a crockpot, and let it cook all day.I'm glossing over some stuff, but that's the basics.  You could take those steps and fine tune it for your own tastes.  There might be a few more seasonings, but I can't recall.According to legend, reall chili has no beans.  whatever.different beans, different meats change the taste.I've seen cubed steak used, that was pretty good, actually...You want to drain all the watery stuff, it'll make your chili very runny.  The diced tomatoes will add their own water...The tomoto sauce is your basic filler, the paste will become sauce, as it soaks up water, and the diced tomatoes adds more solid matter and water (think of the paste as the water counter-agent).Anyway, my basic directions will give you a launchpad for making your own version.</blockquote>