Chili con Carne

Description:
Mier bought a recipe magazine with Chili con Carne on the cover. Definitely a great picture to make me salivate and crave for some. Good thing I had some red beans stashed here and had all the ingredients ready for cooking. We invited my sister, Mabel, and her husband, Mackie, over to share it with us. Yum! AND lots of leftover afterwards too.

Ingredients:
1 pack red beans soaked overnight
1/2 k ground beef
garlic
onions
1 small pack tomato paste
1 pack tomato sauce
cumin powder
chili powder
dried oregano
salt
pepper
grated cheese
strips of lettuce
crushed taco shells

Directions:
1. Make sure that red beans are soaked overnight and soft before cooking.
2. Saute garlic and onions in hot oil.
3. Add ground beef and season with a little patis (or salt but I find patis tastier). Simmer until beef is brown all over. Stir to make sure that beef does not clump together.
4. Place red beans in a slow cooker. Add the cooked ground beef, tomato paste, tomato sauce, cumin powder, chili powder, dried oregano and season with salt and pepper. Mix it thoroughly and place in high.
5. Cook until beans are tender. You can add water if you want a thinner consistency.
6. Place on a bowl and garnish with grated cheese, strips of lettuce and crushed taco shells.