Pretty Easy Chili

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans, drained
• 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, broken apart by hand
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can tomato soup (optional)
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
• 2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 1 pinch cracked black pepper to taste
• 4 fluid ounces beer

Directions

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, onion, and garlic in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Transfer beef mixture to a slow cooker.

Stir pinto beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato soup into beef mixture.

Mix chili powder, sugar, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, and pepper together in a bowl; stir into beef mixture. Add beer.

Cook on Low, 6 to 8 hours.