Chorizo Chili

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil, or as needed
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound ground beef
• 12 ounces chorizo sausage
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (14 ounce) can prepared chili
• 1 (14 ounce) can butter beans
• 3/4 cup tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon salt-free seasoning blend (such as Mrs. Dash Chipotle seasoning)
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir ground beef and chorizo sausage into onion mixture; cook, breaking meat apart while stirring, until no longer pink, 10 to 15 minutes.

Mix ground beef-chorizo mixture, diced tomatoes, chili, butter beans, tomato sauce, chili powder, chipotle seasoning blend, salt, and black pepper in a slow cooker.

Cook on High until flavors have blended, 3 to 4 hours.