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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat the oil in a large, heavy pot over medium-high heat. | 2. Add the meat and stir to break up the pieces. | 3. Cook, stirring, until the meat is brown and cooked through, about 5 minutes. | 4. Add the onion, green bell pepper, garlic, chili powder, Essence, salt, cumin, oregano, and cayenne, and cook, stirring, until soft, about 4 minutes. | 5. Put the whole tomatoes in a large mixing bowl and squeeze them with your hands to break them into pieces. | 6. Add the squeezed tomatoes and their juices, the tomato paste, sugar, and water to the pot. | 7. Stir well and bring to a boil. | 8. Lower the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. | 9. Remove the pot from the heat, ladle into a large bowl and top with the shredded cheese and serve with Crackers or tortilla chips. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vegetable oil	1	tablespoon		117.23200000000001	0.0	0.0	13.6
beef	1 1/2		ground	1347.1709	0.0	132.1316	86.6136
yellow onion	2	cups	chopped	229.68	13.6764	1.653	18.792
green bell pepper	1	cup	chopped	29.19	6.394	1.0008	0.3753
garlic	4	teaspoons	minced	16.688	3.7027	0.7123	0.055999999999999994
chili powder	2	tablespoons		45.12	7.952000000000001	2.1536	2.2848
emeril essence	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin	2	teaspoons	ground	15.75	1.8581	0.748	0.9353
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
cayenne	1/4	teaspoon		1.431	0.2548	0.054000000000000006	0.0777
tomato	1	can	canned	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
tomato paste	3	tablespoons		39.36	9.0768	2.0736	0.2256
sugar	1	teaspoon		18.354	4.5908	0.0	0.0
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cheese	1	cup	shredded	476.55	3.159	28.89	38.799
tortilla chip				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.