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I'm starting a job with long hours and I don't have much time after work to cook. What can I make in bulk on a Sunday that will last 4-5 nights?

All I can think of that's easy is chilli but I'm getting sick of it.

>Make chili
>Onions, garlic, beef, beef stock, shit loads of spices and herbs
>Leave it an hour to boil down
>Tasteless
What the fuck am I doing wrong? This is the third time

>>12347850
Beans are essential. Corn, I've never heard of.

These are the ingredients when I'm making chilli:
>Beef
>Onions
>Garlic
>Tomatoes
>Tomato puree
>Red pepper, or what Americans would call a red "bell pepper" (not necessarily essential but a very, very, very tasty addition)
>CUMIN (I cannot stress enough that cumin is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to a chilli; if it is not included then YOU DON'T HAVE A CHILLI)
>Chilli powder, preferably hot; I'm not even a spice freak, but I've noticed the mild chilli powder is essentially tasteless and I end up using tonnes just to get it to taste of something
>Red kidney beans towards the end
>Salt and pepper

That's about it for my recipe I guess.

Again, I must stress again: CUMIN. If you don't have cumin then it isn't a chilli, full stop. It's how you get that Tex-Mex flavour that will be present whenever you eat chilli from a restaurant. I keep seeing people (like my mother) who don't put cumin in - well, then you don't have a chilli. You have a bland, unfinished sauce that needs CUMIN to be turned into a chilli.

>>12347882
I agree.

Should I add beans to my chilli or not?