Backpacking Chili Attempt

So, this post will be in a work in progress.

Chili:
Chop one large onion, saute in some chipotle olive oil.  Add 2 lbs. ground beef.  Do your best to break it up into small pieces.  Add chili spices as desired - I added smoked paprika, chili powder, and cumin.  After that is all done, add another onion and 2 bell peppers.  Let that all saute for a while. (5 minutes.)

Pulled out a little bit of the food and put in a different container for eating tonight.

Add 1 large can (28 ish oz.) and 1 small can (14 oz ish) diced tomatoes of desired flavors.

Bring to a simmer for 15 minute or so.

Puree with an immersion blender (to make the pieces smaller and more uniform for both dehydrating and re-hydrating purposes.)  Make good looking chili look like dog barf.

Peel and shred 2 smallish sweet potatoes.  Add to the mixture.  Makes it look even more unappetizing with the orange intrusions.

I'm letting it simmer for a while, then will cool and dehydrate.  We'll see!

Scooter

Update 3/28/12: Actually measured and dried these - dried one cup per sheet.  After drying, I put 2 sheets in ziploc bags, and smushed them around to make the pieces smaller again.

Rehydrating test:  Added one bag to 2 cups warm water, brought to a boil, turned the stove off and put the lid over the pot, let sit for 5 minutes.  It rehydrated really well, was still delicious, and was easy.  We'll call this one a win.