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Great-Grandma's Chili




Source of Recipe


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Recipe Introduction


This is a tomatoey chili, as opposed to hot/spicy, at least the way Grandma makes it. :) Oh, and it can be cut in half!

Serves around 12-14 ppl, but you need a HUGE pot or two pots around dutch oven size


List of Ingredients




# 1 large onion, chopped.
# 1 medium green pepper, chopped.
# 4 lbs hamburger (80% lean is best)
# moderate amounts of:

* chili powder
* salt and pepper (go easy on these)
* celery salt
* garlic powder
* dried sweet peppers (for spicy taste add dried hot. If available, use fresh yellow or red peppers)

# 1 large can tomato paste
# 6-8 cans (16oz) dark red kidney beans
# 2 big cans tomatoes

Recipe



In a big frying pan, heat onion and green pepper in oil until onion is transluscent. Add hamburger, brown and drain off grease. While browning, add chili powder, salt and pepper, celery salt, garlic powder, and dried sweet peppers. Add tomato paste, leave to simmer while preparing the beans.

In big pot (or evenly divided in two med pots) place the kidney beans and the chopped tinned tomatoes. Drain the liquid from these into the pot before chopping. If you are using crushed tomotoes, add one can of water to compensate, otherwise add 1/3 of a can. (put water in each can, swirl, dump in)

Finally, add hambuger mix to bean mix. Simmer, and season to taste with more of the same spices used during browning. Paprika also adds a nice touch. Stir regularly (ie, every 10-15 min) and cook minimum of 3 hours (for beans to heat through). Recommended cooking time is about 4-4.5 hours.

Great served with cheese, crackers, etc and makes WONDERFUL leftovers; freezes excellently and microwaves well (we put it in bags in the freezer, and nuke a bag when we want some)