French Canadian Chili
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
1 clove garlic -- minced
2 onions -- chopped
2 pounds lean ground beef
2 each: red -- green and yellow
-- peppers, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper -- seeded and chopped
10 ounces white mushrooms -- chopped
5 garden tomatoes -- chopped
5 plum tomatoes -- chopped
12 ounces tomato paste
2 cans stewed tomatoes -- 28 oz. each
16 ounces garden style tomato sauce jar)
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried thyme
1 tablespoon celery salt
ground pepper
4 cans red kidney beans -- drained
Recipe
1. First, pour some vegetable oil a large skillet.
2. Then add the garlic and onion, letting them saute until they're translucent.
3. Then add the ground beef and brown it.
4. Add all the peppers, jalapenos included, plus the mushrooms to the post, continue cooking the vegetables until they soften a bit (2-3 minutes).
5. To a large pot, add all the canned tomato paste, the canned stewed tomatoes and the chopped fresh plum and garden tomatoes.
6. Combine browned meat/peppers mixture with tomato mixture in large pot.
7. Add the oregano, thyme, celery salt and pepper.
8. Let entire mixture simmer for 20-25 minutes.
9. After it's simmered, add the beans and simmer for another 15 to 20 minutes until the sauce is the consistency of a thick gravy.
Serves 4-6.
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