my favorite chili recipe

Name: My favorite Chili Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 2 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 pound(s) lean ground beef; 1 large onion, diced; 1 large green pepper, diced; 3 clove(s) garlic, diced; 2 - ribs of celery, fixed; 6 cup(s) tomato juice; 1 - 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes; 2 - 14.5 oz of fire roasted tomatoes; 2 tablespoon(s) medium heat chili powder; 1 teaspoon(s) chipotle powder; - salt and pepper to taste; 1 small bag of pinto beans cooked or 4 cans rinsed

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Jenny Powers

Abingdon, VA

Updated on Nov 29, 2013

I make chili many different ways, but this is my favorite go to recipe that I learned from my grandmother Swecker. She never wrote it down, I just watched her make it and paid attention to detail. I have changed it a bit over the years.

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 2 Hr

method Stove Top

yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 pounds lean ground beef
1 large onion, diced
1 large green pepper, diced
3 cloves garlic, diced
2 - ribs of celery, fixed
6 cups tomato juice
1 - 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
2 - 14.5 oz of fire roasted tomatoes
2 tablespoons medium heat chili powder
1 teaspoon chipotle powder
- salt and pepper to taste
1 small bag of pinto beans cooked or 4 cans rinsed

How To Make my favorite chili recipe

Step 1

Brown ground beef, when cooked add green peppers and onions and simmer for 10 minutes until tender.

Step 2

Rinse Pinto beans and place into a large dutch oven.
Step 3

Add all other ingredients to the pinto beans and simmer for 90 minutes so that the flavors combine. Enjoy!
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