Dave's Old Fashioned Chili

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 quart tomato juice
• 29 ounces tomato puree (1 large can)
• 15 ounces kidney beans (1 can dark red, drained)
• 15 ounces beans (1 can small red beans, drained)
• 1 1/2 cups onions, chopped (1 medium onion)
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• 1/4 cup chili powder
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a frying pan, brown ground beef. drain. add remaining ingredients and drained ground beef into a 6 quart pot. cover and simmer 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes.
• 2 a note added: "dave likes to add fresh, chopped onions on top of his chili serving.".
• 3 my note: i'm guessing that by "small red beans" he meant pinto beans.
• 4 this yields 16 (8 ounce) servings.