Jim's Award-winning Chili

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chili beans (unrinsed, i prefer bush's)
• 2 lbs ground chuck
• 8 garlic cloves (minced or pressed)
• 4 cups water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 3 lbs roma tomatoes (fresh, not canned!!)
• 2 green bell peppers
• 2 red bell peppers
• 1 bunch green onion
• 1 large onion (preferably a walla walla sweet onion, if available)
• 3 jalapeno peppers

Recipe

• 1 brown the beef with the garlic.
• 2 while the beef is browning, in an 8-quart pot add the beans, water, sugar, salt, black pepper, chili powder, and cumin, and set on stove at medium temp, stirring every few minutes to blend.
• 3 dice the tomatoes, green and red peppers, green onions, sweet onion, and add to the 8-quart pot, again, stirring frequently.
• 4 cut the jalapeno peppers into slices, add to about a cup of water and purée it, add to 8-quart pot, and continue to stir frequently.
• 5 when the beef is coooked thoroughly and browned completely, add to the 8-quart pot.
• 6 bring to just short of a boil, then simmer for at least 2 hours. makes 8 quarts.