Chili With Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 can pinto beans, drain and rinse the beans (restaurant size)
• 5 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 -2 onion, diced
• 4 bell peppers, diced
• 4 anaheim chilies, diced
• 2 yellow chiles, diced
• 2 jalapeno chiles, diced
• 2 serrano chilies, diced
• 2 cans crushed tomatoes (not restaurant size -- i think 28 oz.)
• 1 cup chili seasoning mix
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1/4 cup paprika
• 1/4 cup new mexico chili powder
• 1/4 cup california chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano

Recipe

• 1 mix all and store in sealed container.
• 2 use 4 teaspoons with 1 pound of ground beef for chili with beans.
• 3 adjust seasoning more or lesss to taste.
• 4 place all of the above except the meat into a large kettle.
• 5 turn the heat on low.
• 6 scramble the ground beef in a pan.
• 7 drain the fat off of it.
• 8 then add 1 cup of chili seasoning.
• 9 add 1 cup water.
• 10 gently heat the meat with the spices.
• 11 then pour into the bean and pepper mixture.
• 12 if mixture is too thick you can add 1 cup more water.
• 13 heat till mixture simmers and the peppers and onions cook.
• 14 be sure and heat on low to medium or stay right with it and stir or it will scorch.