A Beef Chili

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs coarsely lean ground beef (i use stew beef)
• 2 teaspoons bacon grease
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups chopped onions (i prefer the onion)
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup ground new mexico chile powder
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder (optional)
• 1 (16 ounce) can stewed plum tomatoes
• 1 (4 ounce) can salsa, verde
• 1 (4 ounce) can jalapeno peppers (chopped0)
• 1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can dark red kidney beans
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle of your favorite beer

Recipe

• 1 in a dutch oven brown beef in oil (i use 2 tsp bacon grease).
• 2 when beef is almost brown add garlic and cook for about 2 minutes.
• 3 add your vegetables and cook till tender.
• 4 add tomato sauce and your spices.
• 5 mix together well.
• 6 add your stewed tomatoes, salsa verde and jalapeño peppers.
• 7 add the beans or cook separately and add later.
• 8 finally pour the beer over the mix and cover.
• 9 simmer for about 2 hours at a low heat.
• 10 great with cornbread.