Firehouse Chili

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef (for the diet concious you can also use ground turkey)
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 fresh garlic clove, minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground oregano
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 (8 ounce) cans ro-tel tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 (16 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans, undrained
• 5 1/2 ounces tomato juice

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a large pot. brown together ground beef, onion and garlic; drain well.
• 2 add all the spices along with the ro-tel tomatoes, tomato sauce, kidney beans and tomato juice. mix well and bring to a boil.
• 3 simmer 1/2 hour uncovered and 1-1/2 hours covered. (if too thick you can add additional tomato juice or water).