Hillbilly Chili

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 onion (diced)
• 1 green bell pepper (diced)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 4 (16 ounce) cans of busch's chili beans
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (46 ounce) can tomato juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 5 dashes tabasco sauce (more or less depending on how spicy you like it)
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce

Recipe

• 1 cook ground beef until brown in a skillet.
• 2 while beef is cooking sweat the onion, garlic, and green bell pepper in the pot you plan to make the chili inches.
• 3 drain ground beef.
• 4 add beef into the pan with the garlic, onion, and green bell pepper.
• 5 stir until combined.
• 6 season the mixture with the salt and pepper.
• 7 cook mixture for 2 minutes.
• 8 add the tomato sauce, chili beans, diced tomatoes, and tomato juice into the pot.
• 9 stir until combined.
• 10 add the bay leaf, chili powder, tabasco, paprika, and worcestershire sauce.
• 11 stir until combined.
• 12 simmer for one hour, stirring the chili every 15 minutes.
• 13 at the end of the hour taste the chili, add more salt and pepper to taste.
• 14 serve with cheese and sour cream.