My Chili

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon dried cilantro
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 16 ounces diced tomatoes with juice or 16 ounces stewed tomatoes, with juice
• 10 ounces sliced mushrooms, drained
• 16 ounces kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup salsa, i use med. but any heat you like
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 10 ounces refried beans (optional)
• shredded cheddar cheese, for topping
• sour cream, for topping
• chopped green onion, for topping

Recipe

• 1 wish i could say mix as usual as most of my recipe cards say that -- lol.
• 2 brown hamburger with garlic.
• 3 add onions, grn. pepper, celery, salt.
• 4 pour in tomatoes with juice, tomato sauce, salsa, drained mushrooms.
• 5 add cumin, chili powder,stir all together.
• 6 add the refried beans if using.
• 7 simmer for an 1 1/2 hour.
• 8 add sugar and kidney beans and heat through.
• 9 sprinkle some of each of the toppings when serving.
• 10 basically, it's brown the burger and dump everything else into a pot except the toppings and cook. use as much salsa as you want. i started adding a can of refried beans if the sauce seemed to thin. tastier than using a thickening agent and now i do it all the time if it's needed or not.