My Favorite Chili

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 -5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 3 chopped onions (seems like a lot but really works!)
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 whole cloves (sometimes i add extra)
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons chili powder (i use quite a bit more, just add to your taste)
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 brown beef in oil, add chopped vegetables and cook until vegetables are tender.
• 2 in a large kettle, put 2 cups of water and cloves and bring to a boil.
• 3 add chopped tomatoes with juice and simmer for about 15 minutes to get the flavor of the cloves.
• 4 take out cloves and add meat, vegetables, paprika, chili powder, and seasonings (add more spice if you need, i think it needs more chili powder than the recipe calls for).
• 5 simmer 1 hour; add kidney beans and continue to simmer for 15 minutes.
• 6 this is not a thick chili, it's great over hot tamales.