My Family Chili

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans (rinsed)
• 1 (40 ounce) can tomato juice
• 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes (do not drain)
• 3 tablespoons chili powder (plus additional dashes to your taste)

Recipe

• 1 slice onion into small pieces (not diced).
• 2 brown ground beef, sliced onions, black pepper. drain any excess grease.
• 3 turn slow cooker on low and add: tomato juice, diced tomatoes, kidney beans, chili powder. (i start with about 3tbs. of chili powder and sometimes add additional dashes to taste after it's cooked a while.) add ground beef mixture after meat is cooked & drained.
• 4 cook on low in slow cooker stirring occasionally 4 to 5 hours for best flavor throughout. serve with crackers or over corn bread. (it fills up a 4-qt slow cooker, so i prepare in my 5-qt. slow cooker).
• 5 * variations i've tried. try any one or a mix of them. 1. add 1 medium green pepper, sliced. 2. do you like lots of beans in your chili? add a second can of kidney beans. don't like beans? leave them out. 3. change up the flavor by using the various flavored diced tomatoes. 4. want a little more spice, substitute the black pepper for cayenne pepper when browning the ground beef.