Chili With Beans

Chili With Beans: Date Added: 13 Nov 2009 Ingredients:

1 Large Can pinto beans ( restaurant size) its one gallon drain and rinse the beans
5 Lbs. lean ground beef
1 Large or 2 med onions diced
4 bell peppers diced
4 Anaheim chilis diced
2 yellow chilis diced
2 jalapeno chili diced
2 serrano chili diced
2 Cans crushed tomatoes ( not restaurant size -- I think 28 oz.)

Place all of the above except the meat into a large kettle. Turn the heat on low. Scramble the ground beef in a pan. Drain the fat off of it. Then add the following seasoning.

1 TBS Salt
1 TBS black pepper
1 TBS chopped garlic
1 TBS ground cumin
1/4 cup paprika
1/4 cup New Mexico Chili Powder
1/4 cup California Chili Powder
1/2 tsp oregano

Cooking Instructions:

Add 1 cup water. Gently heat the meat with the spices. Then pour into the bean and pepper mixture. If mixture is too thick you can add 1 cup more water. Heat till mixture simmers and the peppers and onions cook. Be sure and heat on low to medium or stay right with it and stir or it will scorch.