Chili

Chili

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
1 lb Gianelli sweet Italian sausage meat
1 large onion
8 plum tomatoes
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
fresh basil
corn (from 3 corn cobs cooked)
2 cans red kidney beans
2 cans small kidney beans
2 cans butter beans
1 jalapeno pepper
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
1 bottle beer
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon apple cider
garlic powder
salt
Pepper
cumin
cayenne pepper
chili powder
crushed red peppers
Tobasco Sauce
olive oil

Directions

Chop the onion and saute in 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
Place in large pot.
Saute ground beef, and then the sausage meat. Add to pot
Add can of crushed tomatoes, 8 plum tomatoes (skinned and chopped), the corn from 3 corn cobs, the green and red peppers chopped, the jalapeno pepper chopped. Add 1 bottle of beer, 1 teaspoon brown sugar, 1 tablespoon apple cider, a shake of garlic powder, 1 tablespoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, a generous shake of chili powder and crushed red pepper. Taste. Add some Tobasco sauce. Adjust seasonings according to your taste....... Stir in 1 can of tomato paste. Add all the kidney beans and butter beans.. Bring to a simmer and continue to cook covered on low heat for 2 hours, stirring from time to time.

This freezes well.