Chili For The Onion Hater

Total Time: 28 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup dried kidney beans
• 1 cup dry pinto beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 (16 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 lb ground beef (or other ground meat)
• 1/2 onion, pureed
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced
• 1/4 cup chili powder, my special chili powder
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 whole garlic cloves
• 2 -4 garlic cloves, crushed (or to taste)
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• 2 tablespoons spicy salsa (or to taste)
• 2 tablespoons ketchup

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight (up to 24 hrs). drain and rinse.
• 2 cook soaked beans in 12 cups water, with pureed onion, 2 whole garlic cloves peeled, and 1 tbsp chili powder for 2 hours, until beans are tender. add more water to keep beans covered if needed.
• 3 drain beans and reserve liquid.
• 4 brown ground beef until no longer pink, drain.
• 5 mix tomatoes, tomato sauce, and paste together in crock pot.
• 6 add spices, salt, pepper, garlic, salsa, ketchup and mix well.
• 7 add beans, celery, mushrooms and beef.
• 8 cook on high for 2 or more hours, add some of the reserved liquid from cooking the beans if it gets too thick (i use about 1/2 the liquid).
• 9 the spice amounts are just a guide line, add as much or as little as you like to suit your tastes.