RECIPE: My Triple Cook-Off Winning Chili

Ingredients

• 3 lb lean hamburger
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 4-8 fresh jalapenos, diced small (add as many as you like for heat, but add at least 4 for mild for the kiddos. *i usually add all 8 for hotter!)
• 1 lg onion, diced large
• 1 tsp salt`
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/3 c good chili powder
• 1 3/4 c ketchup, I use Heinz
• 3 Tbsp lemon juice concentrate
• 1/3 c dark brown sugar, can sub light but I just don’t even buy that kind anymore because it always turns into a brick
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce, I use Lea & Perrins
• 2 tsp regular white vinegar
• 1 1/2 tsp yellow table mustard, French’s
• 1 1/2 Tbsp cumin
• 3 c spicy hot V8 juice
• 1 can dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained first in a colander til no longer foamy/bubbly (16 oz.)
• 2 pkg fresh sliced mushrooms (8 oz. each)
• 2 can Del Monte original stewed tomatoes, with the juice; crush tomatoes with hands as you add (14.5 oz. each)
• 1 c beef bouillon, i use superior touch better than bouillon beef base (dissolve 1 tsp. beef base into 1 cup hot water to make 1 cup bouillon)
• *more salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste

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