Kelly's Chili

Wildflour's Note:

This is my very own recipe that I have won 3 chili cook-offs with! PERFECT for the Super Bowl coming up!!!!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

Saute drain grease

• 3 lbs hamburger
• 1 green pepper , diced
• 1 red pepper , diced
• 1 medium onion , diced
• 3 -4 fresh jalapenos , chopped small
• salt and pepper
• garlic powder

dump into large pot crockpot and add

• 1⁄3; cup good chili powder
• 1 ¾ cups ketchup (I like Hunt's)
• 3 tablespoons lime juice , can sub lemon jc. (I just use the concentrates)
• 4 -6 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons vinegar
• 1 ½ teaspoons mustard
• 1 ½ tablespoons cumin
• 3 cups spicy hot V8
• 1 (16 ounce) can dark red kidney beans , rinsed and drained
• 2 (8 ounce) packages fresh sliced mushrooms , can sub jarred
• 1 (14 ½ ounce) can del monte original stewed tomatoes , with the juice and break up tomatoes
• 1 cup beef bouillon (optional)
• extra salt and pepper
• more garlic powder

Directions:

1. Stir and bring just to a low simmer, reduce heat and cook for at least 1-2 hours in a crockpot Thick, rich and slightly sweet/slightly hot, very unique!

Reviews

[stacylu]

This was a little too sweet for my tastes. I think next time I'll decrease the amount of sugar and up the chili powder. I liked the mushrooms in it and the peppers and V8 added some nice flavor.

[Rita~]

Oh I just loved it! I had Venison that I ground up and added to this along with some ground pork. Sweet and spicy!! I just love Crock pot meals!

[dianaAgain]

Made this last night for 6 people.
This went over well and I actually used 2 pkgs of Yves Ground Round to make it Vegetarian and no one noticed. This is a very sweet recipe, I used 4 tbsp of brown sugar but it could have used less. Plus I only used 2 jalapeno peppers, non spicy V8 and no Cumin and a little over half of the chili powder and it still had a zing to it. So if you do not like spice, go with less of everything.
Plus, there just seemed to be not enough beans for such a large amount (this makes a very big batch of chili), so I added another 2 cans of beans but then there was too much for the slow cooker, so I transferred it all into a large pot and cooked it on the stove top for a couple of hours.
It came out thick and tasty, I will definitely make this again.