Mom's Chili

My mom got his recipe years ago from the chef at a local Twin Cities restaurant. Great Minnesota comfort food.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes
• 1  can  hormel chili, in a can
• 1  package spaghetti, mix
• 1 (16 ounce) can dark red kidney beans
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato juice
• 1  tablespoon sugar
• 4  teaspoons chili powder
• 2  teaspoons onion powder
•  salt and pepper
•  lawerys salt
• 1  lb ground beef

Directions

1. Brown the meat, add couple dashes of onion powder, and lawerys salt to meat when browning,.
2. In a Blender, add can of whole tomatoes and liquefy,.
3. In a large pot, add all ingredients, stir,.
4. Simmer on medium-low heat for 10-15 minutes, or until hot.
5. ** For bean-less chili use Hormel No Bean Chili, and exclude the 16oz can of dark red kidney beans.