Sweet and Spicy Ground Beef Chili

Description

A meaty, sweet and spicy ground beef chili, great for fall football tailgates and parties. This recipe makes a lot so be prepared to use a big pot! Serve with Tostitos® Scoops® chips!

Ingredients

  • 6 ½ pounds ground beef
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 3 (12 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
  • 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 2 ½ tablespoons chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons garlic salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 bunch celery, chopped
  • 1 ½ yellow onions, finely chopped
  • 1 large green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
  • 4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 (29 ounce) can light red kidney beans, undrained
  • 1 (29 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, undrained

Instructions

  1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Season ground beef with salt and pepper; cook and stir in batches in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly
  2. 5 to 7 minutes per batch. Remove meat to a colander to drain and then set aside in a large bowl. Drain and discard grease from skillet between batches.
  3. While meat is cooking
  4. combine stewed tomatoes
  5. tomato paste
  6. chili powder
  7. sugar
  8. and garlic salt in the bowl of a food processor; blend until smooth.
  9. Heat olive oil in a 16-quart pot over medium-high heat. Add celery
  10. onions
  11. green pepper
  12. red pepper
  13. jalapeno peppers
  14. and garlic. Cook and stir until vegetables have softened and onion has turned translucent
  15. 7 to 10 minutes. Add reserved meat
  16. stewed tomato puree
  17. and undrained light and dark red kidney beans. Simmer for 1 hour.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs

Servings: 26

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