Recipe#5462

Title: Chili 17

From: Cheryl Blevins cthebeau@primary.net 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: My Favorite Chili 
 Date: 24 Oct 1997 04:55:28 -0600 
 Message-ID: <344E0AED.82985567@primary.net> 

1 lb. lean ground beef
 1 large green bell pepper - chopped
 2 cups chopped onion
 3 cloves garlic, minced (I use 3 tsp. of the kind they sell in a jar)
 1 1/4 tsp. salt
 1/4 tsp. black pepper
 2 tsp. chili powder (or more to taste)
 1 tbsp. ground cumin
 1-15 oz. can kidney beans (drained/rinsed, for lower fat recipe) or
 chili hot beans
 1-28 oz. can whole tomatoes, cut up, with juice
 1 cup picante sauce
 8 oz. fresh mushrooms - chopped
 Brown ground beef, onions and green pepper until meat is done and
 onions are translucent.  drain off fat.
 Add spices, beans, tomatoes and picante sauce.
 Bring to a boil, then add mushrooms, and reduce heat to med./low
 Simmer 10-20 minutes until mushrooms have cooked down into the chili
 Serve it up hot...
 My husband eats almost one entire recipe of this by himself, so if
 you're a chili fan, you may want to double it right off.  Enjoy!