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• Warm Winter Chili

For those cold winter nights there’s nothing better than a warm cup of chili. Check out this easy, do-it-yourself recipe to get you through the rest of winter.

Ingredients

2 pounds ground beef
1 teaspoon butter
2 large white
onions, chopped
2 green bell peppers, seeded and chopped
1 habañero pepper, chopped
3 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained
3 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 drop super-hot hot pepper sauce*

Directions

1. In a large pot, cook the ground beef over medium heat until evenly browned. Drain off grease and discard.

2. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Sauté the onions, green pepper and habañero pepper until onions are translucent. Remove from heat. Transfer the onion mixture to the pot with the ground beef, and set the heat to medium.

3. Add the kidney beans and tomato sauce to the beef mixture, and season with chili powder, salt, garlic salt and hot pepper sauce. Bring to a simmer, and adjust seasonings to taste if necessary. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

*You can leave the hot sauce out, and add at the end if you are unsure of how spicy you want it.