Jesse’s Chili

Jesse’s Chili

3 pounds ground beef
1 teaspoon garlic powder
3    28-oz cans diced tomato
2    small cans diced green chiles
4    16-oz cans kidney beans
4    roasted red peppers, diced
2    16-oz cans corn
2 cups onion, diced
1 Tablespoon garlic, minced
Chives
2 cups brown sugar
cumin and chili powder to taste
cayenne pepper, optional

Saute garlic in butter or oil. Add onion, and saute more.  Add peppers, corn, and chiles and cook until peppers are soft.  Add tomatoes.  Add ground beef, seasoned with cumin and garlic powder.  When all is hot and bubbly, add seasonings .  When seasoned as desired, add beans and heat through.

Serve with chips, cheese, and sour cream if desired.

Taken from observation of Jesse Draper, 12/2007.

Jesse roasted the peppers over the flame of the gas stove until they were slightly charred on the outside.