George's Famous Chili

George has this famous big, heavy, aluminum pot she calls her "chaudronne", which is French-Canuck for big, heavy, aluminum pot. It's great for cooking lots of things. Every kitchen need something like this. Right now, it's busy cooking up another batch of George's Famous Chili. Can't wait.

The ingredients in Chili recipes vary like crazy, but this one tastes good and fairly bullet proof to make. Two fairly important features in any recipe.

Ingredients:
2 lb. Chopped Meat
2 Bell Peppers
3 Jalapeno Peppers
½ Large White Onion
28 oz. can of Baked Beans
28 oz. can of Red Kidney Beans
28 oz. can of White Kidney Beans
28 oz. can of Crushed Tomatoes
3 Tbsp Olive Oil
4 Tbsp Chili Powder
1 Tbsp Cayenne Powder
Salt & Pepper to taste

Cut up the Jalapenos & Onion into fairly small pieces. Cut the Bell peppers into ½" pieces. Put the Olive Oil into the Chaudronne. Add the Onion, Bell Peppers & Jalapenos. Saute briefly. Add the Chopped Meat and brown thoroughly. It starts to smell good at this point. Another fairly important feature.

When it's all nice and brown, add the three cans of Beans and the can of Tomatoes. Stir it up good and heat it to a very slow boil. Once it starts boiling (slowly), add the Chili Powder & Cayenne Powder. Stir some more, leave it uncovered except for a "spatter shield", and go read a book. After about an hour, give it a taste. Add Salt & Pepper. Add some more heat, if you want, with another Jalapeno or a little Tabasco. We don't do that though. Once it tastes pretty good, cover it and reduce the heat. It will only get better.

This is a recipe that's nice to cook on a cool day, but if needed, cooking it on a hot day is OK too. In any event, It should be cooked a long time, like 3-4 hours, and then stored in the fridge until the next day. For some reason it's always better on the following day.