Beef And Veggie Chili

Total Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 1080 ml bean medley (2 cans, washed and strained)
• 5 tomatoes, diced
• 1 1/2 green peppers, diced (can change it with red or yellow peppers, i use all 3 sometimes)
• 1 bunch about 8-10 stalks green onion, diced (scallions)
• 3 -4 carrots, peeled and diced
• 3 stalks celery, diced
• 1 broccoli, diced (can use just crown if you like)
• 2 garlic cloves (pressed)
• 2 cups cranberry juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons pepper
• 8 tablespoons chili powder
• 4 dashes poultry seasoning
• 4 dashes thyme
• 2 teaspoons basil
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 2 dashes cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons parsley
• 3 teaspoons paprika
• 3 teaspoons rosemary
• chili pepper, thai chilis, jalapeno peppers, habanero peppers
• when using the hot pepper, keep the seeds in to keep the hotness and add is as many as desired

Recipe

• 1 put in a bowl 1 pound ground beef, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tbsp chili powder, 1 dash poultry seasoning,1 dash thyme, 1/2 tsp basil, 1/2 tsp oregano, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/2 tsp rosemary and 2 cups of cranberry juice. mix all together and marinade in fridge for 4-6 hours, and make sure that plastic wrap is covering bowl.
• 2 brown the ground beef, and strain out all the grease and fat, before putting into crock pot.
• 3 put into crock pot, all diced tomatoes,green peppers, green onions, carrots, celery and broccoli,.
• 4 stir beef and vegetables together.
• 5 strain and wash 2 cans of 6 bean medley, and mix in with beef and vegetables. stir well.
• 6 add remainder of all spices, and garlic, stir together.
• 7 add the hot peppers if desired.
• 8 cook on high for 4-5 hours, or on low for 10-12 hours, stirring once an hour (if possible).