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Vera's Very Best Chili Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 lbs bacon fried
2 lbs ground beef browned and drained
1 - 2 tbsp brown sugar
2 15.25 oz cans of chili beans ( Must)
Optional other beans: Garbanzo, Kidney, White, Lima, Butter to mix it up
1 14.5 oz can Diced Tomatoes
1 8 oz can Tomato Sauce
1 6 oz can Tomato Paste
1 13.25 oz can Mushrooms
Directions:
Directions:
Use any or all of the beans listed. One to two cans of each depending on how much chili you want to make. Open all of the cans ( tomato products, beans, mushrooms... only drain about a third of the beans you want to have a lot of liquid at this point). Mix these ingredients in Crockpot. Add beef and stir together. Add 1 - 2 tbsp of brown sugar. Cook on high 3 hours or simmer all day. Last hour, add fried bacon and stir thoroughly.

Top with sour cream, cheddar cheese and jalapeņo peppers to taste.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is in memory of my dear friend Peggy. She would make this for her Superbowl parties and it was a winner. This recipe was handed down to her from her mother Vera.

This Chili has a sweet flavor and you can add all the heat that your want with the toppings.

Enjoy.

 

 

 

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