Sweet and Spicy Ground Beef Chili

Name: Sweet and Spicy Ground Beef Chili
Total time: 120
Yield: 26
Ingredients: 6 ½ pounds ground beef; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 3 (12 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes; 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste; 2 ½ tablespoons chili powder; 2 tablespoons white sugar; 2 teaspoons garlic salt; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 bunch celery, chopped; 1 ½ yellow onions, finely chopped; 1 large green bell pepper, chopped; 1 large red bell pepper, chopped; 4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped; 2 tablespoons minced garlic; 1 (29 ounce) can light red kidney beans, undrained; 1 (29 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, undrained

Recipe by John Neely from allrecipes.com

Dinner 2 Hr.

Ingredients

26 servings

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6 ½ pounds ground beef
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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3 (12 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
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1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
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2 ½ tablespoons chili powder
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2 tablespoons white sugar
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2 teaspoons garlic salt
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1 tablespoon olive oil

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1 bunch celery, chopped
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1 ½ yellow onions, finely chopped
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1 large green bell pepper, chopped
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1 large red bell pepper, chopped
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4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
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2 tablespoons minced garlic
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1 (29 ounce) can light red kidney beans, undrained
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1 (29 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, undrained

Instructions

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Season ground beef with salt and pepper; cook and stir in batches in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes per batch. Remove meat to a colander to drain and then set aside in a large bowl. Drain and discard grease from skillet between batches.
While meat is cooking, combine stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, chili powder, sugar, and garlic salt in the bowl of a food processor; blend until smooth.
Heat olive oil in a 16-quart pot over medium-high heat. Add celery, onions, green pepper, red pepper, jalapeno peppers, and garlic. Cook and stir until vegetables have softened and onion has turned translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Add reserved meat, stewed tomato puree, and undrained light and dark red kidney beans. Simmer for 1 hour.