JRay's Chili

Ingredients

• 3 stalks celery chopped
• 0.3 cup chili seasoning 
• 3 tablespoons bacon crumbled cooked
• 1 tablespoon basil fresh chopped
• 3 cloves garlic pressed
• 2 pounds ground beef 
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper black
• 1  jalapeno chopped
• 0.5  onion chopped
• 1 tablespoon oregano fresh chopped
• 1  bell pepper red seeded chopped
• 15 ounce kidney beans light red drained and rinsed canned
• 8 ounce salsa 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 2.5 cups tomato sauce 
• 1 teaspoon sugar white

Equipment

• pot

Directions

1. Break ground beef into a large stock pot over medium-high heat; cook and stir until completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
2. Drain fat from the beef and return pot to heat.
3. Stir tomato sauce, light red kidney beans, dark red kidney beans, salsa, celery, onion, bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, chili seasoning, bacon, garlic, oregano, basil, salt, black pepper, and sugar with the ground beef in the pot.
4. Place a cover on the pot and cook the chili until the flavors have blended, at least 1 hour.