Hearty Beef Chili

Serves: 10

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook time: 8 Hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

 * 1 x 29-ounce can tomatoes, cut up
 * 1 x 10-ounce can chopped tomatoes and green chile peppers
 * 2 cups vegetable juice or tomato juice
 * 1 to 2 tablespoons chili powder
 * 1 teaspoon ground cumin
 * 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
 * 3 cloves garlic, minced
 * 1½ pounds beef or pork stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
 * 2 cups chopped onion
 * 1½ cups chopped celery
 * 1 cup chopped green sweet pepper
 * 2 x 15-ounce cans black, kidney, and/or garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed

Optional toppers

 * shredded Mexican cheese or cheddar cheese
 * dairy sour cream
 * thinly sliced green onion
 * snipped cilantro
 * thinly sliced jalapeño peppers
 * sliced pitted ripe olives

Directions

 * 1) In a 6-quart crockery cooker combine both cans of undrained tomatoes, vegetable or tomato juice, chili powder, cumin, oregano, and garlic.
 * 2) Stir in the meat, onion, celery, and bell pepper.
 * 3) Cover; Cook on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours.
 * 4) Stir in the beans. If using low-heat setting, turn to high-heat setting, and cook for 15 minutes more.
 * 5) Spoon into bowls. If Desired, serve with toppers.