Hot Dog Chili- Southern Style

• 2 lbs ground chuck
• 1 (42 ounce) can tomato juice
• 1 jar chili powder (at least 3 oz - I use more)
• 1 grated onion
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon paprika (more if needed for color-later)
• ketchup

1. Take out ground chuck 30 minutes ahead of time (this warms it up for your hand) Using gloved hand,squish in 1st 8 ingredients until you can no longer see tomato juice.
2. Start cooking on med to med high,stirring, watching till it starts cooking and turn down to simmer, stirring occasionally.
3. Simmer about 30 minutes to 1 hour,or longer, You really can't over cook.
4. Add ketchup,a few squirts at a time for color and flavor.
5. Stir thru, adjust any seasoning you feel fit.
6. You can freeze in muffin tins, after frozen, set out a minute or so, then pop them out to keep frozen in bags.
7. Reheats quickly in microwave.

ground chuck, tomato juice, chili powder, onion, sugar, garlic, salt, paprika, ketchup

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hot-dog-chili-southern-style-65687 (may not work)