Wednesday'S Chili Ala Gloria Pitzer

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 10 ounces condensed French onion soup
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 (15 ounce) cans red kidney beans, undrained
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 15 ounces tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 6 ounces V8 vegetable juice

1. In a large skillet brown the ground beef.
2. Break up the pieces into tiny rice like pieces.
3. Drain well.
4. Using a blender, process the can of onion soup with 1/2 of the ground beef mixture.
5. Blend until it looks like cement mortar.
6. Place beef mixture and remainining ground beef into a large saucepan.
7. Add chili powder, cumin, black pepper, cocoa powder, cans of kidney beans, tomato paste, tomato sauce, brown sugar, vinegar and V-8 juice.
8. Bring to boil and then simmer for a least one hour.
9. I usually make mine in a crock pot on low for 8 hours after browning the beef and blending 1/2 of it in the onion soup.

ground beef, onion soup, chili powder, ground cumin, ground black pepper, cocoa powder, red kidney beans, tomato paste, tomato sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, vegetable juice

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/wednesdays-chili-ala-gloria-pitzer-123055 (may not work)