Simple Warm & Cozy Chili

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 2 (10 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chilies (rotel type)
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
• 34 cup diced onion
• 14 cup diced celery
• 14 cup red bell pepper
• 2 garlic cloves (pressed)
• 1 12 teaspoons sea salt
• 1 12 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon chopped roasted and seeded hot hatch green chili
• if using mild hatch chile, increase amount to taste
• you can use any canned green chili, Hatch chilies just have a really well balanced flavor

1. Brown the ground beef with about half the onion and all the garlic until thoroughly cooked, drain off any fat.
2. Next place all the ingredients in a crock pot.
3. Use the high setting to have it ready in 1 1/2 hours, or medium setting for 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
4. Top with grated cheese and a dollop of sour cream
5. * Easy Indoor way to roast chilies:.
6. Heat oven to broil.
7. Place cleaned and washed fresh pepper(s) on a broiler pan, place under broiler for approximately 5 minutes, turn and rotate approximately another 5 minutes, continue to rotate all the way around, until their skin is thoroughly charred.
8. Remove from oven and place immediately in a Ziploc bag.
9. close tightly.
10. Wait about 15 minutes, and then the skin will easily peel, easy being a relative term -- .

lean ground beef, tomatoes, tomato sauce, pinto beans, onion, celery, red bell pepper, garlic, salt, chili powder, cumin, green chili, hatch chile, green chili

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/simple-warm-cozy-chili-437056 (may not work)