Bob's Cold Weather Chili

• 2 pounds ground beef lean
• 1/4 cup olive oil pure
• 2 tablespoons garlic in oil
• 3 medium onions chopped
• 2 each sweet red bell peppers chopped
• 123 pints tomatoes italian-style plum
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon oregano dried
• 2 each bay leaves
• 2 1/4 cups red kidney beans
• 1 3/4 pints salsa extra-chunky picante

1. Brown beef and drain excess fat.
2. In a large stew pot, heat olive oil and saute onions and red peppers with garlic.
3. Add plum tomatoes with their juice and break up.
4. Add chili powder, oregano, bay leaves, salsa and meat.
5. Cook at a low simmer for 1 hour.
6. Fifteen minutes before serving, remove bay leaves and add kidney beans and sauce and heat through.
7. Note: Canned or frozen corn can be added with bean together.

ground beef lean, olive oil, garlic, onions, sweet red bell peppers, tomatoes, chili powder, oregano, bay leaves, red kidney beans, pints salsa

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/bobs-cold-weather-chili--25546 (may not work)