Midwest Chili

Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1 (6 ounce) tomato paste
• 1 (16 ounce) kidney beans (do not rinse or drain) or 1 (16 ounce) chili beans (do not rinse or drain)
• 12 ounces v8 vegetable juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 (32 ounce) can whole tomatoes (cut into chunks)
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup elbow macaroni, raw

Recipe

• 1 in a dutch oven, brown the ground beef with onion and celery and drain any excess fat from the meat.
• 2 add remaining ingredients (tomato paste through 4 cups of water) except macaroni.
• 3 simmer for at least 3 hours.
• 4 prepare the macaroni according to package directions (cook in additional salted water).
• 5 drain macaroni and add to chili.
• 6 simmer this mixture for an additional 15 to 30 minutes.