Sweet Chili

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb round steak, ground
• 1 medium onion, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 green bell pepper, minced
• 2 -3 teaspoons chili powder (we liked it with 2, but up it if you like really spicy)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon cocoa
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans, do not drain them
• 1 (16 ounce) bottle tomato passata (or 500ml tetrapak, tomato puree can be subbed if passata is unavailable)
• 1 (16 ounce) can water (just measure in the tomato sauce can)
• 8 ounces pepsi
• 1/2 cup tomato ketchup
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper
• broken-up tortilla chips
• sour cream
• grated cheddar cheese
• diced onion

Recipe

• 1 brown ground round in dutch oven/pot over medium-high heat. (there is no need to add any oil to dutch oven. initially, the meat may stick a bit, but will unstick as you stir it and its juices are released.) if there is any grease in pot after browning, drain meat in colander and add to pot again.
• 2 add all of the remaining ingredients and salt and pepper to taste and cook, at a simmer, for 1 to 1 ½ hours, or until chili is thickened to your taste. (if chili is getting too thick, dribble in a little boiling water) remove bay leaf before serving.
• 3 serve at table with garnishes.
• 4 note: i cut the onion up into chunks along with the green pepper and garlic and minced them in my mini-processor.