Chili with Beans

Ingredients

• ground chuck (2 lbs)
• 4 sweet Italian sausages, uncased (~1 lb)
• bacon pieces (2 Tbsp)
• 2 caribe peppers, seeded & chopped
• 6 mini sweet peppers, seeded & chopped
• 1 sweet yellow onion, chopped
• fresh oregano leaves, chopped (3 tsp)
• fresh basil leaves, chopped (3 tsp)
• garlic, pressed (1 Tbsp)
• kidney beans in spicy chili sauce (15 oz can)
• Great Northern beans, drained (15 oz can)
• diced fire-roasted tomatoes (28 oz can)
• double-concentrated tomato paste (5 oz tube)
• Guinness dry stout (1 cup)
• Worcestershire sauce (1 Tbsp)
• TABASCO Scorpion Sauce (2 tsp)
• Better Than Bouillon Organic Beef Base (4 tsp)
• chili powder (1/4 cup)
• cayenne powder (1 tsp)
• paprika (1 tsp)
• ground cumin (1 tsp)
• white sugar (1 tsp)
• ground black pepper (1 tsp)
• salt (1 tsp)

Instructions

1. In a large stock pot, brown the meat
   • ground chuck (2 lbs)
   • 4 Italian sausages
2. After the meat has browned, drain the excess grease.
3. Add all the remaining ingredients to the pot
4. Simmer on low for 2 hours, stirring occasionally