2 pounds lean ground beef
1/4 cup pure olive oil
2 tablespoons president’s choice chopped
garlic in oil 3 medium onions — chopped
2 red peppers — chopped
1 2/3 pints italian-style plum tomatoes
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 bay leaves
2 1/4 cups red kidney beans
1 3/4 pints extra-chunky salsa picante
Brown beef and drain excess fat. In a large stew pot, heat olive oil and saute onions and red peppers with garlic. Add plum tomatoes with their juice and brea k up. Add chili powder, oregano, bay leaves, salsa and meat. Cook at a low simm er for 1 hour. Fifteen minutes before serving, remove bay leaves and add kidney beans and sauce and heat through.
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