Alexander Walters' "French Canadian Chili"

Yield > 1
Servings
Ingredients :
1 x Clove garlic, minced
2 x Onions, chopped
2 lb Lean ground beef
2 x : red, green and yellow peppers,
chopped
1 x Jalapeno pepper, seeded and
chopped
1 ct (10 oz) white mushrooms,
chopped
5 x Garden tomatoes, chopped
5 x Plum tomatoes, chopped
2 can (6 oz) tomato paste
2 can (28 oz) stewed tomatoes
1 jar , (16 oz) garden style tomato
sauce
2 tbl Dried oregano
2 tbl Dried thyme
1 tbl Celery salt
Ground pepper
Method :
• First, pour some vegetable oil a large skillet. Then add
the garlic and onion, letting them saute until they're
translucent. Then add the ground beef and brown it.
• Add all the peppers, jalapenos included, plus the
mushrooms to the post, continue cooking the vegetables until
they soften a bit (2-3 minutes). To a large pot, add all the
canned tomato paste, the canned stewed tomatoes and the
chopped fresh plum and garden tomatoes.
• Combine browned meat/peppers mixture with tomato
mixture in large pot. Add the oregano, thyme, celery salt and
pepper.
• Let entire mixture simmer for 20-25 minutes.
• After it's simmered, add the beans and simmer for
another 15 to 20 minutes until the sauce is the consistency of
a thick gravy.
• Alexander Walters is the handsomely sexy actor who
plays Mark Kasnoff on CBS's, "As The World Turns." Originally
from Toronto, Canada, Walters went to college in Montreal
where, during a stint as a bartender, he was discovered by a
modeling agent. His modeling career bought him to New York
and the rest, as they say, is history!