V8 Chili

Ingredients

• 3 onions, chopped
• 1 bell pepper chopped
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 5 jalapeno peppers seeded and minced. Remove the white membrane also.
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 lb. ground pork
• ½ cup chile powder
• 3 tablespoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon celery seed or ½ cup chopped fresh celery. If you use fresh saute it with the onions.
• 2 tablespoons fennel seeds crushed ( I crush them between wax paper with a wooden mallet or rolling pin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 ½ bulbs garlic, chopped (not 1 ½ cloves but the whole bulb.) You can use less.
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 bottles of 46 oz. each V-8(R) juice
• 1 or 2 cans diced tomatoes ( your choice. I use one)
• 3 heaping teaspoons of granulated beef bouillon or 6 cubes
• ½ Teaspoon black pepper
• 1 oz’s bittersweet chocolate