"My Hugsbund Won a Chili Cookoff With This Recipe" Chili

This is the only chili recipe you'll ever need. Its award winning and you can change it up in so many different ways. Be warned though, this makes a butt load of chili. If you don't want to be eating chili for the next three weeks you can cut the ground beef to 1 lb and only use one pound of the sausage of your choosing. Adjust the other ingredients to half what they were. You can also replace the ground beef with ground turkey and turkey sausage with great results.

• 2 pounds ground beef chuck
• 1 pound Chorizo
• 1 pound hot breakfast sausage or bulk Italian sausage
• 2 (27 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  
• 2 (28 ounce) cans or 4 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with juice
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste (opt)
  
• 1 (14 ounce) can yellow corn
  
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped
• 4 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 or 2 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• jalapeños or other type of pepper to suit your own heat preference
  
• 1 tablespoon bacon bits (opt)
  
• 4 cubes beef bouillon
• 1/2 cup beer (opt)
  
• 1/4 cup chili powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  
• 1 tablespoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™)
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 (10.5 ounce) bag corn chips such as Fritos®
• 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese

Slice casing of chorizo from one end to the other.

Remove casing

Brown 2 lbs ground beef, 1 lb hot breakfast sausage, and 1 lb chorizo together in your pot until cooked through over medium heat.

Add 1 large yellow onion, 1 or 2 green peppers, and 4 celery stalks roughly chopped to your pot Leave the temperature on medium while adding all other ingredients.

Add 2 tablespoons chopped garlic to your pot

Add 4 beef bouillon cubes

Add 4 (14 ounce) cans of diced tomatoes and 1 (6 ounce) can of tomato paste

Drain and rinse 2 (27 ounce) cans of red kidney beans and add to chili

Add 1 (14 ounce) can of yellow corn, drained

I chose to add all of these pickled jalapeños because I like my chili hot, but you can add as little or as many peppers as you want. Experiment with different types too. Scotch Bonnet peppers are very hot. We like!!!

Add all the spices and stir to combine

• 1/4 cup chili powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  
• 1 tablespoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™)
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon white sugar

Cover and let simmer on low for up to 3 or 4 hours. This chili gets better with time.
I made this one at 2:30 it took me 1 hour to throw everything together and I am going to let simmer until 7 when my husband gets home.
Salt to taste.