Easy Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 c. water
1/2 c. chopped green pepper
1 1/2 to 2 Tbsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
dash of ground oregano
2 (16 oz.) cans kidney beans (undrained)

Preparation

Combine ground beef and onion in a Dutch oven; cook until beef is browned, stirring to crumble meat.
Drain off pan drippings. Add remaining ingredients, except kidney beans; cover and simmer 20 minutes.
Stir in beans; continue to cook, covered, for 45 minutes.
Remove cover and cook an additional 15 minutes.
Yields 2 quarts.