Chuck'S Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. steak (beef, pork or venison)
1 large onion
1 large green pepper
2 to 3 cloves garlic
1/4 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. chili powder
2 bay leaves
1/4 tsp. celery seed
2 cans beans (pinto or kidney)
2 cans whole peeled tomatoes
1 fresh jalapeno pepper
salt and pepper
1/4 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
Texas Pete or Tabasco

Preparation

Cut steak into cubes and small strips.
Cube onion and green pepper.
In a large frying pan, brown all the meat with 1/2 of the onion and green pepper over low heat.
As the meat is browning, add chili powder, basil, celery seed and 1/2 of the garlic.
Add salt, pepper and Texas Pete to taste.
Also add cumin and cayenne pepper.
Cut jalapeno into rings and add to meat as it cooks.