Mom'S Chili Con Carne - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. lean ground beef, chuck or venison
1 large onion, chopped
1 large bell pepper, chopped
1 (16 oz.) can red kidney beans
1 (16 oz.) can hot chili beans
2 large cans whole tomatoes
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 1/2 Tbsp. chili powder
1/8 to 1/4 tsp. Tabasco pepper sauce
dash of cayenne (if desired)
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 c. water

Preparation

Brown ground meat and drain off grease.
Lightly saute onion and pepper.
Put meat, onion, pepper and all other ingredients (except cornstarch and water) into large Dutch oven type pan. Cover and cook over medium to low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 1 hour.
If mixture is too soupy, mix cornstarch and water in a small bowl and add to chili mixture.
Continue cooking a few minutes, stirring to let cornstarch thicken the mixture.
Serve steaming hot.