Jenny'S Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 garlic cloves, minced
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 to 2 1/2 lb. round steak, ground
3 large onions
2 large green peppers
6 c. tomatoes
1 or 2 cans pinto beans, drained
6 oz. tomato paste
2 or 3 Tbsp. chili powder
2 dashes cayenne pepper
2 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste
rice (optional)

Preparation

Cook garlic in oil
until golden.
Crumble ground round in pieces and cook 10\tminutes,
breaking
up to brown evenly. Pour off some of the
oil
and
drippings into another skillet and cook sliced onions and
green pepper until tender.
Add to cooked ground round
with tomatoes, beans, tomato paste, chili powder, cayenne pepper,
cloves,
bay
leaf,
salt and pepper. Cover; cook over low heat one hour.
If too dry add additional tomatoes.
If too
much
liquid,\tuncover
and
simmer longer. Serve over rice (optional).
Makes 6 to 8 servings.