Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. bacon, diced
1 large onion, sliced
1 green pepper, diced
4 stalks celery, diced (1 1/2 c.)
2 lb. hamburger
3 cans kidney beans
2 cans stewed tomatoes (16 to 18 oz.)
1 (12 oz.) can tomato paste
2 c. water
1 tsp. chili powder
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Season hamburger and
saute
in
1 tablespoon butter or margarine.\tSet aside.
In\tlarge
Dutch oven or kettle, brown bacon.
Add onion, diced
green
pepper
and
celery
and cook until tender.
Drain the hamburger.
Add hamburger and rest of the ingredients to the Dutch
oven
and cook slowly at least 2 hours, but can be cooked longer.
Serves 8.