Jolean'S Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 tablespoons oil
1 cup onion, diced
1 cup celery, diced
1/2 green pepper, diced
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 1/2 lbs ground chuck
1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can tomato soup
1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (14 ounce) can red kidney beans
1 (10 ounce) can sliced button mushrooms
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons cold water

Preparation

Heat oil in frying pan and partially cook onion, green pepper, celery and garlic. Push to the side.
Add ground chuck and brown. Chop into large chunks, and then drain grease.
Dump cooked meat mixture and all other ingredients (except kidney beans) into crock pot and mix well.
Cook on HIGH for 1 hour, then turn on LOW for 4 hours. Add red kidney beans during last 15 minutes of cooking.