Great recipe. It makes a lot but my family likes it so much there is never any left over. It's great on a cold night. It is my brother's recipe; he ran his own campground for awhile.
Preparation Time
25 mins
Cooking Time
8 hr
Total Time
8 hr 25 mins
Calories
570 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Cook on Low for 8 hours.
Step 2
Break ground beef and sausage into small pieces and put into the crock of a large slow cooker; add tomato sauce, dark red kidney beans, roma tomatoes, celery, green bell pepper, light red kidney beans, white kidney beans, beer, sweet onion, red bell pepper, tomato paste, green chile peppers, chili powder, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, cumin, and barbeque sauce.
Ingredients
4 stalks celery, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
4 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
2 green bell peppers, chopped
3 tablespoons ground cumin
¼ cup chili powder, or more to taste
1 sweet onion (such as Vidalia®), chopped
3 pounds lean ground beef (80% lean)
1 pound bulk sweet sausage
2 (29 ounce) cans tomato sauce (such as Hunt's®)
1 (40 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15.5 ounce) can light red kidney beans, drained and mashed
1 (15.5 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle lager-style beer (such as Yuengling®)
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste (such as Hunt's®)
2 (4 ounce) cans diced green chile peppers (such as Old El Paso®)
4 chipotle chile peppers in adobo sauce (such as Goya®), chopped
3 tablespoons adobo sauce from chipotle peppers (such as Goya®)
2 tablespoons barbeque sauce (such as KC Masterpiece®)
