Christmas Chili

Ingredients:

2 - 15 oz cans of butter beans

2 – 15 oz cans of red kidney beans

2 – 15 oz cans of black beans

1  package kielbasa sausage

1 lb ground beef

2 large cans of whole skinless tomatoes

½ cup onions, finely chopped

3-4 cloves of garlic (or more if you like)

 1 large bottle Hot Spicy V-8 juice

Sriracha sauce and red hot chili flakes

1 package taco seasoning (optional)

Method:

 1. Brown the ground meat. Add taco seasoning (optional). Add the onions, garlic and sliced Kielbasa to the pan and sautee until sausage is crispy on the edges.

2. Add the ground beef and sausage mixture along with the beans and tomatoes into a large crock pot (juice from all). Crushing the whole tomatoes with your hand as you add them.

3. Add spicy V-8 juice to make up the rest of the liquid filling the crock pot to the top line. Add the sriracha as desired – 2 squeezes. 

4. Cook on medium heat all day adding V-8 as needed.