Floyd Stegall's Rock and Roll Tour Bus Official Chili posted to rec.arts.marching.drumcorps
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OK - here it is - the official Floyd Stegall's Rock and Roll Tour Bus Chili
recipe - as enjoyed and endorsed by the Jonny Lang band, among others.....

INGREDIENTS

1 lb. bacon
1 lb. breakfast sausage
5 lbs. ground beef - coarse chili grind if possible
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 medium yellow onions, finely chopped
2 green bell peppers, cored, seeded, and finely chopped
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
3 medium cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 15-oz cans tomato sauce
2 15-oz cans stewed tomatoes
1 6-oz can tomato paste
1 bottle Corona beer
1 4-oz can chile salsa
1 3-inch can pickled jalapeno peppers, finely chopped
4 tablespoons hot chili powder
4 tablespoons mild chili powder
1 4-oz. can whole green chiles, seeded and finely chopped
1 teaspoon oregano - preferably Mexican
3 tablespoons salt
4 tablespoons cumin
1 4-1/2 quart crock pot

Cook bacon until very crispy.  Drain and discard grease, 
chop or crumble, add to crock pot
Brown sausage, drain and discard grease, chop or crumble, 
add to crock pot
Brown ground beef, drain and discard grease, chop or 
crumble, add to crock pot
Sautee onions, celery, bell peppers, and garlic in olive oil until onions
become translucent - add to crock pot.
Add all remaining ingredients.  Mix well, cover, turn crock 
pot on high, let simmer for six hours or so, stirring from time to time.

Makes 4-1/2 quarts

Floyd Stegall
Tour manager - several corps over several years....