I created this recipe to take to our local Fire Fighters for Valentine’s Day. You can read my full post. I wanted something to really warm the hearts of the Fire Fighters so choosing Italian Sausage was the perfect addition to the recipe! I transferred it to a crock pot because it was easy for me to leave all day on the counter and cook while I was busy. This recipe had green pepper and onion because I like sneaking in a few veggies when I can. I serve it with shredded cheese and sour cream as well as crackers but corn bread would be good too!
Fire Fighters Chili
Source: Melissa Jennings
Recipe type: Crockpot
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Serves: 10
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb ground Johnsonville Italian sausage
- ½ white onion, chopped
- ½ green pepper, chopped
- 3 TBSP chili powder
- 2 TBSP garlic powder
- 4 cans tomato sauce, more or less depending on how thick you like your chili
- 4 cans diced tomatoes
- 4 cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
Instructions
- In a large stock pot cook ground beef and sausage. If you can’t find the ground sausage you can remove the casing from links.
- Drain fat
- Add onion and green pepper, cook for 3-5 minutes
- Add Sauce, tomatoes, kidney beans and spices and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a crock pot and cook on low or 4-6 hours.
Other Chili Recipes You May Enjoy:
Mom’s Chili
Crockpot Black Bean, Corn and Chicken Chili
Chiliville Chili
Crockpot Butternut Squash Chili
As stay-at-home moms for eight years, Melissa and Shelley know what it takes to live a savvy lifestyle within a budget. Their passion for helping people has expanded their reach from Stockpiling Moms.com to also including speaking engagements, book authors (Savvy Saving Couponing Secrets from the Stockpiling Moms) and conference co-hosts. Melissa and Shelley are best friends who met through 
This recipe was very good! Thanks for sharing
what size tomato sauce and diced tomatoes… Sounds delicious… Want to make..
16 oz.