WVIZ/PBS ideastream®: Firehouse Chili

Firehouse Chili
Submitted by Commander Ted Huffman of Fire Training Academy
Can be served over noodles or rice, and with sour cream and shredded Cheddar cheese. Raw chopped onions are nice on top also! And of course your favorite Hot Sauce!
Ingredients
1 pound of Bob Evans Hot Sausage
2 green peppers
2 red or yellow peppers
Assorted hot chili peppers
1 pound of ground turkey or hot Italian sausage for real men
1 large Spanish onion, diced
Several tablespoons of hot chili powder
Several teaspoons of Cumin
Several teaspoons of garlic
Assorted mushroom including shitake mushrooms (chopped )
2 cans of hot chili/kidney beans
2-4 16 ounce cans of spicy/garlic/peeled tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Brown and season meat with spices
Add peppers, onion, mushrooms and cook with meat till soft. Place cans of tomatoes and beans in Crock-pot on high.
Add ingredients from large frying pan. Rinse pan and get all of the juices. Chili is ready when crock pot starts to boil














