Grandma's "make It Stretch" Chili

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 2 (24 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (28 ounce) can chili beans, hot
• 2 packets mccormick chili hot seasoning
• 1 packet mccormick chili seasoning mix
• 4 cups water
• 3 lbs potatoes, parboiled

Recipe

• 1 in a large dutch oven,brown ground beef until well cooked.
• 2 drain any extra fat or water from meat.
• 3 on a medium-low temperature, add tomato sauce, tomato paste, chili beans, seasoning packets, and water to pot.
• 4 mix well, and continue to cook on medium low for a minimum of one hour, covered, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
• 5 in the meantime, peel potatoes and cut into "bite size" pieces.
• 6 place potatoes in large dutch oven and cover with water, and add salt to taste.
• 7 cook on high heat and boil potatoes (about 7 minutes once they come to a boil) just until they will break in half with a fork stuck into them. you don't want to over cook them because they will be mushy when you put them into the chili, and they will cook a bit after you put them in the chili.
• 8 drain potatoes well.
• 9 add potatoes to chili.
• 10 mix well and continue to cook over low heat for an additional 30 minutes.
• 11 stir frequently to avoid burning on bottom.
• 12 serve whenever you are ready with bread and butter or "snowflake rolls" as my family does by the dozen!