my triple cook-off winning chili

Ingredients For my triple cook-off winning chili

• 3 lb

  lean hamburger
• 1

  green bell pepper, diced
• 1

  red bell pepper, diced
• 4-8

  fresh jalapenos, diced small (add as many as you like for heat, but add at least 4 for mild for the kiddos. *i usually add all 8 for hotter!)
• 1 lg

  onion, diced large
• 1 tsp

  salt`
• 1/2 tsp

  black pepper
• 1 tsp

  garlic powder
• 1/3 c

  good chili powder
• 1 3/4 c

  ketchup, I use Heinz
• 3 Tbsp

  lemon juice concentrate
• 1/3 c

  dark brown sugar, can sub light but I just don't even buy that kind anymore because it always turns into a brick
• 1 Tbsp

  Worcestershire sauce, I use Lea & Perrins
• 2 tsp

  regular white vinegar
• 1 1/2 tsp

  yellow table mustard, French's
• 1 1/2 Tbsp

  cumin
• 3 c

  spicy hot V8 juice
• 1 can

  dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained first in a colander til no longer foamy/bubbly (16 oz.)
• 2 pkg

  fresh sliced mushrooms (8 oz. each)
• 2 can

  Del Monte original stewed tomatoes, with the juice; crush tomatoes with hands as you add (14.5 oz. each)
• 1 c

  beef bouillon, i use superior touch better than bouillon beef base (dissolve 1 tsp. beef base into 1 cup hot water to make 1 cup bouillon)
• *more salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste