Diane's Crock Pot Chili Con Carne

Description: This is not a recipe I have tried, but comes from Diane Deiber from Santa Cruz, California. I would be tempted to cook it longer, but I am not an experienced crock pot user.

Ingredients:

• 8 lbs coarse ground beef
• 3 medium onions, chopped fine
• 2 green bell peppers, seeded and chopped fine
• 3 celery ribs, chopped fine
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 (16 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 (3 ounce) bottles chili powder
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 1 (1 ounce) can chile salsa
• 1 teaspoon hot green chili pepper (canned, diced)
• garlic salt
• fresh coarse ground black pepper
• oregano

Steps:

1. Brown ground beef in frying pan; pour off extra fat.
2. Put browned meat in bottom of crock pot; add chopped vegetables then all other ingredients.
3. Cook on low heat for 3 hours.