Stuffed Pepper Soup - Denver Green Chili

By MiMaRee

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 qts water
• 1 qt spicy V-8 or bloody mary mix
• 3 red, yellow, orange, or green bell peppers (or combination), diced
• 1 1/2 cup chili sauce (see notes to make your own)
• 1 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 2 celery ribs, diced
• 1 1/2 cups diced onion (about 1 large)
• 2 tsp Kitchen Bouquet browning sauce
• 3 chicken bouillon cubes
• 3 large garlic cloves, pressed
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups mild diced green chiles

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Brown the ground beef, breaking it up into small bits as it cooks.
Dump all ingredients except green chiles into a 6 qt crockpot. Cook on low for 5 hours. This soup will go from thin to medium thick when it is ready (that's when the rice fully cooks).
Add the green chiles and cook for another 15 minutes minimum.
It's fine to let this cook several more hours.
Serve & enjoy! You may want to serve with shredded cheese on top.


Notes
Chili Sauce:
1 15 oz can tomato sauce
4 tbsp vinegar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp allspice

Blend all ingredients and put into covered container until ready to use.