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In a large pan brown ground beef along with onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic, breaking up meat as it cooks.
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Drain any accumulated fat.
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Add rest of ingredients to pan, mixing well.
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Bring to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for 1 1/2-2 hours, stirring occasionally.
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Adjust consistency with water as needed.
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Serve your chili as follows (items for the 3,4, and 5 way listed in ingredients- others may require items not listed).
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3-Way: chili, spaghetti, and cheese.
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4-Way: a 3-Way plus onions or beans.
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5-Way: spaghetti, chili, onions, beans and cheese.
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Chili spaghetti: spaghetti with chili.
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Cheese coney: hot dog, bun, mustard, chili, and cheese.
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Chili cheese sandwich: a coney minus the hot dog.
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Cincinnati burrito: chili beans wrapped in a tortilla, topped with chili, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and black olives.
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Cincinnati potato: baked jacket potato topped with chili, diced onions, beans and shredded cheddar cheese.
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Chili-cheese fries: french fries topped with chili and shredded cheddar cheese.
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Low-carb Coney: 3 small hot dogs (about 1 1/2 regular) in a bowl covered with chili and cheese.
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Serve oyster crackers and hot sauce on the side (crackers doused with sauce) or as a topping, if desired.