Chili Casserole

Not the actual recipe.

Ground Beef (I use Gardein fake meat)                                    
Beans (I used 3 regular cans of organic Black Beans)
Onion
Garlic
Peppers: Bell, Cubanelle, Pablano, Jalepeno, Red Fresno
Green Onion
Fresh Tomato (1 organic)
1 Big Can Diced Tomatoes
Cilantro
Salt
Cayenne
Cumin
Glop of Ketchup
Cheese                                                                                    
                   
Brown the beef in some oil. I put mine in a rectangle pan in the oven on about 400 till its a little toasty. Also add a little salt. And black pepper if you have it - I was out.
Chop onions and garlic and put in a fry pan with a generous pat of butter. Decent heat but not burned!
While that's going, chop all the other vegetables - Peppers first. By the time you're done chopping the peppers, you can add those to the fry pan also. Turn the heat down. Add a sprinkle of salt. Finish chopping. Don't over cook the peppers! You may be able to turn them off at this point and just leave them on the hot burner with a lid.
Get the browned beef and add the can of tomatoes. Mix it up.
Now add the green onion, fresh tomato, and cilantro to the pepper mix.
Put all 3 lightly drained cans of beans in your choice of cookery - I used my standard 8 qt. pot that is oven safe. You're gonna need room!
Warm the beans. Add a dash, or two, of Cayenne, plenty of Cumin, and another smidge of salt. Add ketchup. Mix.

*The salting is done in very lite layers and stages as a cooking aid rather than adding a ton of salt in the end that doesn't benefit or enhance the ingredients at all! Salt is needed to release flavors, not cover them up and kill your heart!!

Now for the casserolling:
In the pot with the hot beans, add a layer of tomato-beef mixture, then a layer of pepper mixture. If there's enough, do the beef-pepper layer again. No lid or cover and oven it at around 400 for 30-45 minutes.
It's done when its steamy hot all the way thru. (Using already warmed or hot ingredients helps loads!)
Serve it in a bowl or on a plate.
Add cheese.
Can be served plain, with cornbread, rice, sour cream, garlic bread, or whatever else you may think is tastey.
It's NOT CHILI, its casserole so remember to scoop from the bottom of the pot to get all the layers.
It should be nice and juicey but not runny or soupy.

Killer!