Santa Fe Soup

Kelly Thomason: Lenoir City, TN

This is my husband's Nana's recipe that she had made for years. It tastes absolutely wonderful and hits home for all of us. This is a great recipe for football Saturdays or if you have a large gathering!

Ingredients:

1 lb. of ground beef
1 lb. of Italian sausage
1 green, red, and yellow pepper (3 total)
1 onion
1 can of sweet corn
1 can of Rotel
1 can of petite diced tomatoes
1 can of ranch-style beans
Velveeta cheese
Mixed shredded cheese
Tortilla chips (or Fritos)
Chili powder seasoning
Salt
Pepper

Instructions:

Chop up the onions and peppers into small pieces.
Dump cans of ranch-style beans, Rotel, and sweet corn, 1/2 of the onion, and diced tomatoes into a crockpot. Mix and set on high.
Cook the ground beef and Italian sausage on the stove top with the remaining chopped onion. Sprinkle the chili powder, salt, and pepper on top.
Drain the grease of the cooked meat and mix in the crockpot with the other ingredients.
Slice up the Velveeta cheese and put in crockpot. Slowly mix in and add the shredded cheese in with it.
Add more chili powder, salt, and pepper.
Let it cook for approximately 3 hours on high or 7 hours on low.
Serve with tortilla chips or Fritos.