For sauce: saute onion and pepper in oil and add beef and cook and stir until pink color is gone from beef. Add remainder of ingredients and cover and cook simmered for 10 minutes.This is the unusal step here: puree in batches for desired consistency . Dont puree throughly smooth though. Pureeing also changes the color of this sauce.So expect it to be a bit browner than red.Correct seasonings. Makes about 4 cups. Serve over hot dogs or plain buns or rolls for a sloppy joe sort of thing.

For chili: do not puree but add some canned beans as desired.