Free Recipe Chili Our Way

Recipe Type: Free Mexican Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 6

Ingredients for Chili Our Way Recipe

6 Dried hot chile peppers
1/2 ts Oregano
3 lb Boneless chuck, in 1/4 inch
Accompaniments:
-ice
Sour cream
6 tb Rendered beef suet
Cheddar cheese, finely grate
2 Onions, chopped

4 Garlic cloves
Onion, chopped
1 1/2 tb Cumin
Hot chile peppers, seeded &
1 lb Tomatoes, drained & chopped
-inced
1 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder
Kidney or pinto beans
1 Bay leaf
Tortilla chips

Chili Our Way Preparation

Heat a griddle or cast-iron skillet over mod-high heat until it is hot. Toast the chile peppers, turning them and not allowing them to burn, for 1-2 minutes. Let chile peppers cool until they can be handled, then seed them. Combine peppers with 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, covered, simmer the mixture for 5 minutes. Puree the water and pepper in a food processor. In a large casserole, saute the chuck in 4 Tbsp beef suet over moderately high heat until it is lightly browned. Transfer meat to a bowl. Add to the casserole, the remaining suet, onions, and garlic, and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, until the onions are softened. Add the cumin and cook the mixture over mod-low heat, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the chuck, chile puree, tomatoes, cocoa powder, bay leaf, and oregano, and combine the mixture well. Add water to cover barely. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, and adding more water, if necessary, to keep the meat covered, for 2 hours longer. Add salt to taste, simmer uncovered for another hour. Discard bay leaf. Transfer the chili to a heated serving bowl and serve it with the sour cream, cheese, onion, chile peppers, beans and tortilla chips. a 1981 Gourmet chili favorite

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