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History Of Chili, With Original Recipe
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HISTORY OF CHILI, WITH ORIGINAL RECIPE
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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Copycat Info
Beef
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Ingredients:
3 lb Ground or cubed chuck
1/4 c Oil
1 qt Water
1 t Of Salt or to taste
10 Garlic cloves, chopped
3 oz Chile powder...I like
-McCormicks
1 t Ground cumin (comino)
1 t Oregano
1 t Cayene pepper...more or less
1/2 ts Black pepper
1 tb Sugar
3 tb Paprika
3 tb Flour
6 tb Masa (fine ground corn meal)
The first "chili" recipes appeared in West Texas at
the turn of the century. They may have had their
origin from old Mexican recipes, but since most
cowboys couldn't read...or for that matter, cook very
good, chili most probably got it's start due to the
availability of spices and other ingredients available
in the area. A lot of ingredients available to us now
were just not available then. Most chili consisted of
beef, cumin, pepper, sugar, paprika, garlic, and masa
to thicken. Tomatoes were seasonal and usually not
available. Chili powder was not manufactured at the
time...They used dried chili's (spanish for
peppers)...most west texas cowboys were Mexican.
Most of the original chili did not have beans due to
the time required to soak and cook them...chuck wagons
did not appear til later in history and even then, on
most ranches, the cowboy was on his own and didn't
have time to watch beans all day.
The following recipe is based on the original
recipes...
CHILI
In a large skillet, saute meat in oil until browned.
Add water and simmer 1 1/2 to 2 hours. In a small
bowl, mix chili powder, salt, garlic, cumin, oregano,
cayene pepper, black pepper, sugar and paprika. Add to
skillet. Simmer 30 minutes...cooking longer will cause
spices to lose flavor. In a small bowl mix flour and
masa. Wisk flour masa mixture into chili...stirring
constantly to prevent sticking. Bring mixture back to
simmer until thickened. Remove from heat. Serve over
beans, rice, hot dogs, enchiladas, burritos, or eat
plain. Cheese (cheddar, longhorn, queso blanco,etc.)
goes well on top.
Note lack of tomatoes and beans... Give it a try.....KF
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