Profrontation's Chili Con Carne - Mexican

* Exported from MasterCook *

PROFRONTATION'S CHILI CON CARNE - MEXICAN

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Serving Size : 3 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Ethnic Main dish

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 lb Ground beef
3 tb Bacon fat
3 x Onions, chopped
4 x Garlic cloves, chopped
4 tb Chili powder
1 tb Cumin
1 tb Flour
1 cn Tomatoes, large
3 x Bay leaves
1 tb Oregano
1 tb Red wine vinegar
1 1/2 tb Brown sugar
1 pt Black olives
1 cn Kidney beans, large

In bacon fat, lightly brown onion and garlic. Remove.
To the fat add chili that has been mixed with 1T
flour. Make sure that there is enough fat or add more
so that it mixes well. Stir until smooth. Add meat,
stir until all the chili mixture is absorbed. Brown.
Stir in tomatoes and cook gently for 20 mins. Add bay
leaves, oregano, vinegar, and brown sugar. Cook 20
mins, add kidney beans. Cook slowly for 2 hrs then add
olives. Source: Recipes 1st try: We cut ground beef to
1 lb. Really rich and spicy. Leftovers the following
day were even better! 2nd try: We increased ground
beef to 1 1/2 lbs, used 1 med can kidney beans, and
increased tomatoes to 2 cans. This was terrific!



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