Mike’s Texas Chili - Southern Style

Mike's Texas Chili - Southern Style

4 Preparation Time :

Categories : Chili

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -- -- --

3 lb Ground beef

1 lb Ground pork

1/2 tb Bacon fat or 5 Precooked strips of bacon

Crushed 1/8 c Sugar

1/8 c Dark brown sugar

1 tb Beef soup base

1/2 t Instant coffee or 1/2 c - real coffee

1 c Chopped celery

1 t Thyme

2 ts Salt

1 t Cummin seed

1 t Garlic, powder or minced

1 tb Cocoa

2 Bay leaves

1 t Cilantro

1/2 tb Mexican oregano

1 t Tabasco or 1 t Cayenne pepper (+/-to taste)

3/8 c Chili blend

2 tb Paprika

1 cn V-

8 juice, (48 oz. ea)

1 c Chopped onion

1/2 c Green and red peppers,

Chopped 1 cn Stewed tomatoes (16 oz. ea)

Brown pork and beef, and drain very well. Add all ingredients to large

4 - 6 hours or low for 8 -

hours.

The longer it cooks, the thicker it gets. Cubed roast or steak may be

substitiuted for the ground meat. NOTE: This can be cooked on top of

the

stove. Brown pork and beef, then cook onions until they become limp.

Add

all of the other ingredients first. Cook and mix for 5 minutes add

meat

4 hours. Stir every

10 to

minutes. Last served on 6/19/93. Today I'm making this to take to

Sarah's

4th of July party.

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