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History of Chili, with Original Recipe

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Meats Mexican Chilis, Copycat, Info, Beef 6 Servings

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients:
3 lb Ground or cubed chuck
1/4 c Oil
1 qt Water
1 ts Of Salt or to taste
10 Garlic cloves, chopped
3 oz Chile powder…I like McCormicks
1 ts Ground cumin (comino)
1 ts Oregano
1 ts 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)
1 1/2 to 2 hours. In a small bowl, mix chili powder, salt, garlic, cumin,

INSTRUCTIONS

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
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
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #489 by Bobbi Zee <zpegasus@tsrcom.com> on
Mar 1, 1997.

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