Karen's Kitchen

INGREDIENTS:

6 lbs Prime Beef, cubed or coarse ground
4 medium onions, finely diced
1 15-oz can Hunts Tomato Sauce
6 New Mexico dried pepper pods
6 Pasilla dried pepper pods
4 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon Tabasco
16 tablespoons Gephardt Chili Powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon MSG
½ teaspoon sugar
14 garlic pods, crushed- use remaining pulp
1 cup water
1½ tablespoons oregano leaves
2-3 tablespoons Wesson Oil
black pepper
salt to taste
Remove stems and seeds from pepper pods and boil chili peppers in water for approximately one hour until pulp separates from skin. Scrape pulp from skin, mash into a paste. Use 1½ cups of this paste in recipe.

In the 1 cup of water, bring the 1½ tablespoons oregano leaves to boil, steep like tea. Strain, add the strained liquid to chili mixture.

Procedures: Brown beef, a small batch at a time in hot oil adding onions and black pepper to each batch. Remove meat to chili pot as it browns. Add remaining ingredients, blend well. Cover and simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

submitted by Carol and Dave Hancock