MOM'S WEST TEXAS CHILI FROM TRISH! I HAD TO GIVE THE CHILI A NAME AND SINCE IT WAS WHAT MY MOTHER MADE ALL MY
LIFE I WANTED TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT WAS DUE.. YOU WILL NEED... 1 LB LEANEST HAMBURGER MEAT (I BUY AT KROGERS LAURA'S BRAND OF HAMBURGER AS IT'S THE LEANEST AND SINCE I AM NOT A FAN MUCH OF RED MEAT I CAN'T STOMACH THE FATTIER BRANDS) 1 15-OZ HUNTS*PREFERRED BRAND STEWED TOMATOES 1 SMALL WHITE ONION CHOPPED IN SMALL SIZE PIECES 1 15-OZ CAN *HUNTS TOMATO SAUCE 1 15-OZ CAN *RANCH STYLE BEANS 2 TBS CHILI POWDER*LAWREY'S OF COURSE 1 TSP SALT METHOD... IN A LARGE POT OR DUTCH OVEN BROWN THE MEAT AND ONION TILL DONE. IF YOU BUY THE LEANER CUTS YOU WON'T NEED TO DRAIN ANY EXCESS FAT OFF. THEN ADD ALL REMAINING INGREDIANTS AND STIR TILL BLENDED AND COVER AND SIMMER FOR ONE HOUR. THAT'S ALL THE RECIPE. I WAS THE ONLY ONE DONE WAY BEFORE ALL THE OTHER CONTESTANTS AND I HAD TO PREPARE IT ON TOP OF A COLEMAN CAMP STOVE WITH BUTANE TO HEAT IT.. WE ALL WORE THE LAWREY'S APRONS AND BOLO'S IT WAS INSIDE THE BRAILLE INSTITUTE CENTER IN LOS ANGELES. THERE WERE REPRESENTIVES AND CONTESTANTS FROM ALL THE OTHER CENTERS AROUND THE STATE THAT HAD WON. I HAD A VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST ME. I REMEMBER THE LADY NEXT TO ME WAS PUTTING CABBAGE IN HER CHILI AND WAS DERN NEAR PROUD OF IT TOO, EVEN IF SHE HAD NEVER WON ANY OF THE COOKOFFS. HMMMM, WONDER WHY?? ANOTHER MAN SAID HE PUT ARMADILLO MEAT IN HIS CHILI YUK! I WAS AFRAID MINE WOULD OVER HEAT OR DRY OUT SINCE IT DIDN'T TAKE AS LONG AS EVERYONE ELSES DID.. BUT IT FARED WELL AND I BROUGHT HOME THE PRIZE. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOK ON MY SON'S FACE WHEN I CAME IN WITH THAT MICROWAVE HAHHAHAH HIS MOUTH WAS ALREADY DROOLING OF THE CHIPS AND CHEESE HE WOULD GET TO MAKE FOR HIS SELF AGAIN,LOL NOW WHEN THIS STUFF IS DONE SIMMERING FOR AN HOUR, I SERVE IT IN BOWLS WITH CRACKERS AND I EAT MINE WITH A GOOD DOSE OF CATSUP ON TOP. THE REST OF MY FAMILY EAT THEIRS WITH CHEESE ON TOP AND ALL OF US CRUSHED THE CRACKERS UP ON TOP OF THE CHILI AND DIGGED IN.. NOW SOMETIMES, I MADE CORNBREAD AND CRACKERS BECAUSE SOME DON'T LIKE CORNBREAD..YOUR NOT AMERICAN IF YOU DON'T LIKE CORNBREAD! BUT I SOMETIMES MADE A FRETO PIE WITH LEFTOVERS IF THERE WERE ANY AND THAT WAS REAL EASY JUST USE THE LEFTOVER CHILI AND PUT IN A PAN TOP WITH FRETOS AND CHEESE AND BAKE JUST TILL HOT AND BUBBLY AND THE CHEESE IS MELTED.. _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
