Texas truck-stop chili
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients:
- 3 lb Trimmed beef brisket
- 1/4 lb Bacon; diced
- 1 lb Onions; chopped
- 1 tb Ground cumin
- 3 tb Chili powder
- 2 ts Paprika
- 1 ts Each dried oregano leaves Pepper and salt
- 1/2 ts Dried thyme leaves
- 1/8 ts Ground cinnamon
- 4 lg Cloves garlic; minced
- 1 cn Beef broth; (13-3/4 oz)
- 1 cn Plum tomatoes in puree; (28
- 2 Dried chipotle chiles (smoke
- 1 c Water; optional
Instructions:
Chopped red onion; for garni Cut beef into 1/2-inch cubes. In Dutch oven over medium heat cook bacon until crisp. Remove; reserve. Remove all but 1 T drippings; reserve. Over high heat saute beef in batches adding drippings as needed. Remove to bowl; over medium heat saute onions in any remaining drippings 10 minutes or until well browned. Meanwhile heat skillet over medium heat. Add cumin; cook 1 minutes or until very fragrant and toasted Stir in chili powder paprika oregano pepper salt thyme and cinnamon. Stir seasonings and garlic into onions; saute 1 minute. Stir in bacon broth tomatoes chiles and beef breaking up tomatoes with wooden spoon. Heat chili to boiling; reduce heat. Partially cover; simmer gently 3 hours or until beef is tender stirring frequently toward the end of cooing time to prevent sticking and adding water if necessary if mixture is too thick. Remove and discard chipotles. In bowls serve chili topped with chopped red onion. Makes 8 servings. Per serving: 369 calories 20 g fat 100 mg chol 878 mg sodium. Source: McCall's Magazine - February 1995 DOTTIE in Irvine CA. Formatted by Olivia Liebermann
