Branding iron chili

Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients:

3 lb Sirloin rough ground
2 lb Pork rough ground
4 c Stewed tomatos
3 Onions chopped
4 Jalapenos seeded & -chopped
5 tb Cumin
3 tb Tabasco sauce
2 oz Sour mash whiskey
16 oz Beer
2 ts Salt
1 c Tomato paste
1/2 ts All spice
5 Garlic cloves minced
2 Bell peppers chopped
3 c Tomato sauce
2 tb Corn oil or peanut oil

Instructions:

Heat the oil in a large cast iron skillet. Cook the meats onions garlic and Bell peppers until meat is browned and the onions are transluscent. In a large pot bring the beer and whiskey to a slow boil. Add the meat mixture tomato sauce tomato paste and all spices except 1 T of cumin. Reduce the heat cover and simmer for 1 hour stirring frequently. Remove the lid and cook for 30 minutes more continuing to stir frequently. Add the remaining cumin and serve. Origin: Pat Kilgore Chili cook and a great lady! circa 1989