Buzzard's breath chili
Yield: 16 Servings
Ingredients:
- 3 tb Lard butter or bacon dripins
- 2 Onions lg coarsely chopped
- 8 lb Beef chuck coarse grind or
- 8 lb Beef round coarse grind
- 5 Garlic cloves finely chopped
- 5 1/3 tb Red chile hot ground
- 5 1/3 tb Red chile mild ground
- 1 tb Cumin
- 1 ts Oregano dried pref. Mexican
- 3 cn Tomato sauce(8oz ea)
- 3 c Water
- 2 tb Salt Parsley(optional)
- 1 c Corn flour(masa harina)
Instructions:
1. Melt the lard butter or bacon drippings in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until they are translucent.~ 2. Combine the beef with the garlic ground chile cumin and oregano. Add this meat-and-spice mixture to the pot with the onions. Break up any lumps with a fork and cook stirring occasionally about 1/2 hour until the meat is evenly browned.~ 3. Add the tomato sauce water salt and optional parsley. Bring to a boil then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 1 hour.~ 4. Stir in the corn flour(masa harina) to achieve the desired consistency.~ 5. Cook 10 minutes longer stirring. Taste and adjust seasonings.~
