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    Good Chili


    Source of Recipe


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    Recipe Introduction


    Good with either lean ground beef or ground turkey.


    List of Ingredients


    • 3 pounds lean beef, turkey, venison (May use some pork)
    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin or whole comino
    • 1/2 cup olive oil
    • 1 quart water
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 6 tablespoons chili powder
    • 3 teaspoons sea salt
    • 10 cloves garlic, finely chopped
    • 6 tablespoons corn meal
    • 1 teaspoon oregano or marjoram
    • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
    • 1 teaspoon ground red pepper (optional)
    • 3 tablespoons paprika
    • 3 tablespoons flour


    Instructions


    1. Heat oil in 6 quart pot. Add meat and sear over high heat; stir constantly until gray, not brown. It will then have the consistency of whole-grain hominy. Add 1 quart water and cook, covered, at a bubbling simmer, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
    2. Add all the other ingredients, except the thickening flour and corn meal. Cook 30 minutes longer at the same bubbling simmer. Longer cooking will damage some of the spice flavors. If much fat was left in meat, it will show on top after spices are added. Skim part (about half) before thickening is added. Too much fat in the chili produces unpleasant backfires.
    3. Add thickening, previously mixed for your preferred chili consistency. Stir to prevent sticking after thickening is added. Some prefer all flour, others prefer all corn meal, still others use cracker meal - about as good and more convenient. Suit your own taste.
    4. If you like bay flavor (it is good), add 2 leaves 15 to 20 minutes at start. They'll be easier to find for removal before the spices are added.
    5. Pepper indicated will make fairly hot chili, about average. A first-timer might start with less and taste his way up. Don't be too hasty to stop after the first taste or 2. You'll like it better with more than what you first think is sufficient. You will probably wind up with the above amounts, perhaps more.
    6. Chili is better if it sets overnight. When reheated, it will likely require a little more water for your own individually desired consistency.


    Final Comments


    It really does get better with time.
 

 

 

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