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Chili ( Mike's Texas ) Recipe

 


3 lb Ground beef
1 lb Ground pork
1/2 tb Bacon fat or
5 Precooked strips of bacon
Crushed
1/16 c Sugar
1/8 c Dark brown sugar
1 tb Beef soup base
1/2 ts Instant coffee or
1/2 c -real coffee
1 c Chopped celery
1 ts Thyme
2 ts Salt
1 ts Cummin seed
1 ts Garlic, powder or minced
1 tb Cocoa
2 Bay leaves
1 ts Cilantro
1/2 tb Mexican oregano
1 ts Tabasco or
1 ts Cayenne pepper (+/-to taste)
3/8 c Chili blend
2 tb Paprika
1 cn V-8 juice, (48 oz. ea)
1 c Chopped onion
1/2 c Green and red peppers,
Chopped
1 cn Stewed tomatoes (16 oz. ea)

Brown pork and beef, and drain very well. Add all
ingredients to large crock pot and cover. Cook on high
for 4 - 6 hours or low for 8 - 12 hours. The longer it
cooks, the thicker it gets. Cubed roast or steak may
be substitiuted for the ground meat. NOTE: This can be
cooked on top of the stove. Brown pork and beef, then
cook onions until they become limp. Add all of the
other ingredients first. Cook and mix for 5 minutes
add meat last Cover and cook on low for at least 4
hours. Stir every 10 to 15 minutes. Last served on
6/19/93. Today I'm making this to take to Sarah's 4th
of July party. 7/02/93