Chili Con Carne

Today I am going to share my chili con carne recipe with you. In addition to making this for myself, it also was served at a coffee/cafe vendor in the now defunct Metro Center in Phoenix. However, I would make 25 pounds at a time for that establishment. This recipe is on a medium spice level for spicy hot lovers of chili and hot for people who like chili bland. If you prefer bland use mild chili powder and leave out the Tapitito chili sauce.

Note: You must use a 5 quart copper bottomed sauce pan to avoid the chili sticking to the bottom and burning. Do not use an iron sauce pan.
Now if you do have a copper bottom sauce pan, once you bring the chili to a boil you can transfer it to a crock pot or other slow cooker and finish simmering it that way. The object is to avoid burning the chili, since it does have to cook for an hour.

Chili Con Carne southwestern style
This recipe makes about 5 quarts. Whatever you don't eat in one sitting, store it in the refrigerator overnight so it will thicken, or you can let it cool, store overnight in the refrigerator and then serve the next day.
Saute until browned
2 pounds 80/20 ground beef in
1 TBSP each of chili powder, cumin, cayenne powder, Spanish parika and cilantro.
1/2 small white onion
1 TBSP minced garlic
1 tsp of black pepper
1 tsp of salt
When ground beef is browned add:
1 red bell pepper diced
1 orange bell pepper diced
1 green bell pepper diced
1/2 small white onion
1 TBSP minced garlic
2-16 ounce cans of diced tomatoes (Do not drain)
1 can of green diced chilis or 1 whole jalepeno if you want if hotter
3-15 ounce cans of Ranch Style beans or chili beans (Do not drain)
1 TBSP each of chili powder, cumin, cayenne powder, Spanish paprika, and cilantro
1 or 2 TBSP of Tapitito chili sauce or any hot red chili sauce
Bring to a boil stirring constantly.
Then turn down the heat to low, cover and simmer and let cook for an hour checking every 15 minutes to make sure the chili does not clump and burn on the bottom of the pan.

Chili also tastes good over white rice or my Mexican rice recipe above.
Ole'!

Another Mexican food recipe tomorrow.