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Title: Uncle Dirty Dave's Chilli #6
Categories: Beef, Pork, Chilies, Stews
Yield: 12 Servings

5 lb Round steak; in small cubes
2 lb Pork loin; in small cubes
3 lg White onions; peeled,
- quartered
2 Red bell peppers; stemmed,
- cored, seeded, diced fine
6 Ancho chilies; stemmed,
- cored, seeded
7 Red chilies; whole
4 ts Beef base or bouillon
2 md Bay leaf
4 oz Can green chilies; chopped
1 lg Tomato; blanched, peeled,
- seeded, diced fine
8 oz Vegetable juice (V8)
4 tb Cilantro
4 tb Garlic granules (not powder)
1/4 c Cumin
1 c Strong coffee
1 tb Cocoa
1 Rib celery w/leaves; base
- removed, in 3" pieces
Hot water or chicken broth
1/8 ts (or less) cinnamon; optional
2 c Gebhardt's chilli spice
Cayenne; ground

Put the vegetable juice, coffee, bay leaves, beef base or
bouillon, garlic, cumin and chilli spice into a large cast
iron Dutch oven. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer.
Stir in the cocoa. Continue to simmer.

Brown the beef and pork in a large, heavy skillet. Add the
pieces of meat to the Dutch oven as they are browned. Let
the mixture continue to simmer. Crumble the ancho chilies
into the blender. Add enough of the onion and celery to
fill the blender loosely. Add only enough hot water or
broth to permit the blender to work easily. Blend until
the ingredients are chopped fine. Add to the mixture in
the Dutch oven. Repeat with the remaining onion and
celery. Add the chopped green chilies and whole red
chilies. Stir to mix thoroughly. Continue to simmer,
stirring only enough to prevent sticking or burning. Add
the bell pepper and tomato to the mixture. Simmer for at
least 30 minutes. Add vegetable juice or chicken stock or
broth if the mixture starts to get too thick. Adjust the
"heat" of the mixture with cayenne, waiting several mins
after each addition before rechecking the balance.

Continue to cook to taste. Stir in the cinnamon at that
point. Let simmer for four or five minutes. Remove the
bay leaves and whole chilies. Serve hot.

Meal Master Format by Dave Drum; 17 February 1999

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Title: Uncle Dirty Dave Drum's Prize Winning Chilli
Categories: Beef, Chilies, Stews, Mine
Yield: 6 Servings

4 lb Chilli grind chuck
4 ts Garlic granules *
1 lg Onion; chopped fine
1 ts Cocoa powder; unsweetened
3 tb Minor's (GFS) Beef Base
Salt; if needed
48 oz V8 (straight or picante)
1 ts Cayenne pepper
8 tb Mexene Chilli spice
4 ts Cumin
14 oz Can Red Gold diced tomatoes
- w/chilies
+=Or=+
1 lg Tomato; diced w/juice
+=AND=+
4 oz Can of green chilies **
1/2 ts Brown sugar; opt
1/8 ts (scant) cinnamon; highly opt

* I use garlic granules because they are consistent as
to taste and strength. I like fresh as much as the
anyone. But, it's nice using ingredients that are the
same from batch to batch.

** Apropos of fresh ingredients - you can substitute
Anaheim (aka New Mexico) chilies for the canned chilies.
Processed New Mexican chilies are what is in the can
anyway. The fresh chilies are fairly mild (low heat)
and quite flavourful.

Use a 12" cast iron Dutch Oven. Toss 4 lb. of chilli
grind into the pot and start browning it. Add 1 tsp.
of garlic granules per pound of meat. While meat is
browning chop a large onion reasonably fine. When
ground chuck no longer shows pink add the diced onion
and cocoa.

Stir in 3 Tb. of Minor's/GFS Beef Base. If using super
market (Kraft or whatever) beef base - watch the salt.
Most beef bases are mostly salt. Minor's is mostly beef.

Add a 48 oz. can of V8 (straight or picante') juice and
1 ts. of cayenne pepper. Continue to simmer and stir.
When onions are clear toss in 2 Tbs chilli spice per
pound of meat. (I use Baron's, Mexene, or Gebhardt's)
and 1 tsp cumin per pound of meat. Add the Red Gold
diced tomatoes with chilies or a 4 oz. can green chilies
(chop and seed if you grabbed whole peppers by mistake).
Add the diced tomato and its juices.

Continue to simmer and stir until onions are tender and
completely transparent adding V8 juice as necessary. If
you run out of V8 use either unsalted 'mater juice or
chicken broth to add liquid. Total cooking time about 90
minutes.

If you're cooking at home you can serve this batch at
this point. See below for longer schedules and the
"kicker".

If you're on a 3 hour schedule - most cook offs are -
turn off stove and let your pot marinate for about an
hour. About 30 minutes before turn-in time relight the
stove and bring the chilli back to a simmer. Taste
carefully and critically.

This is final adjustment time. If it's too salty try
adding about 1/2 tsp of brown sugar. If the chilli has
died or gone flat add 1 tsp chilli spice and 1/2 tsp
cumin per pound of meat and simmer right up to time to
put in judging cups.

As evidence that any receipe is a living, breathing
organism this one was revised and updated immediately
after the Mount Auburn Volunteer Fire Department cook-
off. Second place isn't anything to sneeze at. It beats
kissing your old maid aunt on the lips.

Meal Master Format by Dave Drum - 07 September 1999

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