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The Ultimate Chili

Type: Meat
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb 454g / 16ozPinto beans - dry
  Water
2   Onion - chopped (medium)
2   Garlic - minced
3 lbs 1362g / 48ozSirloin steak - chopped
2 tablespoons 30mlFlour
1   -- (4 oz.) pimiento
1   Sour cream
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozButter
6   Shallot - chopped
1   -- (7oz.) green chile
1 lb 454g / 16ozPork sausage
1   -- (1lb.) baked beans
3   -- (1lb 14oz tomatoes
3/4 cup 82g / 2.9ozCelery - chopped
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozGreen pepper - chopped
1/2 cup 46g / 1.6ozParsley - minced
1   -- (12oz) bottled chili sauce
1 tablespoon 15mlSalt
2 teaspoons 10mlPepper
1 tablespoon 15mlOregano
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozFresh mushrooms - sliced
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozSweet red pepper - chopped
1   -- (9oz.) pitted ripe olives, chopped
1 tablespoon 15mlGarlic salt
1 tablespoon 15mlCilantro - chopped
3 tablespoons 45mlChili powder - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Wash and drain pinto beans and soak in water to cover overnight. Bring beans to a boil in same water; lower heat and simmer 2 to3 hrs or till tender. Drain.

Meanwhile, melt butter in large skillet. Add onions, shallots, garlic, seeded and chopped green chilis. Saute until onion is soft. Add chopped sirloin and cook over medium heat until meat is brown.

In a separate pan, brown sausage and pour off fat. Add sausage to onion and meat mixture. Sprinkle flour over meats and stir to blend. Transfer meat mixture to a heavy Dutch oven or 8 quart kettle.

Add cooked and canned beans, pimiento, tomatoes, celery, mushrooms, green and red peppers, olives, parsley, and chili sauce. Bring to a boil; lower heat simmer about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Stir in salt, garlic salt, pepper, cilantro, oregano, and chili powder (add one Tbsp at a time, taste for seasoning preference). Continue simmering about 1 1/4hours, stirring every 15 minutes. Skim off fat with a cold spoon as it rises to the top.

Just before serving, remove from heat; stir in sour cream and return to a very low heat just long enough to heat through. Can be made ahead and frozen. Add sour cream just before serving.

Source:
Diane Browder (Sierra Mountain Quilters Ass.)

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