Chili & beans for a crowd
30 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Oil |
| 2 | tablespoons | Salt |
| 2 | tablespoons | Cumin seed |
| 9 | eaches | Garlic cloves minced |
| 2 | tablespoons | Cocoa powder |
| 1 | can | Tomatoes, peeled, chopped |
| 6 | cups | Onions, chopped |
| 6 | pounds | Beef small cubes |
| 1 | tablespoon | Fennel |
| 1 | cup | Chili powder |
| 1 | tablespoon | Sugar |
| 24 | ounces | Tomato sauce |
| ½ | pounds | Bacon cut into 1/2\" squar |
| 2 | pounds | Pinto beans, dry, rinsed & pic |
| 4 | eaches | Garlic cloves minced |
| 3 | eaches | Water |
Directions
Saute onions until translucent. Sprinkle salt in stockpot brown beef over medium high heat. Grind cumin & fennel add to meat with onion garlic, chili powder, cocoa & sugar. Stir in tomatoes & tomato sauce & 4 cups water. Bring to a boil reduce heat to simmer stir occasionally for 3½ hours. If its too thick add water. BEANS In heavy pot cook bacon until crisp. Add beans, garlic, salt and water.
Bring to a boil over moderate heat. Reduce heat & simmer, stir occasionally until beans are tender, about 1 ½ hours. Use slotted spoon to add beans to chili. use liquid to thin chili. Source: Mum's box