poll time, chili

Bludawg said:

Look there is Chili con Carne and there is Rancho Frijoles (non Texans call 'em chili beans), then there is what became a fusion food chili con carne with beans used to streach the chili to increase profits and produce an inferior product by reducing the amount of meat. This is a carpet bagger invention that came about sometime around 1869/70 then we run the carpetbaggers out of the chili parlors and Texas sending 'em packin back to where they came from at the end of reconstruction. They carried the inferior product to the hinterlands calling it Chili.

So this Poll is confusing the issue Chili con Carne real deal chili has no beans!!
Chili Queen Chili

Recipe from: Connie Morrison
This is, according to the legend, one of San Antonio chili queen's original recipe circa 1885.

• 2 pounds beef, cut into ½ inch cubes
• 1 pounds pork, cut into ½ inch cubes
• ¼ cup suet
• ¼ cup pork fat
• 3 medium onions, chopped
• 6 clove garlic, minced
• 1 quarts water
• 4 ancho chiles, seeds and stems removed, chopped fine
• 1 serrano chile, seeds and stems removed, chopped fine
• 6 dried red New Mexican chiles, seeds and stems removed, chopped fine
• 1 tablespoons cumin seeds, freshly ground
• 2 tablespoons Mexican oregano
• salt, to taste

Lightly flour the beef and pork cubes. Quickly cook in the suet and pork fat, stirring often. Add onions and garlic and sauté until they are tender and limp. Remove all pieces of fat. Add the water to the mixture and simmer for 1 hour.
Grind the chiles in a blender or molcajete. Add to the meat mixture. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for an additional 2 hours. Skim off any fat that rises, then serve with warm tortillas

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