ever got the the point where you're exhausted trying to 'taste / appreciate' all 436 ingredients of a dish?
here's a simple chili con carne - beans and beef.
no, not interesting in regional definitions of what is and isn't chili. . . .
with the advent of 'chili contests' the 'how to' of this dish has gone to extremes. personally, as things go in the 'genuine' camp - I'd be real curious as to how Cookie made such a dish with thousands of ingredients by the 1/8 teaspoon on the back of a Conestoga chuck wagon.
for some odd reason, I'd bet he did 'simple'
there are exactly two secrets to this dish:
(1) brown the beef - not just make it turn from blood red to pale brown - hot sear the ground beef until about 50% of the 'kernals' show some dark color.
(2) time: it says simmer 2 hours. 4 is better. if you cut it short, you'll miss the flavors.
it's a good candidate for 'make the day before' - the peanut gallery in my house thinks it's better the second day.
1 lb ground beef
1 chopped onion
3/4 c green pepper chopped
1 lb = 2 c tomato chunks
1 lb = 2 c dark red kidney beans, drained
8 ounces tomato sauce
1 tsp salt
1 to 2 tsp chili powder
1 bay leaf
brown beef
add onion & peppers til soft
add rest
simmer two+ hr.
here's a simple chili con carne - beans and beef.
no, not interesting in regional definitions of what is and isn't chili. . . .
with the advent of 'chili contests' the 'how to' of this dish has gone to extremes. personally, as things go in the 'genuine' camp - I'd be real curious as to how Cookie made such a dish with thousands of ingredients by the 1/8 teaspoon on the back of a Conestoga chuck wagon.
for some odd reason, I'd bet he did 'simple'
there are exactly two secrets to this dish:
(1) brown the beef - not just make it turn from blood red to pale brown - hot sear the ground beef until about 50% of the 'kernals' show some dark color.
(2) time: it says simmer 2 hours. 4 is better. if you cut it short, you'll miss the flavors.
it's a good candidate for 'make the day before' - the peanut gallery in my house thinks it's better the second day.
1 lb ground beef
1 chopped onion
3/4 c green pepper chopped
1 lb = 2 c tomato chunks
1 lb = 2 c dark red kidney beans, drained
8 ounces tomato sauce
1 tsp salt
1 to 2 tsp chili powder
1 bay leaf
brown beef
add onion & peppers til soft
add rest
simmer two+ hr.