History Of Chili, with Original Recipe
Ingredients: 3 lb Ground or cubed chuck 1/4 c Oil 1 qt Water 1 t Of Salt or to taste 10 Garlic cloves, chopped 3 oz Chile powder...I like -McCormicks 1 t Ground cumin (comino) 1 t ...
Ingredients
- 1/4c oil
- 1qt water
- 1t of salt or to taste
- 10garlic cloves, chopped
- 3ozchile powder...i like
- 1t oregano
- 1t cayene pepper...more or less
- 1/2ts black pepper
Directions
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Ingredients: 3 lb Ground or cubed chuck 1/4 c Oil 1 qt Water 1 t Of Salt or to taste 10 Garlic cloves, chopped 3 oz Chile powder.I like -M
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They may have had their origin from old Mexican recipes, but since most cowboys couldn't read.or for that matter, cook very good, chili mo
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A lot of ingredients available to us now were just not available then
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Most chili consisted of beef, cumin, pepper, sugar, paprika, garlic, and masa to thicken
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Tomatoes were seasonal and usually not available
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Chili powder was not manufactured at the time.They used dried chili's (spanish for peppers).most west texas cowboys were Mexican
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Most of the original chili did not have beans due to the time required to soak and cook them.chuck wagons did not appear til later in hist
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The following recipe is based on the original recipes.