Title: The Bowl of Red a Great Chili
Categories: American sw, Beef
Yield: 8 Servings

1 tb Canola oil
3 lb Sirloin tip roast; trimmed,
-cut in 1/2" cubes
2 tb Mild New Mexico chili powder
2 tb Paprika
3 tb Chili powder
1 tb Hot New Mexico chili powder
5 tb Cumin
1/4 ts Oregano
1 c Chopped onion
4 Garlic cloves; minced
3 c Low-sodium chicken broth; or
-stock
1 c Low-sodium beef broth; or
-stock
1 ts Tabasco sauce
1/2 ts Salt substitute
1/4 c Cola flavored beverage
Salsa habenero; your
-favorite

Heat a large pot or Dutch oven until a drop of water quickly sizzles away.
Add canola oil to coat bottom of pan. Add a third of the sirloin tip cubes
and cook until water from meat is almost evaporated. With a slotted spoon,
remove meat to a bowl. Repeat process with remaining meat, one-third at a
time.

Remove pot from heat and pour off excess fat and water. Then return all
meat to the pot.

In a mortar, combine New Mexico Chile powder (mild and hot), paprika, chili
powder, cumin, and oregano; grind to blend. In a blender, combine onion,
garlic, chicken stock, and beef stock and puree.

Reheat the pot, adding contents from blender, and bring to a low boil.
Reduce to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes. Add spices from mortar and
simmer, covered, for 2 hours. *see tip. Remove cover. At this point, stir
once or twice, scraping the sides of the pot. Add Tabasco, salt substitute,
cola beverage, and 2 drops of salsa/sauce habanero. Stir in and taste;if
not hot enough, add a drop or 2 more of salsa habanero. Serve "hot from the
pot."

Servings: 8

Calories 228; 73mg chol; 100mg sodium; 8\7.5 g fat (2.2 g sat fat) 31%cff.
MC Recipe.

* TIP: Do not stir the the pot: if you stir chili too much, the meat
becomes tough and you lose some of the spice flavors.

>from kitpath *RC cola is good. Do no use diet soda with artificial sugar
that are not intended for prolonged cooking. >from kitpath >(c)1998-Jan
Eat-LF Archive

Recipe by: Healthy Southwestern Cooking by Bob Wiseman (1995)

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1059 by KitPATh on
Jan 29, 1998