Chili queen chili recipe
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 lb. beef, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 lb. pork, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1/4 C. suet
- 1/4 C. pork fat
- 3 medium onions, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 qt. 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 T. cumin seeds, freshly ground
- 2 T. Mexican oregano
- Salt, to taste
Recipe method:
- Lightly flour the beef and pork cubes.
- Quickly cook in the suet and pork fat, stirring often.
- Add onions and garlic and saute 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.
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