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Texas Border Spicy Chili Recipe


Texas Border Spicy Chili Recipe
This is a very hearty and very spicy chili. We love it on Football Sundays. It's so full of great flavors. We love it and now you will too.

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Ingredients
  • 3 medium tomatoes
  • 1 large Bermuda onion finely chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 5 large garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 4 pounds beef shank coarsely ground
  • 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
  • 4 scallions chopped
  • 5 green bell peppers chopped
  • 5 fresh Serrano chilies chopped
  • 1 pound chorizo sausage
  • 4 medium garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 4 tablespoons ground hot red chilies
  • 4 tablespoons ground mild red chilies
  • 3 tablespoons cumin seeds
  • 1 can beer
  • 1 cup water

Directions
  1. Puree the first four ingredients plus one clove of the garlic in a blender or food processor.
  2. Scrape mixture into a large heavy pot and add the beef.
  3. Melt the bacon drippings in a heavy skillet over medium heat then add scallions, bell peppers, chilies, sausage and the remaining garlic then and cook until the onions are translucent and the sausage is browned.
  4. Place cumin seeds in a 300 oven for a few minutes until lightly browned.
  5. Remove seeds from oven and crush with a mallet.
  6. Stir vegetables into the beef and tomato mixture then add salt, ground chilies, cumin, beer and water.
  7. Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
  8. Lower heat and simmer uncovered for 6 hours.

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Just as a quick suggestion if you are feeding a larger crowd you may wish to add some beens to this either a half pound of dried beans (please follow instructions for preparing) a few cans of ready to use beans.


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