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Cherokee Campfire-baked Apples Recipe

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Ingredients

3 lg Onions, sliced
1 lb Tomatoes, whole, cut up
Water or beer, as needed
4 tb Chili powder
6 oz Tomato paste
2 ts MSG
6 Garlic cloves, pressed
2 ts Red pepper , crushed
2 tb Brown sugar
1 ts Salt
Garlic powder, as needed
4 lb Beef, ground
1/2 c Green pepper, sliced
3 tb Bacon grease
1 ts Black pepper, ground
2 1/2 lb Kidney beans , not drained
2 lb Tomatoes, crushed
3 tb Sugar, white

Directions

Step #1 In a large microwave container, onions, brown meat, green pepper and garlic for 15 mins on full power.
Step #2 Drain off & reserve a c or two of liquid.
Step #3 Break up any remaining large chunks of meat.
Step #4 add in the remaining ingredients except tomato paste & cook on full power for 30 mins covered.
Step #5 Stir & taste.
Step #6 Cook for 1 hr at 70 percent power, uncovered.
Step #7 Stir & taste at half hr intervals.
Step #8 Add water as necessary.
Step #9 Add tomato paste & reserved meat liquid.
Step #10 Cook 30 mins at 60 percent power, uncovered.
Step #11 Stir & taste.
Step #12 The chili is done & can be served directly or decanted into a crock pot to simmer.
Step #13 serve this with shredded cheddar cheese, hot chili oil, sliced onions, tabasco sauce, red pepper flakes & hot dogs with rolls.
Step #14 Your guests can microwave their own hot dogs & top them with chili & cheese!!! NOTES: High-energy microwave chili -- Microwaves & chili make a superb match, especially for lazy chili lovers like me.
Step #15 This version is for a mixed crowd.
Step #16 True chili fiends should see the notes at the end.
Step #17 Yield: Serves 8-12.
Step #18 For true CHERNOBYL-Class 20 megaton SS-19 chili, double the pepper, chili powder & MSG & add 30 mins to the cooking.
Step #19 serve this with Pepski.
Step #20 People who are worried about MSG, bacon grease or radiation should not be eating chili in the first place.
Step #21 Yes, it will make an incredible mess in your microwave oven.
Step #22 The most likely things you will need to add at the testing points are salt, sugar, & maybe garlic powder.
Step #23 The chili will thicken up in the microwave so be sure to add enough water to keep it soupy until the last phase.
Step #24 : Difficulty: easy.
Step #25 : Time: 10 mins preparation, 2-3 hrs in microwave.
Step #26 : Precision: approximate measurement OK.
Step #27 : Jim Houser (JABBA) : Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA : ins_ajbh@jhunix.
Step #28 bitnet :.
Enjoy the CHEROKEE CAMPFIRE-BAKED APPLES recipe