Chili and Beans

Dreamgoddess's Note:

Walt Disney's home and heart were in the Southwest as evidenced by one of his favorite recipes. This is one of the Zaar recipes that I adopted. If I make any changes to the recipe, I'll post them.

• Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 3 Quarts

• 2 lbs dry chili beans (pink or red)
• 2 medium onions , sliced
• 2 -3 teaspoons salt
• ½ cup cooking oil
• 2 cloves garlic , crushed
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 teaspoon chili powder (depending on taste)
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• salt

Directions:

1. Soak beans overnight in cold water.
2. Drain off water; put beans, onions and salt into a large kettle; add water to come 2 inches over beans.
3. Simmer about 4 hours, or until tender; add hot water if necessary, to maintain liquid level.
4. Meanwhile, prepare sauce.
5. Heat oil in a large deep skillet or Dutch oven; add garlic and ground beef; cook slowly until meat is lightly browned.
6. Add remaining ingredients; simmer 1 hour.
7. When beans are tender, add sauce to beef mixture and simmer for 30 minutes longer.
8. NOTE: For a very spicy chili, add a dash or red pepper flakes, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, turmeric and a small yellow Mexican chili pepper.

Reviews

[Jellyqueen]

I did make a few changes to this recipe, but the changes I made didn't really affect the taste too much. I used stew meat instead of ground beef and I added a few drops of pepper sauce, because it just didn't have the kick to it that I was wanting. We just prefer the stew meat for the chili, so I cut the meat up into very small pieces and used that. Great recipe.