Recipe - Chili Con Carne From Lhj

1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
2 cup Finely chopped onions
2 tablespoon Minced garlic
One fourth cup Chili powder
2 tablespoon Cumin
2 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Freshly ground pepper
One fourth teaspoon Ground red pepper; (up to
1/2)
3 pound Lean ground beef
28 ounce Tomatoes; canned, coarsely
chopped
One fourth cup Chopped fresh cilantro

Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and cook until
softened, 3 minutes. Add garlic; cook 30 seconds. Stir in chili powder,
cumin, salt and peppers; cook 1 minute. Increase heat to mediumhigh. Add
beef; cook, stirring, until meat is no longer pink, 5 minutes. Stir in
tomatoes; simmer 20 minutes. (Can be made ahead. Cool. Transfer to 2
1/2quart microwaveproof bowl. Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours.
Microwave covered on High 12 minutes, stirring every 3 minutes, or until
hot.) Stir in cilantro.

Makes 8 cups.

Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Degree of difficulty: Easy
Microwave

(C) Copyright 1997, Meredith Corporation, All Rights Reserved

Busted by Barb, Possum Kingdom Lake

NOTES : : Wednesday, December 31, 1997 6:12 AM Here's a simple chili recipe
that you can serve up in less than 45 minutes. It's delicious as isbut
feel free to add or decrease the amount of spice according to your
preference.

Recipe by: LHJ ONLINE http://www.lhj.com

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #977 by "abprice@wf.net" abprice@wf.net on
Jan 1, 1998