Recipe - Mikes Texas Chili - Southern

3 pound Ground beef
1 pound Ground pork
One half tablespoon Bacon fat or
5 Precooked strips of bacon
Crushed
1/16 cup Sugar
1/8 cup Dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon Beef soup base
One half teaspoon Instant coffee or
One half cup real coffee
1 cup Chopped celery
1 teaspoon Thyme
2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cummin seed
1 teaspoon Garlic, powder or minced
1 tablespoon Cocoa
2 Bay leaves
1 teaspoon Cilantro
One half tablespoon Mexican oregano
1 teaspoon Tabasco or
1 teaspoon Cayenne pepper (+/to taste)
3/8 cup Chili blend
2 tablespoon Paprika
1 cn V8 juice, (48 oz. ea)
1 cup Chopped onion
One half cup Green and red peppers,
Chopped
1 cn Stewed tomatoes (16 oz. ea)

Brown pork and beef, and drain very well. Add all ingredients to large
crock pot and cover. Cook on high for 4 6 hours or low for 8 12 hours.
The longer it cooks, the thicker it gets. Cubed roast or steak may be
substitiuted for the ground meat. NOTE: This can be cooked on top of the
stove. Brown pork and beef, then cook onions until they become limp. Add
all of the other ingredients first. Cook and mix for 5 minutes add meat
last Cover and cook on low for at least 4 hours. Stir every 10 to 15
minutes. Last served on 6/19/93. Today I'm making this to take to Sarah's
4th of July party. 7/02/93

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