Beer Chili

Description

This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Wadley Estate in Allen, Texas in 1990.

• Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Ingredients

• 2 pounds lean ground round
• 1 pound ground pork
• 2 medium white onions chopped
• 1 large red bell pepper chopped
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 3 fresh jalapeno peppers seeded and minced
• ¼ cup chili powder
• 28 ounce can Italian peeled tomatoes cut up and juices reserved
• 12 ounces beer
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1½ teaspoons cumin
• 1½ teaspoons oregano
• 2 bay leaves
• ¼ cup cornmeal
• sour cream
• pickled jalapeno pepper slices
• shredded cheddar cheese
• chopped onions

Directions

1. Cook ground round, ground pork, onions, bell pepper, garlic, and jalapenos for 8 minutes.
2. Add chili powder and cook stirring for 1 minute.
3. Stir in tomatoes with their juice, beer, tomato paste, salt, cumin, oregano and bay leaves.
4. Bring to a simmer stirring often.
5. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered stirring occasionally for 2 hours.
6. In a small bowl stir together cornmeal and ½ cup chili until smooth.
7. Stir cornmeal mixture into chili and cook until thickened about 5 minutes.
8. Place sour cream, pickled jalapenos, cheddar cheese and onions in separate dishes.