Recipe: 1974 World Champion Chili

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1974 World Champion Chili - Allegani Janis

This was to be the last year the World's Championship was held in Terlingua. Allegani Jani Schofield became the first female World's Champion. Carroll Shelby, C.V. Wood, Jr. and Frank Tolbert were the key individuals in organizing the International Chili Society World's Championship Chili Cookoff.

4 lbs		stew meat, ground once
3		onions, chopped
2 Tbs		oil
		salt and pepper to taste
2		heaping teaspoons cumin seeds
6		cloves garlic, mashed
1		can Hunts tomatoes
1 tsp		sugar
1/2		can Beer
2		packs chili powder
3 tsp		mole paste (available in stores stocking mexican groceries)
1 tsp		Tabasco sauce
1 tsp		salt
1 quart		water
4		jalapeño peppers, chopped
1/2 cup		masa flour (available in stores stocking mexican groceries)

Brown meat and onions in oil. Season with salt and pepper.

Using a molcajete (a Mexican grinding tool), grind cumin seeds and garlic with a little water. Add to meat.

In a blender, combine tomatoes, sugar, beer chili seasoning and chili powder. Add to stew along with mole paste, Tabasco sauce, salt and water and jalapeño peppers.

Cook for 2½ hours, stirring well from time to time.

At the end of the cooking time, make a runny paste of masa water, adding it to the stew to thicken it. Stir the stew rapidly while adding the paste to keep it from getting lumpy. Cook ½ hour more.

Recipe Type

Main Dish, Soup, Chili

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