True Texas Pandemonium Chili

ElvisPresley99's Note:

My father and I used to compete in Chili Cookoffs in Texas. I have spent many an hour trying to hone my own recipe, and this is what I have come up with. Not too much heat....but REAL Texas Chili flavor!

• Total Time: 4 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 lbs cubed beef roast
• 2 white onions
• 1 california anaheim chili, stemmed and seeded
• 2 serrano chilies, stemmed and seeded
• 32 ounces wolfgang puck beef broth
• 2 cups water
• 2 (8 ounce) cans Hunts tomato sauce
• 2 teaspoons Wesson Oil
• 2 (1 ounce) dark chocolate squares (80%)

1st spices

• 1 teaspoon msg
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
• 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granule
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon season salt
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon texas chili powder
• 1 tablespoon ground anaheim chili (Paul Prudhomme)

2nd spices

• 1 teaspoon sazon goya
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon season salt
• 1 tablespoon texas chili powder
• 1 tablespoon new mexico mild chili powder

3rd spices

• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon new mexico hot chili powder
• 1 tablespoon texas chili powder

4th spices

• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 tablespoon texas chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions:

1. Instructions:.
2. Brown beef in 2 tsp Wesson Oil, with diced Onions, Annaheim and Serrano peppers. Add beef broth, 2 cups water, 1 can Hunts Tomato Sauce and 1st spices. Bring to boil, cover and cook at medium boil until beef is almost tender (approx 2-1/2 hr). 30 minutes before serving add 2nd spices and 2nd can of Hunts tomato sauce. 20 minutes before serving add 3rd spices. 10 minutes before serving add 4th spices, and 2 squares of chocolate. Adjust to taste for salt and for heat add Tabasco Sauce.

Reviews

[Mia in Germany]

Thinking about what to do with the organic beef we got from a local organic farmer, I decided to make someting spicy for DH and MIL - they both like it sweet and hot. I got hooked by this recipe because of the chocolate; I like playing around with chocolate in spicy dishes. Now I omitted the msg and only had thai chilis, and as I use to make nearly everything from scratch, I used my own tomato sauce and home made beef broth. Well, and I only have one kind of chili powder and cayenne pepper, so I used that. Actually I don't think the msg is necessary at all, because this exploded with flavors :) Thanks for this recipe!