Cook Off Winner Chili Texas Style

Description

I can't take credit for this winner – its a good friend's recipe.

Ingredients

• Salad Oil
• Stewing Beef
• Onion
• Green Pepper
• Garlic
• Diced Tomatoes
• Hot Pepper
• Mexican Chili Powder
• Salt
• Bay Leaves
• Red Kidney Beans
• Cheddar Cheese

Instructions

1. Heat oil over medium high heat in a large dutch oven
2. Add beef, onions, green pepper& garlic and cook until onion is tender, stirring frequently
3. Add tomatoes& their liquid, hot peppers, chili powder, salt& bay leaves and bring to a boil
4. Reduce heat to low, cover& simmer for 1 1 / 2 hours, stirring occasionally
5. Remove bay leaves
6. Stir in beans& their liquid and heat thoroughly
7. Serve in soup bowls
8. Sprinkle with cheddar or monterey jack cheese
9. Place under broiler for 1- 2 minutes to melt
10. Serve with your choice of sliced green onions, diced avocados, chopped green peppers, hunks of crusty bread, corn chips, saltine crackers or tortilla chips as accompaniments