My recipe:
3-4 lbs. chuck steak, minced by hand into 3/4" pieces
One package of Carroll Shelby's Chili Fixings
16 oz. malt liquor
1/2 cup Diet Dr Pepper
1 large green bell pepper
1 large onion
1 #10 can ground tomatoes
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 oz. ground California chile
grated bittersweet chocolate
sour cream
Brown chopped meat in peanut oil. Seed and chop bell pepper. Peel and chop onion. Saute bell pepper and onion in butter until soft.
Add to browned meat the bell pepper and onion, large packet of chili powder and packet of cayenne pepper from the CS kit, plus 1 teaspoon of salt. Add the malt liquor, Diet Dr Pepper, and can of ground tomatoes.
Cover and simmer about 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Serve with grated chocolate and sour cream. Best accompanied by slices of honeydew melon, homemade flaky buttermilk biscuits, and an ice-cold can of Tab.
Does that diet Dr Pepper go in the pot or in the cook? ;)
California “chili”? No thanks! I’ll save the chocolate and malt liquor for after dinner.