Cyclone Chili
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Chili
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

1/3 cup Lard
4 pound Beef chuck, cut into 1/2 inch
1 Large onion, chopped
3 Clove Garlic
1 cup Drained canned nopalitos (Green pepper strips
12 medium Canned (or fresh) serrano peppers
10 ounces mexican green Cut-up, fresh tomatillos*
6 ounces tomato paste
1 1/2 cup Beef stock or canned beef br
1/3 cup Chopped fresh coriander
5 teaspoon Crushed cumin seeds or groun
1 1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Ground black pepper
 

Preparation:

Fat grams per serving: Approx. Cook Time: 3« hr Heat lard in large heavy kettle; add meat, about 1 pound at a time, removing after each pound is browned. After all four pounds are browned, put onions and garlic in kettle and cook until soft. Return all beef to kettle. Rinse cactus pieces in cold water; drain and add to beef. Also add peppers, green tomatoes, tomato paste, beef stock, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer about 2 1/2 hours. Makes about 2 1/2 quarts. * If using fresh tomatillos, increase beef stock or broth to 3 cups. When a blue norther was howlin' across the plains, a plate of Cyclone Chili tasted mighty fine to a cowboy. Green tomatoees and pieces of cactus, thrown in with the beef and peppers, sure helped chase away the col