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18. With ,,,, Sam Arnold's "Historic Jailhouse Chili"
Tue Sep 17, 2024, 08:54 PM
Sep 17

Sam Arnold's Jailhouse Chili
Ingredients:
6 slices bacon
1/2 lb hot bulk pork sausage
2 pounds ground chili beef or
chopped stew meat
1 cup of chopped onions
2 mashed garlic cloves
2/3 cup chopped green pepper
4 tablespoons pure New Mexico red chili powder
2 teaspons of cilantro
1 teaspoon or leaf oregano
1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
2 cans of beer
1 12-oz can of tomato paste
3 cups cooked anasazi or pinto beans (canned beans may be used, but they're not nearly as good as cooking them from scratch!)
Preparation:
Cook bacon crisp, drain, cool and crumble, set aside. Brown sausage, drain, set aside. Keep 1/4 cup of the fat. Brown ground beef. Cook pepper, garlic and onion and combine with cooked beef, sausage. Add beer and tomato paste, and simmer at low heat (200 degree F) for two hours. Add beans, cook 20 minutes longer and serve with shredded cheese and chopped onion over the top. If you like it hotter, add finely minced serrano chilies (not jalapenos).

Acknowledgment:
This receipt was published in the Denver Post ~1997 or so. It comes from Sam Arnold's extensive cook book of special frontier receipts that he had researched. Many of which are used now at his family's "The Fort" restaurant located near Red Rock, Colorado, a southwestern suburb of Denver. If you are ever near by, you just have to dine at The Fort. It is a very unique dining experience.
https://inquestllc.com/Chili.php

its good with bacon and or beans nt msongs Sep 17 #1
Never have tried bacon in there... happybird Sep 17 #21
You should. It's excellent. Mr.Bill Sep 19 #62
With... Sane1 Sep 17 #2
extra beans crud Sep 17 #3
Loooove bacon! happybird Sep 17 #22
I hate beans and thought I was the only one who made chili without them. :-) spooky3 Sep 17 #4
With dweller Sep 17 #5
Light, dark, & black beans SheltieLover Sep 17 #6
Yes Duncanpup Sep 17 #10
Beans: with chili, not in it. DinahMoeHum Sep 17 #7
With. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 17 #8
When I used to make chili, KarenS Sep 17 #9
With--they make it "healthy" no matter what else you add. hlthe2b Sep 17 #11
No beans LiberalLoner Sep 17 #12
Plate Chili EarthAbides Sep 17 #13
I use taco seasoning in mine :) happybird Sep 17 #20
i do 2 versions built on my paternal grandma's. my aunt is allergic to beans. pansypoo53219 Sep 17 #14
I love black beans! happybird Sep 17 #30
my grandma made hers w/ kidney beans, pasta + potatoes. i don't like mixing taters + pasta. my other aunt is not a bean pansypoo53219 Sep 18 #42
Beans! sorcrow Sep 17 #15
That's a nice memory :) happybird Sep 17 #23
With Freethinker65 Sep 17 #16
With MiKenMi33 Sep 17 #17
With ,,,, Sam Arnold's "Historic Jailhouse Chili" Hotler Sep 17 #18
That sounds wonderful! happybird Sep 17 #25
With beans subterranean Sep 17 #19
I make both kinds chowmama Sep 17 #24
omg, pineapple?!? happybird Sep 17 #26
College cooking on a budget, what can I say? chowmama Sep 17 #28
The Southwest style is more like a gravy or carne guisada, served on top of corn bread etc. LeftInTX Sep 19 #49
Usually w/dark/light kidney beans and multicolored peppers, mushrooms, sweet onion, fire-roasted diced tomatos, spices - Backseat Driver Sep 17 #27
I use ranch style beans and ground turkey, Rotel tomatoes, Ilsa Sep 17 #29
I loads thems beans right up. magicarpet Sep 17 #31
mostly beans DBoon Sep 17 #32
If no beans what, then? Not chili. An omelette? question everything Sep 17 #33
No Gaytano70 Sep 19 #55
I like the beans BlueKota Sep 17 #34
Yes. diane in sf Sep 17 #35
Beans, of course rocketdem1964 Sep 17 #36
No... Mark.b2 Sep 17 #37
Lentils Zambero Sep 17 #38
Mild. With. Secret ingredient: Can. UTUSN Sep 17 #39
Yeah Figarosmom Sep 17 #40
Definitely no beans. LoisB Sep 18 #41
gound beef( wheres the beef)? boil in a bag rice an frozen mixed veggies for a rounded meal :) AllaN01Bear Sep 18 #43
I make my chili with a pan and a can opener. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 18 #44
make? Skittles Sep 18 #45
With beans. Paladin Sep 18 #46
With beans because I usually make Luciferous Sep 18 #47
With ProfessorGAC Sep 18 #48
My favorite chili recipe calls for black beans & red kidney beans. Dulcinea Sep 19 #50
Definitely without!!! lkinwi Sep 19 #51
beans roomtomove Sep 19 #52
Amen! happybird Sep 19 #59
Beans until the next time because my new girlfriend can't eat beans. Not a lot anyway. Or I make a side-batch brewens Sep 19 #53
No beans Gaytano70 Sep 19 #54
Beans yes Redleg Sep 19 #56
Beenz Pleeze NBachers Sep 19 #57
My mom added spaghetti to the chili. fargone Sep 19 #58
A restaurant chain called Bob's Big Boy on the west coast had that on their menu. Mr.Bill Sep 19 #63
Black beans only GPV Sep 19 #60
No beans LetMyPeopleVote Sep 19 #61
With. Beans are the best part of chili. AnnaLee Sep 19 #64
Beans beemerphill Sep 19 #65
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