Cyclone Chili

Ingredients

some garlic
3/8 lard
1,800 gr beef chuck
1/2 inc
1 onion
1 nopalitos
1 slice green pepper
12 tiney green h
1 seeded
10 cans mexican green
1 up
170 gr tomato paste
350 ml beef stock
32 gr coriander
1 coriander
10 gr cumin seeds
4 gr salt
1 gr black pepper

Instructions

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 2.5 hours. Makes about 2.5 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 cold. from "Famous Chili Recipes From Marlboro Country"