Eugenia Potter's 27 Ingredient Chili Con Carn

Ingredients

450 gr dry pinto beans
1 water to cover
110 gr butter
2 onions
130 gr green chilies
2 of garlic
800 gr sirlion
260 gr pork sausage
16 gr flour
500 gr beans
4 pimientos
2 cans tomatoes
30 size
75 gr celery
80 gr mushrooms
65 gr sweet pepper
65 gr green pepper
150 gr pitted ripe olives
14 gr parsley
350 ml bottle of chili sauce
8 gr salt
8 gr garlic salt
6 gr black pepper
8 gr cilantro
5 gr oregano
34 gr chili powder more
475 ml sour cream

Instructions

Wash and drain pinto beans and soak in water overnight. Bring to boil, lower heat, and simmer 2 to 3 hours or until tender. Drain. Meanwhile, melt butter in large skillet and add onions, chilies, and garlic. Saute until onion is soft. Add chopped sirloin and cook over moderate heat until meat is brown. In a separate pan brown sausage and pour off fat. Add sausage to meat mixture. Sprinkle with flour and stir to blend, then transfer to Dutch oven or 8 litre kettle. Add pinto and canned beans and all remaining ingredints except sour cream; bring just to boil. Lower heat and simmer about 30 minutes. Skim off fat with a cold spoon as it rises to the top. Serve with sour cream. This freezes wonderfully.