Chili Con Carne

Ingredients

• three dozen large Chili peppers
• a pint of boiling water
• one large onion
• half a dozen cloves of garlic
• three pounds of tender beefsteak
• two tablespoonfuls of lard
• salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Wash and remove the stems of the Chili peppers.

2. 2

   Boil them until soft, then mash through a wire sieve.

3. 3

   Chop onion and garlic fine; fry with beefsteak and lard until meat is done.

4. 4

   Stir in Chili peppers and salt, simmer for an hour, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The complete cook book (1900) by Rees, Jennie Day Mrs., page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHILI CON CARNE. Pronounced chilly con carny, and meaning pepper with meat, is a kind of hash, excellent for a breakfast dish. To make it, carefully wash and remove the stems of three dozen large Chili peppers. Put them in a saucepan with several bay leaves, pour over them a pint of boiling water and let them boil until thoroughly soft, then mash through a wire sieve. Now chop one" large onion and half a dozen cloves of garlic very fine; put in a saucepan with three pounds of tender beefsteak, also chopped fine; add two tablespoonfuls of lard. Let these ingredients fry in a saucepan until the meat is well done, but not hard, then stir in the Chili peppers and salt to taste

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