UNION PACIFIC CHILI

By cnash

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. ground beef suet (or 4 tablespoons olive oil)
• 2 1/2 lb. lean ground beef
• 3 tablespoons Mexican chili powder
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 medium can whole tomatoes
• garlic and onion powder, to taste
• salt and pepper, to taste
• pinto beans

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from cooks.com

Preparation

Step 1

This recipe was retrieved from Grandmother's old recipe file and recently mailed to us. It was scribbled on some Union Pacific Railroad stationery sometime around 1920-1930.

When we made it, we added a few more garlic cloves, a chopped jalapeno, an onion, and we substituted olive oil for the beef suet! We cooked up the pinto beans with a quart of beef broth for 20 minutes in a small pressure cooker, but you can substitute 2 cans of pinto beans if you prefer. A hearty old fashioned classic updated.

Put 1/2 lb. ground beef suet (or 4 tablespoons olive oil) in kettle. Let render for 5 minutes. Then add 2 1/2 lb. of lean ground beef (garlic, chopped onion). Salt to suit taste.

Add 3 tablespoons of Mexican chili powder, a small clove of garlic (or more) when nearly done.

Use but little water while cooking, add tomatoes or any other seasoning you like -- add pinto beans cooked separately.