LAFAYETTE CHILI (Circa Detroit - 1950's)

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 (6-oz) can tomato paste
• 4 TB oil
• 2 TB chili powder
• 2 envelopes onion soup mix
• 1 TB cumin powder
• 2 cups hot black coffee or Sanka
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp vinegar

Preparation

Step 1

Brown the beef in the oil, crumbling with fork till pink color disappears. Stir in onion soup mix & coffee, medium heat. Remove 1 cup of meat mixture to blender. Puree high speed till mixture resembles cement mortar. Return to remaining meat mixture & add remaining ingredients. Heat gently 1 hour.

Serve in hot dog buns, hamburger buns or in in bowls.

Serves 6