Original San Antonio Cattle Trail Chili Recipe

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Original San Antonio Cattle Trail Chili
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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
872
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Note: This recipe is one of the original cattle-trail recipes use in the San Antonio area for Tex-Mex Chili. The Tex-Mex dish, Chili, was adapted from the Mexican dish, Chili Colorado con Carne which means chiles with meat. Tex-Mex cooks from around San Antonio are mighty proud of their chili and mighty set in their ways of puttin' chiles in and leavin' other stuff out.
  2. Pinto beans were always served as a side dish and never cooked in the chili. Some purist did the same thing with the onion. No one ever, ever, put tomatoes in chili under any circumstances. That's where the expression, Git a rope! came from.
  3. Instructions:
  4. Render the suet in a large heavy kettle. Remove and discard any solids.
  5. Cut meat into 1/2 inch cubes. Salt and pepper and brown the meat in the fat. Add onions, garlic, oregano, and cumin. Cook until onions are soft.
  6. Add beef stock and bring to a boil; then reduce heat and simmer slowly while preparing the chiles.
  7. Remove stems, membranes and seeds from dried chiles.
  8. Put the chiles in a sauce pan; cover with boiling water and let steep for 10 minutes.
  9. Lift out the hydrated chiles and grind or puree, adding 1 cup of liquid in which chiles were cooked.
  10. Add the puree to the meat, cover and simmer one hour or until meat is tender.
  11. Adjust seasonings to taste.
  12. Mix flour with cold water, then stir into chili and cook 10 minutes to thicken and cook the flour.
  13. *Note: If these chiles are unavailable, substitute 4 to 6 tablespoons of commercial chili powder.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 872.02 Kcal (3651 kJ)
Calories from fat 515.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 57.25g 88%
Cholesterol 247.91mg 83%
Sodium 1529.13mg 64%
Potassium 1295mg 28%
Total Carbs 10.71g 4%
Sugars 2.96g 12%
Dietary Fiber 1.12g 4%
Protein 76.93g 154%
Vitamin C 1.6mg 3%
Iron 9.6mg 53%
Calcium 78.6mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 163.88 Kcal (686 kJ)
Calories from fat 96.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.76g 88%
Cholesterol 46.59mg 83%
Sodium 287.38mg 64%
Potassium 243.38mg 28%
Total Carbs 2.01g 4%
Sugars 0.56g 12%
Dietary Fiber 0.21g 4%
Protein 14.46g 154%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 3%
Iron 1.8mg 53%
Calcium 14.8mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 22
    Points
  • 23
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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