~ Kay's shadywood showdown chili Recipe ~

 
                       Kay's Shadywood Showdown Chili
 
 Recipe By     : Kay Bailey Hutchison
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Chile
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2      medium        onion -- diced
    2                    bell pepper -- diced
                         olive oil
                         salt
                         pepper
                         garlic powder
    2 1/2  pounds        ground sirloin
    4      tablespoons   mole sauce
    2      cans          (8 oz.) ea. tomato sauce
                         water
    4      tablespoons   chili powder
   16      ounces        kidney beans, canned (opt.)
 
 Saute half the onions and peppers in 1 tablespoon olive oil.  Add salt,
 pepper and garlic powder to taste.  Brown meat separately, leaving in
 chunks.  Drain fat.  Add onion/pepper mixture to meat.  Add 3 tablespoons
 mole sauce to mixture.  Transfer to large pot.  Add tomato sauce, 2 to 3
 cans water and 3 tablespoons chili powder.  Bring to a boil.  Add remaining
 mole sauce, if desired.  Simmer one hour.  Season and stir occasionally.
 
 Saute remaining onion and peppers as above.  Add to pot along with drained
 beans.  Add final chili powder to taste.  Finish heating about 15 minutes
 and serve with favorite fixin's.
 
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 NOTES : In 1995, Kay Bailey Hutchison won the Congressional Chili Cook-Off
 with this recipe.