Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

6 Dried hot chile peppers
3 lb Boneless chuck, in 1/4 inch
-ice
6 tb Rendered beef suet
2 Onions, chopped
4 Garlic cloves
1 1/2 tb Cumin
1 lb Tomatoes, drained chopped
1 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Bay leaf
1/2 ts Oregano
Accompaniments:
Sour cream
Cheddar cheese, finely grate
Onion, chopped
Hot chile peppers, seeded
-inced
Kidney or pinto beans
Tortilla chips

Heat a griddle or cast-iron skillet over mod-high heat until it is
hot. Toast the chile peppers, turning them and not allowing them to
burn, for 1-2 minutes. Let chile peppers cool until they can be
handled, then seed them. Combine peppers with 1 cup water in a small
saucepan. Bring to a boil, covered, simmer the mixture for 5 minutes.
Puree the water and pepper in a food processor. In a large casserole,
saute the chuck in 4 Tbsp beef suet over moderately high heat until
it is lightly browned. Transfer meat to a bowl. Add to the casserole,
the remaining suet, onions, and garlic, and cook the mixture over
moderate heat, stirring, until the onions are softened. Add the
cumin and cook the mixture over mod-low heat, stirring, for 1 minute.
Add the chuck, chile puree, tomatoes, cocoa powder, bay leaf, and
oregano, and combine the mixture well. Add water to cover barely.
Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, and
adding more water, if necessary, to keep the meat covered, for 2
hours longer. Add salt to taste, simmer uncovered for another hour.
Discard bay leaf. Transfer the chili to a heated serving bowl and
serve it with the sour cream, cheese, onion, chile peppers, beans and
tortilla chips. a 1981 Gourmet chili favorite

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