Old Bear's Recipe of the Month
May 1995

                  Texas Red
       Authentic Lone Star Chili

     2 Tbsp    vegetable oil
     2 lbs     stewing beef, cubed
     1 cup     chopped onions
     1         green bell pepper
     1 clove   garlic, minced
     1 can     tomato paste (12 oz)
 2 1/2 cups    water
     2         pickled jalapeno chiles, 
                 rinsed, seeded and chopped
 1 1/2 Tbsp    chili powder
   1/2 tsp     crushed red pepper
   1/2 tsp     salt
   1/2 tsp     dried oregano
   1/2 tsp     cumin

     1 can     pinto beans, drained (15 1/2 oz) if you insist!

In a large heavy pan, heat oil and brown beef cubes on all sides.
Add onions, bell pepper and garlic, and saute them with beef for
about five minutes.

Add all the remaining ingredients, except the beans (if you insist
on using beans).  Simmer the chili for at least 1 1/2 hours until
the meat is tender, at which point you can add the beans if you 
insist.  Simer for another 1/2 hour.

Serve with corn bread and a nice cold Long Neck.


source: Lone Star Brewing Company