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      Title: Chili (Tennessee)
 Categories: Main dish
      Yield: 2 Quarts
 
      2 ts Butter
      3 lb Beef chuck; cut into 1/2
           -inch pieces
      1 lg Onion
      1    Green pepper; chopped
      1 cl Garlic; crushed
      4 tb Chili powder; up to 6 tb
      2    Bay leaves
      2 ts Oregano
      2 ts Sugar
      1 ts Cumin
      1 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Freshly ground pepper
     16 oz Can stewed tomatoes
 14 1/2 oz Can beef broth
     16 oz Can red kidney beans;
           -drained & rinsed
      8 oz Can tomato sauce
      1 c  Water
      1 tb Corn meal
 
  In Dutch oven melt butter over high heat.  Add beef and brown.
  Drain excess fat. Stir in onion, green pepper and garlic; saute
  until vegetables are softened, 3 minutes.  Stir in next 7
  ingredients; cook 2 minutes.  Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a
  boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour.  Simmer uncovered 1 to
  1 1/2 hours more.  Discard garlic and bay leaves.

  Makes 2 quarts, 660 calories per cup.

  This favorite recipe of Governor McWherter's mother, Lucille,
  won Honorable Mention in the 1988 Ladies' Home Journal
  "Great Chili Cook-Off."
 
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