* Exported from MasterCook * Glen's "Green Floater" Chili Recipe By : Glen G. Hosey Springfield, VA, USA Serving Size : 30 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Chili Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 3 lb Lean ground beef 2 lb Lean steak -- cut in 1/4" cubes 2 tb Garlic -- minced 2 lg Yellow onions -- coarsely - chopped 3 lg Bell peppers -- coarsely chopped 4 lg Tomatoes -- coarsely chopped 1 lb Fresh or canned mushrooms -- - sliced thick 50 Seranno chiles -- stemmed 25 Jalapeno chiles -- stemmed 56 oz Whole tomatoes (2 cans) -- - chopped 4 1/2 oz Jar chili powder (12 tb) 2 tb Ground cumin (comino) 2 tb Ground oregano 1 tb Ground paprika 1 tb Ground red pepper 1/2 tb Ground marjoram 1 tb Salt 69 oz Ranch style beans (pinto beans) - (3 cans) 45 oz Dark red kidney beans (3 cans) -- drained 45 oz Light red kidney beans (3 cans) -- drained Start browning the meat in a large pot. Add the garlic. Start chopping the vegetables in the order listed and add to the pot as you chop them. Stir after each addition. Add the peppers whole. Do not cut up! If you do, the chili will be brutally hot! Add in the juice from the canned tomatoes, and add the chopped canned tomatoes. Simmer all this for 2 to 3 hours. Add in the beans. Simmer another 30 minutes to heat the beans and serve. This is best made the day before, refrigerated, and then reheated before serving. Serve the chile and add a "floater" or two for those who like their food hot. Note: If you get to some point in adding ingredients that your pan starts to overflow, divide what you have into two pans, then split the remaining ingredients between the pots. Hint: Adjust seasonings to your liking. Adding more ground red pepper will make it hotter. Adding more whole chiles will not make the chili itself any more hotter, but you sure will have more "green floaters"! Beware: You can use other chiles that what I listed, but be very careful that the ones you use do not have thin skins or they will break apart during cooking and cause the chile to be very hot! The large green chiles are not well suited for this, as their skins are too tough! Besides they are mild! My personal creation, from times in the "Land of the Morning Calm" where we lucky to get fresh jalapenos in the Army Commissary, and when the Serranos hit! Oh boy, what a special day! That's the only kind of hot chiles we ever got! And before you purists flame me, yeah, it's got beans in it! That's only to make it go further--there wasn't any choice, we were rationed as to the number of packages of meat one could purchase per day to 3! So I had to add some beans to get it to stretch and feed a party crowd! Busted by Christopher E. Eaves - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -