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                      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.