Dad’s Hot Dog Chili
1 pound Ground beef
1 cup lard
1 medium Onion(s), diced
1/3 cup Chili powder
2 teaspoons Paprika
1 teaspoon Black pepper, coarsely ground
1 teaspoon Garlic powder
1 teaspoon Cumin powder
1 teaspoon Allspice
1 teaspoon Basil, dried
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Oregano, dried
To get the right consistency, cover the meat with water and soak, in the fridge, for about 30 minutes. Then take a fork and break up any remaining chunks. Drain the water and go on to browning. You will have some water while browning but it will slowly steam off.
Brown beef, onion and shortening.
Add remaining ingredients.
Simmer for 2 hours. You may have to add some water.
This freezes well.
Notes: It’s probably been mentioned by now that my wife is a healthy cook. Thus there is no lard in our cupboard. However the first time Beck tasted this stuff (My nannies 94th Birthday) she started eating it with potato chips once we ran out of hot dogs. We’ve always joked it was because of the lard. She’d just never had anything like that before.
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