Chili

2 lbs. ground beef

1 ½ onion – chopped

1 tbs oil

Cook meat until done, not brown. Salt to taste. Sauté onions until tender – not brown.

1 can tomatoes – 16 oz

½ tbs mole porte

½ tbs tobacco sauce

1 ½ tbs chili powder

½ tsp sugar

1 tsp cumin

½ tsp oregano

½ tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp garlic – minced

Combine all ingredients in stock pot with 16 oz of water and ½ bay leaf. Simmer for 2 ½ hrs. Thicken with mesa flour. Mix into a thin paste with water and simmer ½ hour longer. Serve with crackers or rice.

Governor Leon Crawford