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     Title: Bodacious Chili
Categories: Chili, Chocolate
     Yield: 1 servings

     2 lb Boneless beef chuck roast
          Cut into 1" inch cubes
     2 lg Onions; chopped
     3    Celery
          Sliced into 1-inch pieces
     1 lg Green pepper; coarsely
          -chopped
     1 lg Sweet red pepper; coarsely
          -chopped
     1 c  Sliced fresh mushrooms
     2    Jalapeno peppers
          ; seeded and chopped
     4 cl Garlic; minced
     3 tb Olive oil
     2 tb Cocoa
     2 tb Chili powder
     1 ts Ground cumin
     1 ts Dried oregano
     1 ts Paprika
     1 ts Ground turmeric
   1/2 ts Salt
   1/2 ts Ground cardamom
   1/4 ts Pepper
     1 tb Molasses
   1/2 c  Burgundy or other dry red
          -wine
     2 cn Kidney beans, drained; 16
          -oz each
     1 cn Chick peas (garbanzo beans)
          ; 16 oz each
          Spicy sour cream topping
          ; * see note
          Shredded cheddar cheese

 Recipe by: DOROTHY CROSS   (TMPJ72B)
   Cook first 8 ingredients in olive oil in a large Dutch
 oven over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until meat
 browns. Drain and return meat mixture to Dutch oven.  Stir
 in cocoa and next 13 ingredients. Bring mixture to a boil;
 cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1-1/2 hours, stirring
 occasionally. Serve with Spicy Sour Cream Topping and
 shredded cheese.  Yield 12 cups.

 *  SPICY SOUR CREAM TOPPING:  1 (8 oz.) carton sour cream,
 1/3 cup commercial salsa, 2 tb mayonnaise, 1 tsp chili
 powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/2 spt curry powder, Dash of
 ground red pepper, 1 tb lemon juice, 1 tsp Dijon mustard.
 Combine all ingredients; chill. Serve with chili.  Yield
   1-2/3    cups.
   Source  Southern Living Magazine - January, 1995
 DOTTIE, in Irvine, CA

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