Cattle Drive Chili Food

Received this in chatting with a Texas cook a few years ago, and, as we all have our own views of "chili" today, this is where it all got started (actual credit to Texas Governmor Ann Richards, who attribuited Jim Perry of the XIT Ranch in the Texas Panhandle, as being the method of cooking on a cattle drive... While very simplistic, the longer it cooks, the better it tastes, and showcases the lack of ingredients that could be found on a cattle drive, I argue that as the drives passed settlements its logical that fresh killed beef was traded for services (laundry?) or fresh veggies, so that the legend of tasting better as time went on would reflect veggies added at a later date. No refrigeration just constant heat in the chuckwagon. Chili cooks should all try this once! Meat, in its original sense, would not have been expensive cuts, or be very "aged", and would not have been finely ground, but rather "roughly chopped"...but remember to use "fatty" meat!

Provided by John DOH

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 2h20m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

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Nutrition Facts : Calories 1692, Fat 176, SaturatedFat 74.1, Cholesterol 240.2, Sodium 159.2, Carbohydrate 7, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 2, Protein 19.9

Slow cooked cattle drive chili is my family's favorite chili recipe.

Provided by Lynn Walls

Categories     Slow Cooking

Time 6h10m

Number Of Ingredients 7

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