Teddy Roosevelt's Army Chili 1896
"What teddy and the rough riders ate"
Original recipe yields 6 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (373.1 g)
- Calories 285.3
- Total Fat - 9.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.9 g
- Cholesterol - 84.6 mg
- Sodium - 1854 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 17 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 3.4 g
- Protein - 30.7 g
- Calcium - 30.1 mg
- Iron - 3.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a very large skillet,
Step 2
Brown the steak in the bacon drippings.
Step 3
Add 1 1/2 cups of boiling water and the rice. Cover and allow to simmer over very low heat until the rice is tender about 20 minutes
Step 4
Meanwhile
Step 5
Put the chilies into a bowl and pour in the second cup of boiling water over them and allow to stand until cool.
Step 6
Then, hand-squeeze the chilies until the water is red.
Step 7
Add the flour to the chili water and blend which should make it thicken. Discard the chili hulls.
Step 8
Add the chili water to the beef in the skillet and also add the salt and onions.
Step 9
Allow to simmer for about 10 more minutes (until onions are tender) and serve.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
Tags :
Chili