POLLY'S CHILI RECIPE

Here is something different - How to Heat up the Tummy in this Cold Winter:
About 4 hours to soak. 4 hours to cook.

INGREDIENTS:
1 small bag of Pinto Beans 2 Cans of 1 lb Cut Tomatoes or Crushed Tomatoes

2 bags of McCormick Chili Powder Mix or McCormick's "Tex Mex Chili" Powder Mix

1 "bottle" or container of Chili Powder Mix that you should have in your Kitchen... the family size that you can buy from Cosco, for example. You need at least 1/3 cup+ of this Chili Powder

Black Pepper & Paprika - 1 teaspoon; Salt -- 1 Tablespoon each

1 Large Pot about 8 Quarts size pot.

COOKING INSTRUCTION:
1. 1 small bag of Pinto beans.
2. Wash beans and soak in water for .... 4 hours.
3. Change water soak some more when the beans looked doubled in size--rehydrated.
4. While the beans are getting soaked, boil a large pot of water. The pot is like 10 Quart size ...you know the belly size pot. Fill the pot with lots of water, but at least past 1/2 pot.

5. Transfer rehydrated beans into boiling water.

WATCH out for the boil over at Step #6 below. It will make a mess on your stove. If you have a gas stove, this is very important that you do not let it boil over. As soon as it boils/steam, keep the lid propped open (use a long cooking chop stick, if you have one, across the pot and prop one side of the lid on it.)

6. Boil the bean until soft and water level is at the same level as the bean + 1 inch above it. About 2+ hours.

If the bean is still hard to the touch, put more water and boil long - 1 more hour or until soft.

7. Open two cans of 1 lb size CRUSHED/Cut Tomatoes.
8. Dump tomatoes into the pot.
8a. Put Salt to taste -- 1 Tablespoon.
8b. Turn heat to Med-low. As it will act like a Volcano magma at this point and beyond. Keep the pot covered with lid -- prop it open with a long chop stick sitting across the pot.

9. Get two packages of McCormick "Tex Mex" Chili powder mix + you should have a bottle of Chili Powder in your kitchen. You can also use McCormick's Chili Powder Mix, if you can't find Tex Mex Chili. You can also use only 1 package of Tex Mex Chili powder if you don't want it too hot.
8. Put 1/3 cups of chili powder into the pot with beans and tomatoes.
9. Stir well to get rid of the Chili powder clump, but without mushing the beans. -- Chop stick is the best to stir with.

10. Mix in Black Pepper, Paprika 1 teaspoon at a time.
11. Use a clean spoon and Taste. Good? Bad?? Need more salt? or sugar?
12. Mix Tex Mex Chili Mix and stir well to get rid of the clump.
13. Taste. Do you need anymore salt? probably? Add more as you wish.
14. Heat it up thoroughly -- low heat and stir occasionally.

SERVE:
** Serve with Honey and crackers and Shredded Chedar Cheese.
If you are really interested, I will give you my secrete Pillow recipe to go with the Chili.
Let me know how it turns out. Write me to pollybee@pcdavinci.com
**Don't go away from kitchen too far. Set the Timer to Ring you to check on it every 15 minutes or whatever ....