Hollywood-Style Chili

Name: Hollywood-Style Chili
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 3 pounds, bone-in pork blade chops, about 1 1/2 inches thick; , Salt and pepper; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 pounds, 85 percent lean ground chuck; 3 , green bell peppers, seeded and chopped fine; 2 , onions, chopped fine; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/4 cup, chili powder; 2 teaspoons, ground cumin; 1 teaspoon, minced canned chipotle chilis in adobo sauce; 2 teaspoons, adobo sauce; 1 (29-ounce) can, tomato sauce; 2 (28-ounce) cans, crushed tomatoes; 1 cup, water; 3 (16-ounce) cans, pinto beans, drained and rinsed

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2010

Elizabeth Taylor had 10 quarts shipped to her in Rome when she was filming "Cleopatra" there. Enough said.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME2¾ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

During the golden age of Hollywood, Chasen’s restaurant hosted all manner of stars, from the Rat Pack to Alfred Hitchcock. When the restaurant closed in 1995, few recipes were more sadly mourned than its famous Hollywood-Style Chili. Chasen...

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