Ceremonial Black Hole Chili

Name: Ceremonial Black Hole Chili
Yield: Serves 50-60
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons ground oregano; 4 tablespoons ground coriander; 14 chile pequine peppers—smashed with a hammer; 8 tablespoons ground cumin; 2½ cups water (or beer); 2½ cups water (or beer); 7½ pounds. tough meat such as chuck, de-fatted & deboned, cut into 1-inch cubes; 7½ pounds. tough meat such as chuck, de-fatted & deboned, cut into 1-inch cubes; 9 + garlic cloves, chopped; 1 cup olive oil; 25 japone peppers, large red and dried, or other favorite chili pepper; 25 japone peppers, large red and dried, or other favorite chili pepper; 25 japone peppers, large red and dried, or other favorite chili pepper; 25 japone peppers, large red and dried, or other favorite chili pepper; 1 teaspoon exotic spice could be added here (Mint? Epizote?); 1 teaspoon exotic spice could be added here (Mint? Epizote?); 1 teaspoon exotic spice could be added here (Mint? Epizote?); 1 tablespoon Louisiana hot sauce; 1½ teaspoons cayenne pepper; 4 oz tomato paste; 8 tablespoons or more paprika

Preparation info

Serves
50-60

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Guide to Grilling

By Rick Browne

Published 2011

About

The Brides of Black Hole Chili team entered their chili in the 1978 Luckenbach Ladies World Championship Chili Cookoff, where it garnered sixth place. The recipe had evolved from the first attempts at the Marble Falls Chili Cookoff some years before, where it was concocted by Flash Bruhweiler and Sonny Day.

Ingredients

25 japone peppers, large red and dried, or other favorite chili pepper
9 + garlic cloves, chopped

Main course
Spicy

Method

½ tablespoon masa harina–or less, to thicken the chili if it is too thin. Masa harina is a powdered corn meal used in Mexican cooking.

Start de-seeding the japone peppers (the seeds are too hot) and boil in a few quarts of water until they are soft. Remove from the water, reserving