Charlene's Recipe

Lonesome man chili

Category: soup

4 lbs round steak
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cracked black pepper
5 Tbsp olive oil, divided
40 cloves garlic, peeled
1 cup beef broth or water
1/2 cup whiskey
6-10 dried small red chili peppers

Trim steak and cut into large chunks, about 1 1/2 inches square. Combine flour, salt and pepper; roll beef in mixture. Heat 4 Tbsp oil in a deep, heavy skillet; brown meat on all sides. Remove meat from skillet. Reduce heat and add 1 Tbsp oil and garlic; cook until garlic is golden. Add broth, whiskey and chili peppers to garlic. Put browned meat on top of garlic; cover and cook slowly until beef is tender, about 1 hour.