Aunt Josephine's Chili Colorado

Aunt Josephine's Chili Colorado

Ingredients:

• 1 Tri-tip cut into bite sized pieces (if tri-tip is unavailable in your area, stew meat will work as well)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3-6 cloves of garlic, chopped 
• Stewed tomatoes (14 oz)
• Tomato sauce (14 oz)
• Salt/Pepper to taste
• 1/8th Worcestershire Sauce

The following ingredients are optional, and super tasty, my mom has added them to it after making it so many times through the years

• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 small can herdez salsa (or whatever your favorite salsa is)

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in the crock pot and cook on low all day

Can also be cooked on the stove top, takes 90 minutes to two hours to simmer. 

Serve:

with refried beans, cheese, tortillas, and any of your favorite Mexican side dishes. 

Tips of Beef

Another old family recipe to share with the masses. I had forgotten about it for awhile and one day my mom whipped it out of one of my great aunt's cookbooks and it was an instant hit.

Tips of Beef (Stew Meat)

 

Flour Mixture Ingredients:

§  Celery Salt

§  Flour

§  Pepper

§  Savory Salt

§  Garlic Salt

§  Meat Tenderizer

Other Ingredients:

§  1 Cup minced onion

§  Butter

§  Stew Meat

§  Water

§  1 Teaspoon Vinegar

§  3 Tablespoons Ketchup

§  2 – 3 Cans, cream of mushroom soup

 

1.                 Preheat oven 350 degrees

2.                 Roll tips in flour mixture, brown in butter along with 1 cup minced onion

3.                 Once meat is browned put in baking pan and pour in a little water (enough to ½ fill pan, but not enough to cover meat)

4.                 Add 1 teaspoon vinegar and 3 tablespoons of ketchup

5.                 Bake until meat is tender

6.                 Pour in cream of mushroom soup or beef gravy, bake until thickens

Beef Cassarole Supreme

This is one of my absolute favorite family recipes, it's like fancy hamburger helper. I've requested it for many birthdays and other special dinners. It's one of those things from your childhood that if you're lucky you never outgrow it. This meal holds so many great family memories, and it always brings a smile to my face.

Beef Casserole Supreme

 

Ingredients:

§  1 Pound Ground Beef

§  ¼ Cup Onions, chopped

§  8 Ounces Stewed Tomatoes, canned

§  1 (10 ¾ ounce) condensed Tomato Soup

§  2 Teaspoons Salt

§  1 Cup Sour Cream

§  1 (3 ounce) Package Cream Cheese, Softened

§  5 ounces Medium Noodles, cooked and drained

§  Fresh Tomatoes to Garnish

 

1.              Preheat oven 350 degrees

2.              In skillet, cook ground beef and chopped onion until lightly browned.

3.              Drain off fat

4.              Stir in stewed tomatoes, tomato soup, salt, and garlic.

5.              Simmer 5 – 10 minutes.

6.              Blend in sour cream and cream cheese

7.              Stir in Noodles

8.              Turn into a 2 quart casserole

9.              Bake covered in oven 30-35 minutes or until heated through.

10.         Garnish with fresh tomatoes.

 

Makes 4 – 6 servings.