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2003 Chili  World Cookoff Winning Recipe

Bronco Bob's Chili 
by Robert Wetzel
 
A medium hot, flavorful red chili.
 
Ingredients: 
1 cup onion, chopped
1 canned green Hatch chile, chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/2 cup El Pato tomato sauce
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 can chicken broth
8 tablespoons California chili powder*, divided 
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Accent, divided
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

2 1/2 pounds Tri Tip beef, cubed 
4 ounces pork sausage

2 tablespoons New Mexico chili powder* 
3 tablespoons of cumin, cumin

1 tablespoon hot New Mexico chili powder* 
2 teaspoons of lime juice
 
Instructions: 
1. In chili pot, combine onion, green chili, garlic, tomato sauce, tomato 
paste, chicken broth, 6 tablespoons California chili powder, salt, 1 
teaspoon Accent, and Tabasco sauce. Bring to a simmer. Cook 1 hour. 
2. Brown beef and sausage and set aside. 
3. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of California chili powder to the chili 
pot. 
4. Add the beef and sausage. Simmer for 30 minutes, adding more chicken 
broth as needed. 
5. Add the New Mexico chili powder and 2 tablespoons cumin to the chili pot 
and simmer another 45 minutes. 
6. Add the remaining Accent, cumin, hot chili powder and lime juice to 
chili pot. Cook for 30 minutes, adding chicken broth as needed. Salt to taste. 
*Winner Bob Wetzel orders his spices from Sespe Creek Chili Potters, run by 
former ICS champion Jim Beaty. Spices from Penderys, Gebhardt, or your 
favorite manufacturer can be substituted. Bob also adds 1/2 of a boneless pork 
chop to the chili pot while simmering and removes its 30 minutes before it's 
finished.