Chile con Carne (Diana Barrios)
Recipe courtesy Diana Barrios. Enough for 12 enchiladas. Serve in bowls with cheese, onions and hot flour tortillas or crackers, or over enchiladas or tamales, or stir into chile con queso.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground beef
- Salt, to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Ground cumin
- 1 Bay leaf
- 1 cup Water
- 2 tbsp Chili powder, 1/8 cup
- Pinto beans, cooked, optional
Directions
- Brown the beef with the salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin and bay leaf, cooking it in its own juices and adding a little water if it dries out.
- Add the chile powder, then the water, and simmer a short while. Add cooked pinto beans now if you like.