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Chasin's famous Chili recipe

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- September 10, 2009

This is the stuff of which Hollywood legends are made. Rumor has it back when Elizabeth Taylor was filming Cleopatra in Rome she craved the chili made at Chasen's Restaurant in Los Angeles so much that she was willing to pay $100 just to have the order shipped to her. For years the recipe remained a closely guarded secret. It seemed the owner David Chasen came to the restaurant every Sunday to privately cook up a batch which he would freeze for the week, believing that the chili was best when reheated.

CHASIN'S CHLI RECIPE

1/2 pound dried pinto beans
Water
1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes in juice
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 cups onions, coarsely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 cup parsley, chopped
1/2 cup butter
2 pounds beef chuck, coarsely chopped
1 pound pork shoulder, coarsely chopped
1/3 cup Gebhardt's brand chili powder
1 tablespoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin

"I cherish the menu I snagged from Casin's on closing night."

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JamiSingsSeptember 12, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Sounded good up until the pork shoulder. *shudders* I'm allergic to pig meat.

I wonder if you could subsitute lamb for the pork. At the very least it wouldn't leave me laying on the bathroom floor wishing I was dead.
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msteelnAugust 23, 2016 at 3:00 AM
Alison, you got porn spam on a bunch of the older pages.
Aloha
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