Jenny's Cincinnati Chili

 

Recipe courtesy Vicki Johnson's mom, Lois. This makes WONDERFUL hotdog sauce, too!

 

1 Quart Water

2 Medium Onions

2 8 oz. Cans Tomato Sauce

5 Whole Allspice

½ tsp Red Pepper

1 tsp Ground Cumin Seed

2 Pounds Ground Beef

4 Cloves Garlic

4 tbsp Chili Powder

2 tbsp Vinegar

1 Large Bay Leaf

2-3 Whole Cloves

2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce

½ oz Bitter Chocolate (Yes... chocolate!)

1 ½ tsp Salt

1 tsp Cinnamon (Yes... cinnamon!)

 

Add ground beef to water in a 4 quart pot; stir until beef separates  to a fine texture - do NOT brown the meat ahead of time. Boil slowly for 30 minutes. Add all other ingredients. Stir to blend, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 3 hours. For the last hour, pot may be covered until desired consistency is reached. Chili should be refrigerated overnight so that grease can be lifted from top before reheating and serving.

 

Chili is served over spaghetti for a '1 Way'. To be served on spaghetti, with heaps of shredded cheddar cheese, and chopped onions - that's a 4-way in Cincy parlance. A 3-way means drop the onions or the cheese; a 5-way adds kidney beans on top.  An old Cincinnati joke is, "What's a 6-Way'?" That includes Rolaids!

 

If you don't want to go to all the trouble of making this delicious sauce from scratch, order packets of the seasoning mix from:

 

http://www.cincinnati-to-you.com/  or

Cincinnati To You, Inc.

 5378 Quailwood Court

Cincinnati, OH 45238

1-800-862.4629

                                                                                                             

Jenny's Bierox (Pronounced 'Beer-off')

 

2 Pounds hamburger meat

2 Onions, chopped

1 Large head of Cabbage

2 Cloves Garlic (or more!)

2 tsp Salt

 

This is the filling that's used to fill the 'Refrigerator Dough' below.

 

Brown meat, drain. Add other ingredients and cook on low heat until cabbage and onion are cooked.

 

Roll out dough to about ¼ inch thick and cut in 5" squares or sections. Place about 1 tbsp of meat mixture in the center of each dough square and pull up corners and twist and pinch to seal.

 

Place pinched side down on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350º for 20-25 minutes until lightly brown.

 

Refrigerator Dough

 

This makes an excellent wrap for polish sausage. It was originally paired with the 'Burox' recipe and is used with that mixture to make delicious burger/cabbage appetizers.

 

2 ½ C Warm water

2 pkgs Dry yeast

1 ½ tsp Salt

¾ C Shortening

¾ C Sugar

2 Eggs, well beaten

8 - 8 ½ C Flour

 

Dissolve yeast in water. Add remaining ingredients and only 4 cups of the flour. Beat until smooth and add remaining flour. Turn out onto floured board and knead until smooth. Cover and let rise for about 30 minutes. Use for Bierox above, or make out into rolls or bread or store in a covered bowl in refrigerator until ready to use. For bread or rolls, bake at 400º until browned and hollow sounding when thumped.

 

This dough is also good wrapped around a smoked sausage and baked to make a 'meat kolache'.