Ambush Chili Recipe

3 lb Lean rough grnd chuck steak

1 lb Lean pork shoulder

3 Medium onions chopped

1 Green Bell pepper chopped

1 Red Bell pepper chopped

8 Fresh Jalapeno peppers (2 seeded & chopped) balance gashed

2 tb Fresh ground cumin

1 ts All Spice

1 tb Blackstarp molasses

12 oz (1 can) beer (not Lite)

2 oz Sour mash whiskey

1 oz Vietnamese hot sauce or Tabasco sauce

5 Cloves garlic crushed

3 tb masa harina (fine yellow corn meal)

1 tb Soy sauce

3 Bay leaves

2 c Stewed tomatos chopped

1 c Tomato sauce

1 c Tomato paste

Saute’ onions, garlic, and chopped peppers in 4 Tblspns of peanut oil or bacon grease. Add the meat & cook until browned. Add other ingredients except the cumin. Stir constantly until it reaches a boil. Boil for 3-5 minutes then lower heat and cook, stirring often. After cooking for 10 minutes add 1 Tblspn of cumin and stir it in. Cook for 1 hour on simmer then add the remnaining cumin. Cook for 15 minutes more and serve! This the recipe for my own AMBUSH CHILI, that has won in many cook-offs, and is retired from competition. The new recipe is called Ambush-2 Chili and has been entered now, in some 12 cook-offs and has placed each time including 3 1st’s! “CHILI RULE #1: NEVER USE BEANS IN CHILI! THEY ARE A SIDE DISH, NOT PART OF CHILI!”

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