1) Prepare Sauce: Add 8 cups boiling water to New Mexico, Ancho, Pasilla, Anaheim, and Cascabel Chiles. Let soak 30 minutes. Place in blender with 1/2 of soaking water plus fresh water and beer. Add 2 cloves of garlic and blend for ~3 minutes. Strain the resulting puree into a pot. Add cumin, salt, oregano, Chipotle and habanero chiles. Simmer.

2) Prepare rest of chili: Cook Bacon. Eat Bacon. Add garlic, peppers, onion to bacon fat and cook 2 minutes. Add meat, and brown. Add chili sauce. Simmer for a few hours. Add corn or beans about 1 hour before serving. Skim fat before serving.

From: S.O.A.R
Posted By:Domenico Vitarella
Post Date: Wed Jan 10, 1996