1/2 cup butter or margarine

2 pounds top sirloin steak -- coarse grind

2 pounds sirloin steak-top -- cut into 1" cubes

(remove all fat & white tissue) 3 green bell peppers -- chopped

3 large onions -- chopped

3 cups garlic -- minced

1/2 cup parsley -- snipped

3 cups tomatoes-16 oz including liquid

(i use the cut-up tomatoes) 1/4 cup chili powder

2 tablespoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons cumin

1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper

1 ounce tabasco

In a large cooking pot brown meat in the butter/marg. Pour off 1/3 cup liquid from meat and saute green pepper, onion, garlic & parsley in separate skillet until tender. Add to meat mixture and stir in chili powder, salt, pepper and cumin. Add tabasco and tomatoes. Simmer entire mixture 1 hour covered, remove lid and simmer at least 30 min longer. Stir occasionally.

Makes 10 servings.

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