4 chili tom style Recipes

bacon drippings or 3 tbsp cooking oil, red onions, coarsely chopped, ground beef, garlic cloves, minced, tomato sauce, kidney beans, dried red chilies , roasted 1 minute and minced (or chili powder, to taste), water (optional), salt, cornflour (optional), dried oregano leaves, ground cumin, brown sugar

tom yum paste (available at asian grocers), firm tomatoes (cut into large chunks ), mushrooms (cut into large chunks ), green round eggplants (chinese style, cut into quarters ), shrimp, peeled, knorr vegetable soup mix (or any other stock), water, cilantro, chopped, red chili paste (also available at asian grocers)

dark brown sugar, fresh ground black pepper, coarse kosher salt, cumin, cayenne, chili powder, paprika, ground mustard, granulated garlic