Basic Coney Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground chuck
• 2 cups fresh onions, diced
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 cups ketchup
• 15 ounces tomato sauce
• 12 ounces beer (not "lite")
• 1/4 cup prepared yellow mustard

Recipe

• 1 in a large cooking pot, brown the ground chuck and the onion over medium heat, just until the meat is no longer pink. pour off the fat as best as you can.
• 2 stir in the chili powder and allow to simmer on low heat for about five minutes.
• 3 add remaining ingredients and allow to simmer on very low heat, covered, for 2 hours.
• 4 serve with onions, mustard, relish, and any kind of hot dogs on steamed buns. i like to toss the hot dogs into the sauce for about ten minutes to cook them.
• 5 note: a good way to steam hot dog buns is to put 4 or 5 buns into a gallon zip-lock bag, flip in about 2 teaspoons of tap water with your fingers and, (not sealing the bag completely), microwave it on the defrost mode for one minute.