WARNING: This recipe is rated O+ - contents contain meat, of a sufficent amount to please carnivores, but include other ingredients of a vegetable-variety. It should not be attempted or consumed in the presence of sensitive herbivores.
Ingredients (makes about 1 gallon of chili):
2 lbs ground meat (preferably beef, but turkey and chicken also work)
extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion finely chopped
4 cloves garlic chopped
1 29oz can tomato sauce
1 29oz can crushed tomatos
1 14oz can crushed tomatos
2 12oz cans of chili beans (rinsed)
2 12 oz cans kidney beans (rinsed)
1 Cup water or beef stock
1Tbs cumin
1Tbs cayenne pepper powder
1Tbs corinander seed
1Tbs chipotle chili pepper
1Tbs garlic powder
4Tbs chili powder
Optional:
1 +Tbs habanero powder (depends on how spicy you want it)
Shredded sharp cheddar, or cheese of your choice.
1+ Tbs flour
Step 1:
To start, take your large onion and cloves of garlic and chop them finely. Saute in large sauce pan with olive oil, using as much as you need so that nothing sticks. The garlic should be a light brown color and the onions transparent.
Step 2:
Add your ground meat and mix around till you no longer see any pink.
Step 3:
Here is where it all comes together. Literally - just throw everything into a large stew pot. Let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. For thicker chili you can add a small mixture of flour and water until it reaches desired thickness. Whether you want to thicken it or not, let it continue cooking for another 20 minutes.
Step 4:
Enjoy! After it has cooled enough so that the only burning you get comes from the peppers and spices, of course. Sprinkle or smother with cheese as desired.
If you try my recipe, please rate it and/or leave a comment. I also like hearing about variations to the recipe, and may edit the blog post to include these suggestions. :3
could you clarify on the tomato stuff? i know you dont mean 29oz of paste! thats not right.
ReplyDeletealso beer in lieu of broth/water and mushrooms in lieu of beans is great!
Did i put Paste? I'll have to edit that out, if you zoom in on the picture of everything the big bottom can, it says sauce.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah i heard about putting beer in, any specific brand?
Shiner Bock is good, something on the dark side is always best. If you can find it, I like to use Shiner Smokehaus, its got a mesquite smoke taste to it and is really good. But just regular ol' bud or something would probably be fine.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds good I'll give it a shot. thank you for your input!
ReplyDeleteOk made a few mods: no beans cause thats how we do it in texas, didn't use any coriander seed cause I didn't wanna spend $5 on a bottle of it, added about half a tbsp of cayenne powder, and instead of crushed tomatoes I used store brand tomatoes specially for chili. I also didn't use garlic, I tried and gave up on chopping them lol. Came out very good!
ReplyDeleteWell thank you so much for trying! was it spicy enough?
ReplyDeleteIt was spicy enough as a general chili, but I like a little bit more so thats why I added in the cayenne.
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