In one of our first posts, we posted the end result of our chili experiment. We made the chili again on Valentine's Day and shared it with Brian and Jonathan (how romantic), and took pictures to post step-by-step. This chili is nice and rich, has good amount of meat and a nice silky, not too thick, broth to it. Kimmy found the recipe online, and we're pretty happy with it.
- Chop onions, garlic, bell peppers (omitted this time bc I forgot to buy them)
- break/slice up meat. I use less ground beef than the recipe calls for, bc i like the stew meat better - small chunks of stew meat is the way I like to go.
- Toss onions/garlic/bell into pot with a little oil, then drop in the meat.
- When the meat is browned, dump in can of diced tomatoes, bottle of dark beer (brown ale last time, st. arnold's spring bock this time), cup of coffee (we used the chickory coffee used in ca phe sua da), tomato paste, and beef broth.
- stir and simmer for a bit - then dump in spice mixture (brown sugar, chili powder, cocoa powder, etc) - this is what makes this chili really stand out I think. The mixture of spices is really nice - along with the addition of the beer.
- dump in 2 cans of red kidney beans and 3 finely chopped fresh anaheim peppers (the fresh chiles give a nice taste as well)
- cook the crap out of it - at least 2 hours
- serve as desired - kimmy likes frito pie, and i tried (unsuccessfully) to make some cornbread to eat with it, but it still worked for me.
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