Here is my experimental chili for the week.  It's an all meat chili, no beans.
- 1 1/2 pound Beef Stew Meat, diced small
- 1 1/2 pound Pork Stew Meat, diced small
- 1 White Onion, chopped
- 1 Yellow Onion, chopped
- 3 teaspoons minced Garlic
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 small can tomato paste
- 5 chipotle chile peppers, diced fine
- 1 pasilla de Oaxaca chile pepper, diced fine
- 2 tablespoons ground ancho chile pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon basil
- 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
- 2 small bay leaves, shredded
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
Step 1: Brown the diced Beef, diced Pork, and 1/2 the onions, garlic, and peppers in a large frying pan (I had to do this in two passes since my pan wasn't big enough otherwise.)
Step 2: Dump everything into a crock pot (5 quart for mine).
Step 3: Add another 28oz of water to the pot (I refill the can of crushed tomatoes and add that)
Step 4: Run Crock Pot on high, uncovered, for 4 hours to reduce liquid. Stir every hour or so.
Step 5: Run Crock Pot on high, covered, for 4 hours to finish cooking and melding of flavors. Stir every hour or so.
And thats it! I just had my first bowl of the Chili and it is delicious! I think the only change I might make next time is to add more Black Pepper. It has a warmth that slowly builds as you eat more of the Chili, and it will definitely cause you to break out in a sweat.
I've got the Chili cooling now in the Crock Pot. When it's cool I'll put it into plastic containers and freeze most of it for later use. MMMMmmmmm. Good Chili!
Boojum the brown bunny
Last edited on Thu Jul 23rd, 2009 06:31 am by boojum
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