Hearty Chili with NO BEANS
Source of Recipe
Me
Recipe Introduction
First a cooking note, then an anecdote.
Don't be deterred by the size of the ingredient list. Most of the ingredients are spices that you pull out of the cabinet, dump in, and put back. The stove does most of the work
Okay, this is an embarrassing family story. When I was young, I was a very good eater but only with a small selection of junk foods (hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza). The rest of the time I absolutely was not, but I LOVED candy. At Halloween time, my mother saw my burning desire to go trick-or-treating as a way of inducing me to expand my culinary willingness (i.e., I wasn't allowed to go out until I finished my dinner). I actually liked chili (after all, it is pretty similar to hamburger), but despised pinto beans.
By coincidence (or maybe by design, because it is a good "warming food" for kids that are going to be out in the cold night for several hours), my mother made chili on Halloween several years in a row. I would eat the chili voraciously but left a pyramid of licked-clean chili beans stacked in the center of the bowl. I would stare at those bitter enemies for an hour or more before finally choking them down so I could win the chance to collect my candy booty for the year, but it was a miserable prologue to a marvelous night.
In honor of that tradition, I developed a wonderful chili recipe with NO BEANS, which I make every year for Halloween.
List of Ingredients
5 lbs ground beef
3 lbs steak, chopped into small irregular cubes
6 onions; chopped in various sizes
5 jalapeno peppers, seeded, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
9 tablespoons paprika
14 teaspoons chili powder (adjust to taste)
3 tablespoons salt
black pepper, fresh ground
6 teaspoons oregano, dried, fresh
3 tablespoons cumin
3 tablespoons coriander
3 cans (12 oz) beer
3 tablespoons sugar
9 tomatoes, finely chopped
3 teaspoons cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons basil
9 tablespoons peanut oil
hot sauce; to taste
sour cream; (for topping)
1 bunch green onion; (for topping)
fried garlic; (for topping)Recipe
Brown ground beef and steak in the bottom of large chili pot. Add all non-topping ingredients. Bring to a boil, then simmer gently for 2 hours. If liquid level gets too low, add water. At last possible moment before serving, thicken with corn starch (only if necessary). Top with topping ingredients.
Feeds many hungry people, or only one, depending upon how hot you make it.
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