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    Chili Mole


    Source of Recipe


    Beans and Experimentation


    Recipe Introduction


    A real nice chili mole. If your chili doesn't have cocoa in it, you're not eating chili.


    List of Ingredients


    • 1 lb (454g) of dried red kidney beans
    • 4 cups of cold water
    • 1 lb of lean ground beef (or other meat, horse or moose might be nice)
    • 2 medium onions
    • 2 stalks of celery
    • 2 cloves of garlic minced
    • 1 green pepper, chopped
    • 1 (540 ml) can of tomotoes (i like to used diced)
    • 1 tbsp of chili powder
    • 2 tsp. of cocoa powder
    • 2 tsp. of ground cumin
    • 1 tsp of salt
    • 1/4 tsp of chili pepper flakes (use this if you aren't used to spicy things, myself i like to add it until it looks right)
    • 1/4 tsp of cinnamon
    • 1 (398 ml) can of tomato sauce


    Instructions


    1. Soak beans overnight in cold water and drain.
    2. Pick and rinse beans. Add 4 cups of cold water, cover, heat to boiling, simmer for 50 minutes. Drain.
    3. Cook ground beef in large skillet until brown, add onions, celery, garlic and green pepper. Cook for 15 minutes or until the onion is clear.
    4. Stir in tomatoes, breaking up with a fork (if you haven't used diced), chili powder, cocoa, salt, chili flakes and cinnamon. Cook for 5 minutes.
    5. Mix kidney beans, meat mixture and tomato sauce. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
    6. Alternatives:
      Vegetarian: Omit ground beef. Add 1 can (199 ml) of kernel corn when adding tomato sauce. You could also use just like ground, some lentils and beans or tofu.
      Even tastier chili: Add 1 can of kernel corn with the meat anyway. It's tasty. People from France tell me that it is. No really, i made it and they liked it.
      To make it spicier: I recommend adding a burn sauce. This chili tastes pretty good as is without much tweaking. Ofcourse vary the spices to your needs. When it comes to making a real scorching chili, I like to toss in a habanaro or three and add some hot sauces. I think Dave's Insanity or .357 work really nicely with this recipe. Add it before the last simmer. Experiment to find what you like.


    Final Comments


    Serve with corn bread and a big glass of tequila budha.
 

 

 

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