Spicy Chili
Homemade spicy chili, made with pork, beef, and veal, beans, 3 types of chili peppers herbs and spices. It's a spicy food lover's dream come true!
Servings 8
Calories 393kcal
Ingredients
- ½ pound beef
- ½ pound pork
- 4 ounces chorizo sausage (1 link about ¼ pound)
- 1 ½ teaspoon chipotle pepper chopped finely with adobo sauce
- 28 ounces San Marzano tomatoes hand crushed
- 14.5 ounces diced tomatoes and juice
- 15 ounces red kidney beans
- 19.75 ounces whole pinto beans
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 medium sweet onion chopped
- 1 large poblano peppers (1 large or 2 small) could substitute with canned chiles, charred, skinned, seeded and chopped
- 4 jalapeno peppers could substitute with canned chiles, charred, skinned seeded and chopped
- 1 cup water
Spices
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Char, sweat, peel skins, take out seeds and chop up peppers. (Remember, WEAR GLOVES!)
- Add the meat to a pan and begin to brown. Slit the chorizo sausage link casing and dump the meat into the pan and brown also. Once the meat is browned, drain it in a sieve.
- Open canned beans rinse and allow to drain.
- Toast cumin and coriander seeds to open up the flavor. Remove seeds from heat and grind them with a mortar and pestle. Add the rest of the spices and grind to wake them up.
- Chop the chipotle pepper, onion, and garlic; add to crock-pot
- Open the can of San Marzano tomatoes and crush with hands as you add all of the ingredients to the crock-pot.
- Add water only if needed. You may not need to add the water. Use your own judgment.
- Stir the ingredients well and set the crock-pot on low for 6 hours.
- Serve chili topped with some shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, lime juice, and cilantro.
Nutrition
Calories: 393kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 821mg | Potassium: 1022mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 725IU | Vitamin C: 40.2mg | Calcium: 115mg | Iron: 5.3mg
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