I've now been requested to make the chili that was the winner in last year's office pre-Super Bowl Chili Cook Off. I had mentioned it here about a year ago in a chili thread. The recipe was a complete "wing it" on my part. But, it ended up producing a slightly sweet, smoky and spicy chili:
2 Sam Adams beers
2 1/2 pounds skirt steak cut into 1 inch chunks
2 1/2 lbs "meat loaf mix" ground pork, ground beef, ground veal
1 lb coarsely ground chuck
1 lb chorizo, skin removed
1/2 lb Beef Garlic Summer Sausage ala Hickory Farms
1 tbsp dried mexican oregano
6 tbsp Spice House Hot Chili Powder
6 tbsp Spice House Mild Chili Powder
2 tbsp Spice House Chili Con Carne Base Spice Mix
2 Large Onions diced
8 cloves garlic minced
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp sweet paprika
1 Can Chipotles in Adobo chopped with adobo reserved
1 Red Bell Pepper diced
1 4oz can mild chopped green chilis with juice
2 28 oz cans crushed tomatoes
2 28 oz can black beans drained
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1/3 cu Masa Harina
1/3 cu water
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive Oil
To a heavy hot stock pot add a three count of Olive Oil. Season all of the meat with 1 Tbsp of each of the chili seasonings. Brown off all of the meat in batches so as to not overcrowd the pan. While the meat browns, in a separate large pan, begin carmelizing the onions, bell peppers, chipotles, and canned canned mild peppers in a two count of olive oil.
Drain the meat of excess fat leaving 1/3 cup for flavor and return it to the heavy stcok pot. Add garlic to meat mixture letting it cook for 2-4 minutes until softened. Ad the remainig sauteed vegetables to the meat mixture folding it in. Add the remaining chili spice mixes, cumin and paprika to the meat and vegetables. Add two bottle of beer allowing it to reduce by half over medium high heat.
When the beer has reduced add the two cans crushed tomato, black beans, brown sugar, balsamic and the remaing adobo from the chipotles to the mixture.
Simmer gently for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or transfer to a large crock pot and cook overnight. Serve with shredded cheddar and sour cream.
Last edited by
YourPalWill on February 1st, 2008, 12:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.