chili

This chili is hearty and meat-filled. A perfect cold weather meal!

Cooking Time: 3h
Cooking Method:
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Recipe Category:
chili

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ lb hamburger
  • 1 package apple sausage
  • 2 shots bourbon ( for smokiness )
  • 1 sm purple onion, diced
  • 2 tsp chili powder
  • 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 green pepper, diced
  • 3 jalepenos, seeded and diced
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • ½ tbsp pepper
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • a few shots of Tabasco™
  • olive oil
  • 2 tbsp bacon grease
  • 12 oz can diced tomato
  • ½  can tomato paste
  • 1 can pinto beans
  • 1 can red kidney beans
  • 3-4 c water
  • white vinegar
  • Fritos™
  • cheddar cheese

Instructions

  1. Cook sausage.
  2. Brown hamburger on high for ~2 min. 
  3. Add garlic and ½ the onion. Sautee for 5 min.
  4. Drain ~½ the meat fat. Transfer to a large soup pot.
  5. Add the remaining ingredients, except vinegar/fritos/cheese. Boil.
  6. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 2+ hours, stirring frequently. 
  7. Season with vinegar to taste.
  8. Serve with Fritos/cheese.
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