Saturday, February 4, 2017

Texas Style Chili



I don’t like beans so I never put beans in my chili.  But I do usually use tomato sauce.  Here’s a link to my usual chili recipe

Today I decided to go all Texas.  Just beef and chilies.  And beer. 

Marinade for chuck roast:

  • ½ Cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • ¼ cup lime juic2
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • ½ tsp ancho chili powder
  • ¼ tsp green chili powder
  • ½ tsp Mexican oregano
  • ¼ tsp coriander

 For the Chili:

  • 1 lb. stewing beef, or chuck roast, cut up into small pieces
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 red bell peppers
  • 1 jalapeno pepper
  • 5 dried New Mexico Chilies
  • 4 dried guajillo chilies
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped fine
  • 1 12 oz. bottle dark beer
  • 1 Tbl Sorghum (Or molasses)
  • ¼ Cup brown sugar
  • 1 Tb cumin
  • 1 tsp Mexican oregano
  • 1 TB chili powder
  • 1 tsp hot Hungarian paprika
  • 1 Tbl Chipotle powder
  • 1 tsp coriander
  • 1 tsp basil
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 TB salt
  • 2 Tbl cocoa powder
  • ¼ Cup Masa Harina (corn flour found with Mexican food in grocery store – do not substitute corn meal)



The Night before: 

 Salt and pepper the chuck stewing beef and toss with marinade.  Put in a plastic ziplock bag in the fridge and let it marinade over night.

The Next morning:

Cook some bacon for breakfast.  Leave the bacon fat in the pan.  Add a tbsp of butter and sauté onions, bell peppers and jalapeno pepper in that until it is soft and caramelized.  I like to season every layer of flavor so add a little salt and ancho chili powder to this so it turns a nice red color.  Remove from pan and set aside.

Cut off the stems of the dried chilies, cut open and dump out seeds.  Heat them in a dry pan for a few minutes, just to give some color, do not burn or char.  Add about a half a cup of water and bring to a boil, then turn off heat and let steep in water for about 5 minutes.  



Cut the chilies into smaller pieces.  I do this with scissors and just leave them in the water.  Blend the water and chilies until pureed.  Set aside.

Brown the chuck roast in the same pan you cooked the onions and peppers.  Cook on high heat to brown the edges.  Remove from pan. 

Brown the hamburger.  Add salt pepper and chili powder.  When hamburger is brown, add the onions and bell peppers and stir.  Add the chuck and the pureed peppers.  Add all the spices but the cocoa.  Add the brown sugar. 

Stir and bring to a boil.  Turn heat down and let it simmer about 15 minutes. Add a little beer if it gets too thick.

After 15 minutes, dump it all in a slow cooker plus the rest of the beer.  Cook about 3-4  hours, until chuck is very tender.  (Slow cookers vary as to how long it takes).

Add cocoa powder after an hour of cooking. 


When the chuck is tender, add Masa to about ¼ cup water and mix, then mix that into chili to thicken it.  Serve with cheese and sour cream. 



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