Justin and I kinda made up a recipe together one day and I think that we've come pretty close to a pretty good chili. It's actually good for you. Well, the South Beach Diet man says so. For anyone who's doing that diet, this chili can be eaten constantly on Phase I (by my calculations).
Here's the recipe:
3lbs of ground beef or ground turkey (They're both good! Drain all the fatty shit off it!!)
1 REALLY big onion (I like to use the Vidalia kind cause they're expensive and that means they're better... right?)
1 bunch of hot peppers of whatever kind (this time I put in about 6 jalepenos.. WITH the seeds. If you don't like it hot, then I would just put in a couple anaheim peppers. Those are the flourescent green ones that look like sketchy green peppers.)
A big glob of minced garlic
About a half to 3/4 of a cup of chili powder (I buy the big vat of it at Sam's Club.)
Enough cumin powder to make a little mound in the palm of your hand
2 cans of black beans (with the juice)
2 cans of dark red kidney beans (with the juice)
2 big old cans of crushed tomatoes
1 regular size can of beef broth
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Get a big pot 'cause this makes a lot.
1. Cut up the onions and peppers and cook them with the garlic in olive oil till they're kinda mushy.
2. Add the chili powder and cumin to it all and cook it for a few minutes.
3. Open all the cans of beans and stuff, then dump them all in the pot.
4. Then you add the ground beef, but make sure that you cook it first. I forgot that part and it should have been step number one. Whatever.
5. Stir it.
6. Put the burner on low/mediumish and cook it until it looks done. (The chili that I'm cooking right now has been on the stove for about an hour and it's not quite done. Oh, and also....Make sure you stir it often because it might burn to the bottom of the pot. That makes the finished product taste like shit.)
Usually I buy shredded cheddar cheese and sour cream to put on top. YUM.
My level of excitement about this post is unnaturally intense, but I gotta reap pleasure where I can...you know?
I fully realize that I have a very small audience, but if anyone out there stumbles upon my post, decides to try this, and likes it, let me know!
If you hate it that means that you screwed it up.
http://thehotpepper.com lol. This is funny. There certainly is something for everybody in this world. I think that I might join.
http://www.briansbelly.com/scovilles/primer/index.shtml Very informative!!
