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Mike's Chili
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Mike sent me a chili recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 pounds sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
- ½ pound ground beef
- 12 ounces fresh chorizo sausage, casing removed, cut into ½ cubes
- 1 large yellow onion, coarsely chopped
- ¼ cup chili powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic salt
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 (14.5 oz) cans beef broth
- 2 (14.5 oz) cans whole tomatoes, drained
- ½ (12 oz) can Coca-Cola
- ½ (12 oz) can beer (your choice here, doesn't have a huge impact what you use, just make sure it's not too shitty)
- 1 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 to 4 green jalapenos, slit lengthwise 3 times each (alternately, 1 habanero and 1 jalapeno)
- 1 tablespoon yellow cornmeal
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Steps
- Heat oil in a large, heavy pot over medium heat.
- Brown the sirloin in batches. Remove to a bowl with a slotted spoon.
- Crumble ground beef and chorizo into the pot, brown. Add onions to the pot and cook until golden.
- Return sirloin to the pot and stir in remaining ingredients.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer for 3 to 5 hours (longer is better). Stir occasionally, breaking up tomatoes.
- Before serving, discard cinnamon stick and bay leaves (and habanero if you didn't dice them, don't want someone biting into that!). Garnish with cheese and sour cream, if desired.
Notes
- You can tailor the meat to your budget. I always get nice sirloins cut up at my butcher, but any old stew meat will work (round, etc). I prefer spicy pork chorizo (again, my butcher makes it) because the chicken stuff doesn't taste right to me. I often substitute ground buffalo for ground beef if I can find it.
- You can tailor the recipe to your level. You can make your own chili powder for instance. Or make your own beef stock.
- The Coca Cola is there for sugar and a bit of acidity, but I often omit it and just use a whole beer. I usually make it with a brown ale, something Newcastle-y. Up to your tastes. I wouldn't use a stout personally, but a porter might be interesting.
- This is a very mild recipe. I usually use 2 habaneros (seeded, diced) and 3 to 4 jalapenos (sliced). I like my chili hot.
- I usually add 2 cans of red beans loosely drained. Begin beans/no beans debate