RCI-SP.003.0590.001

Chili con carne

Name: Chili con carne
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: North American
Ingredients: 4 1/2 lbs beef brisket (trimmed and sliced ~1 inch thick pieces across the grain); 2 cups hot coffee; 3 large dried chiles (ancho (chipotle, or poblano)); 1 unit olive oil; 2 unit heaping tsp ground cumin; 2 unit heaping tsp smoked paprika; 1 unit heaping tsp dried oregano; 2 unit fresh bay leaves; 2 unit red onions (peeled and diced); 3-4 unit fresh chiles; 2 unit cinnamon sticks; 10 cloves of garlic (peeled and thinly sliced); 1 unit sea salt & fresh ground black pepper; 4 unit x 14 oz cans diced tomatoes; 3 tbsp molasses or dark brown sugar; 3 unit red (yellow, or orange bell peppers, seeded and sliced); 2 unit x 15 oz cans beans (kidney (butter or pinto) drained); 1 unit sour cream (optional)

Chili con carne can be made over a fire outside or over a stove in the house. This is a hearty fl

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyadvanced

Ingredients

beef brisket
trimmed and sliced ~1 inch thick pieces across the grain
4 1/2 lbs
hot coffee
2 cups
dried chiles (ancho
chipotle, or poblano)
3 large
olive oil
1 unit
heaping tsp ground cumin
2 unit
heaping tsp smoked paprika
2 unit
heaping tsp dried oregano
1 unit
fresh bay leaves
2 unit
red onions
peeled and diced
2 unit
fresh chiles
3-4 unit
cinnamon sticks
2 unit
of garlic
peeled and thinly sliced
10 cloves
sea salt & fresh ground black pepper
1 unit
x 14 oz cans diced tomatoes
4 unit
molasses or dark brown sugar
3 tbsp
red
yellow, or orange bell peppers, seeded and sliced
3 unit
x 15 oz cans beans (kidney
butter or pinto) drained
2 unit
sour cream (optional)
1 unit

Method

Pick up a brisket from the butcher, request for it to be trimmed and sliced.

Make coffee.

Soak the dried chiles in the coffee.

Over low heat throw some olive oil in the pan to warm.

In the pan, include; cumin, paprika, oregano, bay leaves, onions.

For ~10 min fry these until the onions are soft.

Take half of the fresh chiles, seed and chop them up.

Take the chiles that were soaking in the coffee and slice.

In the pan, include; the fresh chopped chiles, the sliced soaked chiles, cinnamon sticks, sliced garlic, good pinch of salt & pepper and a splash of the coffe that had the chiles soaking.

Stir well.

In the pan, include; rest of the coffee, canned tomatoes, molasses (or sugar), pieces of brisket, good pinch of salt & pepper.

Cover pan with lid and let simmer for ~3 hours.

Occasionally stir.

After a few hours go in a break meat apart.

Include the sliced bell peppers and canned beans, leave to simmer for ~30 min with lid off.

Occasionally stir.

Serve with scoop of sour cream. (optional)

Chili con carne

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