How To Make Chili Con Carne The Delicious Way

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Chili Con Carne Recipe

Ingredients:
6 slices of uncured bacon, cooked and greased saved, crumble or chop bacon
2 lbs. ground beef
2 medium yellow onion, diced
cup red wine
1 can 14 oz. fire roasted tomatoes, (blended in blender)
3 cups chicken broth
1 Tbsp. chile powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. chipotle peppers in adobo sauce or more depending how hot you like it
4 cloves garlic, minced
tsp. oregano
1 heaping teaspoon raw honey
cup tomato sauce
2 Tbsp. tomato paste
1 large pasilla pepper, roasted, peeled and chopped
1 can 14 oz. pinto beans, drained
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 Tbsp. water
Olive oil

Directions:

In the same frying pan that you used to cook the bacon, add 1 Tbsp. of the bacon grease and 1 Tbsp. of olive oil to the pan. Heat the pan over medium high heat and add the onion and saute for a good 15 minutes. Lower the heat to low after a few minutes.

While the onions are cooking, take the pasilla pepper and place it using tongs over the flame on your stove. Place the temperature to medium high. Let the pepper rest on the grate and rotate the pepper as it turns black. The goal is to completely char the pepper.

Once the pepper is completely black, place it in a bowl and cover it with plastic wrap to steam for 10 minutes.

Back to the onions. After sauteing for 15 minutes add the garlic and saute for 2 minutes more. Place the onion mixture into a stock pot.

In the same frying pan used to cook the onion, add the ground beef over medium high heat. Break up the meat as it cooks.

While the beef is cooking, pick up the pasilla pepper with paper towels and rub the black charred exterior off. It should come off very easy. Dont worry about getting every bit off as this adds flavor.

Then cut off the stem end of the pepper and make a slit down the pepper. Remove any seeds by scraping them out with the knife. Chop the pepper into a small dice and add it to the stock pot.

Back to the ground beef cooking in the pan. Drain any excess oil into a cup and then add the ground beef to the stock pot.

To the stock pot add the bacon, chicken broth, wine, tomato sauce, fire roasted tomatoes, chili powder, ground cumin, oregano, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce ( or just the sauce as I did in the video).

In a small frying pan, place the tomato paste in the pan and stir with a spatula as it cooks over medium low heat for about 1 to 2 minutes. This will caramelize the paste and give it a little more sweetness. You will notice the paste turns a little brighter red. Then add this to the stock pot.

Add the honey to the stockpot and bring the chili to a boil and then turn it down to low to simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.

Combine the cornstarch and water in a bowl and whisk with a fork until blended. Turn the temperature to high and stir the chili while you slowly add the cornstarch to it. Let the chili boil for a minute and then lower the temperature to simmer. Add the beans and stir. Once everything is hot you can serve it up.

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