Ingredients
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 2 green bell peppers, cored, seeded and chopped
- 2 tablespoons minced (3 large cloves) garlic
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup chili powder, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste (recommend getting tube)
- 3 pounds boneless beef chuck, ground coarse
- 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes, including liquid
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups beef broth
- 4 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1-ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 1 (19-ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- Rice, as an accompaniment
- Toppings: Tortilla chips; sour cream; grated cheddar; chopped red onions; chopped jalapenos; diced avocado; minced cilantro; etc.
Directions
In a casserole cook the onions, peppers and garlic in the oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin and oregano and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes more. Add the beef and cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink. Add the tomatoes, 1 cup of the broth, the vinegar and chocolate and bring the mixture to a boil, crushing the tomatoes with the back of a spoon. Simmer the chili, covered, for 1 hour, adding additional broth, if necessary. Add the kidney beans and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes more. Ladle into bowls and serve with rice and desired toppings.
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By woods1985
on January 03, 2013
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I picked this chili recipe last year because I liked the ingredient list. As the recipe is written, I would agree it's pretty bland. However, with doctoring -- this recipe got rave reviews and I just made it for a second time to entertain with tomorrow! Follow these steps and it won't be bland at all:
1. Double the spices/ triple the cumin. It's not too much. There are 3 lbs of meat in this.
2. Before adding the tomatoes I added 1 12 oz bottle of lager beer
3. Since I used beer, I only added 1/2 can of beef broth
4. I added some hot sauce and crushed red pepper flakes for spice
5. This recipe doesn't mention seasoning with salt and black pepper, but this is very necessary, as well
There are a ton of chili recipes on this website, and eventually I'd like to try others. I keep going back to this one though! I like that it includes green peppers and the tang of cider vinegar. (The chocolate adds richness but you don't actually taste the chocolate.
By mdbrown21
on September 20, 2012
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I agree with most of the previous reviews. It lacked a lot of flavor. I was a bit skeptic about the vinegar as I hadn't seen any other chili recipes calling for vinegar. So i left it out. I added the chocolate but not sure of its contribution.
I seasoned the ground beef chuck with kosher salt and pepper, I added one seeded jalepeno pepper,1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper, one 15 oz. can of black beans and one 15 oz light red kidney beans and a 25 oz can of tomatoe sauce. So delish! I will be making this again! :
By amysims2008_125...
Springfield, 29
on February 06, 2011
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The cider vinegar gave this a taste that I just could not get over--in a bad way. Neither my husband nor I could even eat the chili, the taste was so bizarre. I do suspect that if he hadn't added the vinegar, it would have been pretty good.
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