Recipe courtesy of Scott Shaffer

Scott's Mountain-Thunder Football Chili

A great tasting, spicy and slightly smokey tailgating chili!
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Ingredients

Spice Mix 1: 

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 tablespoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon garlic salt

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

3 tablespoons Texas-style chili powder(Gebhardt's brand preferred)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Spice Mix 2:

3 tablespoons Texas-style chili powder

1 tablespoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Chili:

1 teaspoon solid vegetable shortening

3 lbs London broil cut into 1/4 inch cubes

1 small white onion (finely chopped)

1 green pepper (finely chopped)

1 (8 oz.) can chopped green chilies

1 (8 oz.) can no-salt tomato sauce

1 (12 oz.) can domestic beer

1 (13 oz.) can beef broth

1 (13 oz.) chicken broth

3 tablespoons chipotle pepper sauce (Jump up & Kiss me brand preferred)

1 tablespoon maple syrup

4-5 drops Tabasco sauce

Directions

  1. Combine spice mixes in 2 separate containers. Set aside. 
  2. In a 5-quart Dutch oven, heat shortening over medium heat and cook beef until no longer pink. Add onions, peppers, tomato sauce, beer, beef broth, chicken broth and Spice Mix 1, and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 1/1/2 hours. 
  3. Stir in Spice Mix 2, chipotle sauce, maple syrup and Tabasco. Simmer 1/2 hour longer. 
  4. Adjust seasoning if needed. Enjoy!

Let's Get Cooking!

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Owen K.

I made a variation of this recipe. I used ground beef instead of London Broil. I think the LB would be better, but when I found this recipe I was specifically looking for something to do with the ground beef I had on hand. I also has some pumpkin pie spice that I got for Christmas and since I don't like pumpkin pie, I thought this would be a good use for this as well. <br /> <br />I also couldn't find the Texas Style chili powder nor the chipotle sauce in my local store. I used regular chili powder and added Cheyenne pepper to spice mix 1. <br /> <br />I know "real" chili does not have beans, but I have to have them in my chili so I added a couple of cans of pinto beans. I also used a shallot instead of an onion. And at my daughters request left out the green pepper. :( <br /> <br />I was pleasantly surprised at how tasty this was. I would like to try it again with the Texas style powder and the chiplotle sauce and the London Broil. <br /> <br />

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