Chili With Sausage and Jalapeno
photo by Derf2440
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 3⁄4 lb italian sweet sausage, casing removed
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 large green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 jalapeno chiles, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes in puree
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 tablespoons ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 pinch cayenne
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- hot pepper sauce
- grated monterey jack cheese
- chopped red onion
- sour cream
directions
- Heat 2 T.
- oil in a large pot over high heat.
- Add beef and sausage; cook until brown, breaking up with spoon, about 8 minutes.
- Transfer meat mixture to bowl.
- Reduce heat to medium high.
- Add remaining oil to pot.
- Add onion, bell pepper, jalapenos and bay leaves.
- Cook until vegetables are soft, stirring frequently.
- Add garlic; sauté 1 minute.
- Return meat mixture to pot.
- Mix in tomatoes and next 7 ingredients.
- Simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Mix in lime juice.
- Season with salt.
- Serve chili in bowls, passing hot sauce, cheese, red onion and sour cream separately.
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Reviews
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This is one of my go to recipes. It gets rave reviews every time I make it. I made a few small changes to make it my own, but I think it would be just as delicious as is. <br/><br/>I leave out the ground beef and use 1 lb beef kielbasa, sliced into about 1/4" thick semi circles. I change out crushed tomatoes for diced. I cut the brown sugar in half. And I add 2C cooked kidney beans at the end (about a can). Thanks so much for sharing! <br/><br/>I wanted to share the love, so I posted a link to this on my fledgling blog at theexperimentalgarden.blogspot.com/
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Excellant!! I did add one large can of red kidney beans, we do like beans in our chili, I am sure though that is would be equally good without. The seasonings result in wonderful flavour, but not quite the heat that we like, so I added a sprinkle of red pepper flakes. I only had one tin of crushed tomatoes so I used a tin or whole tomatoes for the second one, also just cut up the sausage and left them in chunks. Next time I may try hot Italian sausage. loved the touch of lime juice, gave it a nice twang. I made the whole recipe and will freeze some for later. Thanks for posting , I will make it again.
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Well, now I have a new chili recipe - DH says it's better than his (and he prides himself on his chili!). I made this exactly as directed, and it was excellent - the spike of lime juice was the "secret ingredient", I thought. I do plan to tweak it a bit next time - will add more jalapenos, some hot italian sausage, and will not cook the vegetables until soft, since we like a bit of crunch in chili. We also like our food on the spicy side, so will probably add either crushed red pepper flakes or a few dashes of hot sauce. Also, will let it simmer a little longer than 25 minutes, to really allow the flavors to blend and mellow. This is a real winner - just add serve with cold beer and cornbread, and it's perfect for fall and football-watching. Thanks for a great recipe, Ridgely.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lisar
Provo, Utah