Sweetpea's Chili

Name: Sweetpea's Chili
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 680.38 g ground beef; 3 green jalapeno peppers, chopped; 1 onion, chopped; 3 garlic cloves, pressed or minced; 1 large green bell peppers or 1 large red bell pepper, chopped; 29.58 ml chili powder; 14.79 ml dried chipotle powder; 14.79 ml cumin; 7.39 ml dried celery flakes; 4.92 ml ground red pepper; 7.39 ml salt; 1 beef bouillon cube; 177.44 ml beer; 822.13 g can tomato sauce; 765.43 g can kidney beans, drained; 765.43 g can pinto beans, drained; 396.89 g can of petite diced tomatoes with juice; 473.18 ml water; black pepper; shredded cheddar cheese (optional); sour cream (optional)

Submitted by SweetPeaNC

"This chili recipe took me two years to perfect. It's just a basic beef chili, but it's really good! Try substituting ground turkey--it works great too. Doubling or tripling this recipe is no problem. I always do so I can freeze some. It reheats amazingly well! Fair warning--this chili is pretty spicy! You can lower the spice by using milder peppers instead of the jalapenos. It's also easy to increase the heat--we add a another teaspoon of red pepper and a whole cascabel pepper (remove before serving) with the rest of the spices. Additional diced jalapenos or some habaneros also work great."

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Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 21
Serves:: 6

ingredients

680.38 g ground beef
3 green jalapeno peppers, chopped
1 onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, pressed or minced
1 large green bell peppers or 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
29.58 ml chili powder
14.79 ml dried chipotle powder
14.79 ml cumin
7.39 ml dried celery flakes
4.92 ml ground red pepper
7.39 ml salt
1 beef bouillon cube
177.44 ml beer
822.13 g can tomato sauce
765.43 g can kidney beans, drained
765.43 g can pinto beans, drained
396.89 g can of petite diced tomatoes with juice
473.18 ml water
black pepper
shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
sour cream (optional)

directions

In skillet, brown and drain ground beef.
In large pot, combine the beer, water, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and the beans.
Add the peppers, garlic, and onion. Heat thoroughly.
Add the beef and all of the spices.
Cook for about an hour to allow the flavors to combine.
Garnish with the cheese and sour cream if desired.

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Reviews

This is really good chili. I cut recipe in half and subbed ground turkey for the beef. Only thing I would change is to add more cumin, as we really like the flavor of it in chili. Heat was just right. Made for Fall 2012 PAC game.

Outta Here
Great tasting chili, even if I did make a few changes (mostly cutting back on several ingredients) ~ I used just 1 1/2 jalapeno peppers (seeded), 2 teaspoons each of the chipotle powder & cumin, just 1 tablespoon of the chili powder, & left out the salt. Seems like a lot of changes, but I know it would have been way to hot for me & mine, as wold have been the sodium level, although I did use low-sodium beans & tomatoes! Thanks for a wonderful chili treat! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]

Sydney Mike
great chili !!! Made chili as posted but cut back on the green peppers, and left out the salt,and using the sour cream and cheddar cheese. This had tons and tons of flavor. Great recipe, made for PRMR recipe.

weekend cooker
Loved this chili! I don't care for onion so left it out and used a bit more green pepper. I was a little short on the chipotle chili powder so made up the difference with some ancho chili powder; that along with the cayenne and 3 big jalapenos and this had plenty of heat! Cooked it uncovered for about 1 1/2 hours and ended up with a rich, thick, flavorful chili - thanks for posting the recipe!

loof751
Great!

KrisHM99