Texas Chili
- Total Time
- About 2 hours 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2tablespoons olive oil
- 1pound ground bison or ground dark turkey
- 1large onion, finely chopped
- 112-ounce bottle of beer
- 114½-ounce can diced tomatoes
- ½cup strong brewed coffee
- 1tablespoon tomato paste
- ¼cup brown sugar
- 1tablespoon chile sauce
- 1tablespoon cocoa powder
- Half a serrano or other hot pepper, seeded and finely chopped, or to taste
- 1½tablespoons ground cumin
- 1½teaspoons ground coriander
- 1teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 1teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 215-ounce cans kidney beans
- 115-ounce can cannellini or other white beans
Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)
431 calories; 11 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 6 grams monounsaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 51 grams carbohydrates; 12 grams dietary fiber; 12 grams sugars; 31 grams protein; 1118 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Place a Dutch oven or other large pot over medium heat. Add the oil and heat until shimmering. Add the meat and sauté until browned, then transfer to a plate.
- Step 2
Add the onion to the pot and stir for 1 minute. Take two large sips from the beer, and pour the rest into the pot. Stir in the tomatoes, coffee and tomato paste.
- Step 3
Add the brown sugar, chile sauce, cocoa powder, hot pepper, cumin, coriander, cayenne, salt and kidney beans. Return the meat to the pot. Reduce heat to low and simmer, partly covered, for 1 hour.
- Step 4
Add the white beans to the pot and simmer over very low heat, partly covered and stirring occasionally, for 1 to 2 more hours. (Longer cooking improves the flavor.) Adjust salt and cayenne pepper as needed and serve.
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Comments
Even as a wary, southwestern neighbor of Texas, I think this is a fine recipe, but I, too, have a quibble with the beans. Mine, however, is not with the mere addition of beans but with the choice of kidney beans. I realize the tough-skinned, grainy kidneys probably were chosen in this recipe for their contrast with the softer, smaller cannellinis, but my preference for any bean in proximity to chili or chile always will be the toothsome, flavorful and inherently noble pinto.
I made this without the chile sauce. All the chile sauces I found in the supermarket seemed to be ketchup with high fructose corn syrup added. I looked for chile sauce recipes, and they were ketchup or tomato paste with Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, and brown sugar. Since two of these are already in the recipe, I simply added about half a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and a splash of red wine vinegar. Tasted great to me, and the rest of the family ate it up too.
Like most of the recommendations said, I halved the brown sugar and cocoa portions, but also replaced the cayenne with ancho chili powder and added 2-3 teaspoons of chipotle tabasco and sriracha. It left the chili with more flavor but not much of a kick, though that was the intention since a few of the individuals I was cooking for cannot handle any type of heat.
Across the board reviews said that it was the best chili they've had. Thanks very much for the recipe.
Made mostly as recipe was written and tasty outcome. Ingredient choices notes: *Use low IBU (Int'l bitterness units) beer or 22 or less. Used Fat Tire classic ale- 15 ibu. * We're not kidney bean fans. Used Bayo Beans (cooked from dry Primary Beans brand) to replace them and a can of Great Northern beans, drained & rinsed, for white beans. *Noting some found this sweet, reduced brown sugar to 3T. Outcome was perfect for us; there are bitter elements in the dish to balance it.
If you choose a hoppy IPA as the beer here, you will get a more bitter outcome given IPA brews are high(er) in International Bitterness Unit (IBU scores). Some taste buds love those bitter brews but mine are not among them. ;-) If you want a smoother finish, choose a beer lower in IBUs like American Lager or a Belgian style Dubble ale or a Mexican Lager.
Thanks for the heads up on the beer! I hate bitter happy beers.
The five star reviews are very misleading considering the modifications people have made. Beware this recipe is not for you if you prefer Tangy over a sweet chili.