Chili Con Carne

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Unwrap the ground meat.
  2. 2Place the dried guajillo chilis, pasilla chili, chile de arbol, and cinnamon stick on a plate.
  3. 3Cut the stems off the dried chilis and remove the seeds.
  4. 4Place the chilis and cinnamon stick in a pan and toast them slightly.
  5. 5Toast the coriander and cumin seeds in a separate pan.
  6. 6Transfer the toasted chilis and cinnamon stick to a bowl.
  7. 7Add water to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let them soak.
  8. 8Pour the rehydrated chilis and soaking liquid into a blender cup.
  9. 9Blend until smooth.
  10. 10Pour the blended chili paste into a bowl.
  11. 11Grind the toasted coriander and cumin seeds in a coffee grinder.
  12. 12Measure out the ground spices.
  13. 13Brown the ground meat in a Dutch oven.
  14. 14Season the meat with salt and pepper.
  15. 15Continue cooking the meat until fully browned, then remove it from the pot.
  16. 16Chop the red bell pepper.
  17. 17Dice the onion.
  18. 18Chop the jalapeño.
  19. 19Mince the garlic.
  20. 20Chop the green bell pepper.
  21. 21Add olive oil to the Dutch oven.
  22. 22Add the diced red bell pepper, onion, jalapeño, minced garlic, green bell pepper, red chili, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, dried sage, and ground spices to the pot.
  23. 23Sauté the vegetables and spices.
  24. 24Add tomato paste and the chili paste to the pot.
  25. 25Stir well.
  26. 26Add beer to the pot.
  27. 27Stir and cook until the liquid reduces.
  28. 28Add a can of chopped tomatoes to the pot.
  29. 29Stir the mixture.
  30. 30Return the browned ground meat to the pot.
  31. 31Add beef broth to the pot.
  32. 32Stir the chili.
  33. 33Cover the pot and let it simmer.
  34. 34Open and drain a can of kidney beans.
  35. 35Rinse the kidney beans under running water.
  36. 36Remove the chili, bay leaves, and cinnamon stick from the pot.
  37. 37Add a bar of dark chocolate and the rinsed kidney beans to the chili.
  38. 38Squeeze fresh lime juice into the chili.
  39. 39Stir well.
  40. 40Season with salt.
  41. 41Rinse the white long grain rice.
  42. 42Add the rinsed rice and water to a rice cooker.
  43. 43Cook the rice in the rice cooker.
  44. 44Serve the cooked rice in a bowl.
  45. 45Spoon a generous amount of chili con carne over the rice.
  46. 46Add a dollop of sour cream on top.
  47. 47Garnish with pico de gallo and fresh cilantro.

Ingredients

  • ground meat
  • 3 dried guajillo chilis
  • 1 dried pasilla chili
  • 2 chile de arbol
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • coriander seeds
  • cumin seeds
  • salt
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1 onion
  • 1 jalapeño
  • garlic
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • olive oil
  • bay leaves
  • chilli powder
  • tomato paste
  • 1 bottle beer
  • 1 can chopped tomatoes
  • beef broth
  • 1 bar dark chocolate
  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 1 lime
  • white long grain rice
  • sour cream
  • pico de gallo
  • cilantro

Equipment

chopping boardknifeplatepanspoonbowlplastic wrapblendercoffee grindermeasuring spoondutch ovenwooden spoonspatulabottle openerstrainerrice cookerrice spoon