# Chili Con Carne

Chili Con Carne. The most comforting meat sauce, served with a fresh pico de gallo 🌶️🔥😍

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- chopping board
- knife
- plate
- pan
- spoon
- bowl
- plastic wrap
- blender
- coffee grinder
- measuring spoon
- dutch oven
- wooden spoon
- spatula
- bottle opener
- strainer
- rice cooker
- rice spoon

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AQyCkvB9H/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/70a39997-6b74-46b5-87e5-6aea944d9f7c
- Extracted: 2025-12-26

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