# Chili

A flavorful chili perfect for football season, featuring a smoky bacon base, a blend of vegetables, ground chuck, and a touch of stout beer and cocoa powder.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 red onion
- 1 bell pepper
- 0.5 jalapeño
- 0.5 chili pepper
- garlic
- 8 slabs bacon
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- cayenne pepper
- smoked paprika
- pinch Chipotle smoked sea salt
- 1 pound ground chuck
- scoops tomato paste
- fire roasted diced tomatoes or crushed
- Guinness beer
- 1 can pinto beans
- 1 can kidney beans
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1 spoonful cocoa powder
- cheese
- sour cream
- cilantro
- green onions

## Instructions

1. Start by dicing one red onion, one bell pepper, half a jalapeño, and half a chili pepper.
2. Mince the jalapeño and chili pepper if you don't like biting into big pieces.
3. Mince some garlic.
4. Dice eight slabs of bacon.
5. Season the meat with garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, smoked paprika, and a pinch of chipotle smoked sea salt. If new to seasoning, start with a teaspoon of each and adjust to taste.
6. Take a pound of ground chuck and break it up a little.
7. Add about half of the prepared seasoning to the ground chuck.
8. In a pot on medium heat, add all the bacon and render down the fat.
9. Remove the cooked bacon from the pot, leaving the rendered grease.
10. Add the seasoned ground beef to the pot with the bacon grease and cook until done, about seven minutes.
11. Remove the cooked ground beef from the pot and place it on a plate lined with a paper towel.
12. In the same pot, add the remaining half of the seasoning to bloom it.
13. Add all the minced and chopped vegetables to the pot and cook until soft and colorful.
14. Stir in a few scoops of tomato paste.
15. Add fire roasted diced or crushed tomatoes.
16. Deglaze the pot with Guinness beer.
17. Add one can of pinto beans and one can of kidney beans.
18. Return the cooked bacon and ground meat to the pot.
19. Add the rest of the seasonings.
20. Pour in one cup of beef stock.
21. Stir in a spoonful of cocoa powder.
22. Let the chili simmer on low heat for 20 to 30 minutes.
23. Serve the chili and top with cheese, sour cream, cilantro, and green onions.

## Equipment

- pot
- plate

## Tips

- Do not go too heavy on the cumin because it is salty.
- Blooming the seasoning in hot oil/fat makes it more flavorful.
- Adding beer, specifically a stout like Guinness, makes the flavors deeper and richer.
- A spoonful of cocoa powder pairs well with peppers and you won't taste the chocolate.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-04-25

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