The first chili cook-off I entered happened pretty much the way it does for everyone - a bunch of friends wanted to spend an afternoon drinking beer and cooking chili. We did everything right - compared recipes, used diced (not ground) beef and no pre-mixed chili powders. We also fulfilled our one true objective - we spent the afternoon drinking beer and meeting people. It was a good afternoon. When it came time for a visit from the judges, the one we knew stopped by first to give us a pre-taste. Cheating, sure, but we were never really in the running. He took one bite of our chili and said "there's cinnamon in this. You can't put cinnamon in chili." 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in a full batch of chili and you'd think we put beans it.
Chili is not really much of a street food, but is a key ingredient. I needed to get this recipe out there to build off it in the next couple posts. This is a great recipe, but you won't win any cook-offs with it.
Shiner Bock Chili
1 small onion, very finely diced
2 cloves garlic, very finely diced
1 Tbsp oil
2 pounds of cubed chuck tender beef (or chili grind)
1 14-1/2 oz. Can – Beef Broth, or 16-18 oz of natural beef broth
A good beer (this is where the chili got its name)
2 14oz cans fire roasted tomatoes
1 cube – Beef Bouillon
1 cube – Chicken Bouillon
3 peppers, your choice (Jalapeno Pepper & Serrano work best)
Chili Mix #1
3 Tbls. -Chili powder (I use equal parts Texas Red, New Mexican Light, Indian Hot chili)
1 Tbls. - Paprika
1/2 tsp. - White Pepper
1 packet - Sazon Goya
Chili Mix #2
3 Tbls. -Chili powder (I use equal parts Texas Red, New Mexican Light, Indian Hot chili)
½ tsp. – Mexican Oregano
½ tsp. – Black Pepper
1 packet – Sazon Goya
1 tsp. - cumin
¼ tsp. - brown sugar
Directions
- Heat the oil in a chili pot and cook the onion and garlic until translucent
- Add the meat and brown with the onion.
- Add the stock, 1/2 the beer, tomatoes, bouillon and peppers, and bring to a boil
- Add Chili Mix #1, cut back heat and simmer for an hour
- Add Chili Mix #2, cook for another 30 minutes.
- Remove peppers
- Add the rest of the beer and 1 tsp of cumin. Simmer another 15 minutes.
- Taste and add salt as needed.