meaty chili

A fantastic award winning chili con carne, with beef, pork, three kinds of chilis, a perfect balance of spice and heat.

Eddie's Award Winning Chili

Anaheim chiles, roasted, peeled, chopped

poblano chiles, roasted, peeled, chopped

bacon,

bacon fat (rendered from the bacon)

vegetable oil (canola, grape seed

red bell peppers, seeds

jalapeño peppers, seeds and ribs removed, minced

yellow onions,

garlic, garlic cloves, 6 tablespoons minced garlic)

beef

sweet Italian sausage,

chili powder

cayenne pepper

coriander

cumin

garlic

onion

hot paprika (not smoked)

salt

black pepper

tomato sauce

tomato paste

beer

chicken stock

kidney beans, with juice

pinto beans, with juice

Optional Garnishes:

green onions,

cheddar cheese

Sour cream

Roast the Chilies

Preheat the oven to broil (500ºF) Set an oven rack at the top, directly under the broiler. Spread the chiles out on a low-sided oven tray and roast for 15-20 minutes, turning peppers with tongs every five minutes, until their skins are about 60-70% blackened on all sides. Put the hot peppers directly into a paper bag. Roll down the top of the bag so they&#8217;re tightly contained. Let them sit and steam for 15-20 minutes until the skins are loosened and easy to peel off. Peel off skins, remove seeds and membranes, and chop.

Sauté Chilis and Aromatics

Add the bacon grease and oil to a large heavy pot or Dutch oven (6-quart), over medium-high heat. Add the chopped chiles, red bell peppers, jalapeño peppers and onions. Cook for 5 minutes or until the vegetables just start to become translucent. Add garlic and cook 1 minute longer. Transfer all the sautéed vegetables to a bowl and set aside. No need to wash the pot, you&#8217;ll use it to brown the meat.

Brown the Meats

Add the cubed beef chuck to the pot and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned on all sides, about 4 minutes. Add the ground beef and sausage and cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring to break up the sausage and ground beef, until the meat is no longer pink. Return the cooked vegetables to the pot along with the reserved bacon.

Add Spices

chili powders, cayenne, coriander, cumin, granulated garlic, granulated onion, paprika, salt and black pepper. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute, until fragrant.

Add the Rest of the Ingredients

Add the tomato sauce and paste. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes, to combine. Add beer, chicken stock, kidney beans with their liquid and pinto beans with their liquid. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer, and cook for 2 hours, uncovered.

To Serve

Ladle chili into bowls. Top with garnishes or put garnishes into small bowls for self serve.

I used this for our staff chili cook-off and won. it was delicious. I used coffee instead of beer as one commenter mentioned, and I also halved the amount of Cheyenne pepper. It was delicious. Thank you for sharing!

I gave 4 stars because the spice level was way higher than expected. I couldn’t find Hot paprika so I used only 1 teaspoon of regular. I couldn’t find Anaheim peppers so I used green peppers instead of those. Otherwise I followed this recipe to the T and I could barely eat a whole bowl it was so spicy. My fiancé LOVES hot sauce and spice and he even said it was a little too much. 
It’s tasty, but I’d eliminate the cayenne completely.

Hey Eddie  this is world class chili recipe it was a hit at our church fall festival... BTW I did substitute beef burger and steaks for deer burger and steaks which turned out awesome actually making it again tonight for my family for after Thanksgiving meal!!! Thanks again pal

Eddie, just wanted to thank you for sharing this recipe. My boyfriend and I have been quarantining together and we make this together every month. It's a great excuse to spend time together, joke around, and feel happy even while it's been difficult seeing family and friends. It's been a bright spot in a very dark year. Thank you.

Made this tonight for my husband using our wild game harvest (deer) from this season, it turned out amazing!!!I just substituted the ground beef, for the ground deer/pork fat meat we have on hand. I've been looking for an amazing chili recipe, and this was it! As a mom of 3 young boys and a nursing school student, I prefer the  "place it and forget it" method, I opted for the slow cooker. I did it on high for 2 hours and low for 3 hours. Thank you for sharing your recipe!

I looked for a chili recipe to submit for a chili contest at work. I tried to find something that was similar to my grandfather's recipe. Having researched several recipes this one was the closest I could find that resembled recipe. Now I didn't follow it step by step since I didn't want to win using someone else's recipe, but the core of this recipe was my base recipe. The overall result was a blow out winner unseating the 3 time champion and 3 other multi-year winners. The response I received was unbelievable. I will use this (a modified version) to create a multi-year championship chili.

Absolutely fantastic. Used three different chili powders. Thanks.

Unbelievably good. Had a lot of fun making it and came out great. Love the recipe and will definitely be making this again.

So So GOOD !!
I definitely agree with the multiple meats, beans, chilies &amp; powders, paprikas, etc 
adding a great depth of flavor and heat. BEST

Made this today for the game tomorrow. Instead of 2lbs of ground beef I used 1lb of ground venison and 1lb of ground beef. By far the best chili I have ever made! Thanks for  sharing your hard work and recipe with everyone else so we could enjoy it also!

It's frustrating getting like $40 of ingredients and spending hours getting it ready, and it's a big let down.  Mine just tasted like the ahaheim and poblano chilies.  Not a flavor I want front and center in good chili.  I thought it would blend in with everything else but it did not.  I guess I could use less next time, but now I have a crap ton of chili that I don't really want to eat and it ruined my weekend.  Maybe it will taste better the next day.  Or drown it in sour cream.

What an incredible chili! I made this yesterday. My wife and kids and I had small bowls (we're saving most of it for the big game tonight) and we were totally blown away. Such great texture with the different meats and such delicious complexity of flavor. Our search for the best chili is over.  Thanks Ed!

I made this and my boyfriend proclaimed it the best chili ever.  I’m making it again as per his request.  Thanks for sharing!

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