Chili

Ingredients

• 1 28 oz can tomatoes
• 3 lb ground beef
• 1 cup corn
• 1-2 cups diced veg like carrot and peppers
• 2-3 Tbsp tomato paste
• 2 squares bakers chocolate
• 1 pint chicken stock
• 1 can red kidney beans
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 2 cups diced onion
• 1 chipotle
• 2-3 Tbsp brown sugar
• 20 g chilli powder
• 2 tsp oregano
• 2 tsp cumin seed
• 1 Tbsp clarified butter

Mise en place

• preheat oven to 400
• dice onion
• mince garlic
• grind cumin seed + oregano + chilli powder
• mince the chipotle
• dice the veg
• chop the chocolate
• rinse the beans

Cook

in a dutch oven... - heat to medium - add clarified butter - add onion and cook until softened - add garlic - cook for a couple of minutes - add beef and cook until no longer pink - add spice blend and stir until bloomed in the beef fat - add tomato paste - stir to combine - add the chipotle - stir to combine - add stock - add brown sugar - add diced veg

Put in oven for 30 minutes uncovered

Serve

in bowls with the following as garnish - green onion - shredded cheese - sour cream - hot sauce - Fritos / corn chips