Spicy Smoking Hot Chili "no Beans Here!"

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 large onion, diced
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 lbs ground beef
• 2 cups thick & chunky salsa (mild-hot use to taste)
• 12 ounces tomato paste
• 1 -2 cup water (add more or less to adjust thickness)
• 1/3 cup chili powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cumin seeds, toasted and crushed or 1 tablespoon cumin powder
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 1/2-1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon dried garlic
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo, diced
• 2 tablespoons masa harina (fine cornmeal)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in large pot.
• 2 cook bell pepper, onion, garlic, for 5 minutes.
• 3 add meat, cook till browned.
• 4 add remaining ingredients except for the corn meal mixture.
• 5 cook for 2 hours over low heat or in a crock pot.
• 6 stir in the corn meal mixture
• 7 taste to see if it `s to your heat!
• 8 season adding salt and pepper as you like, cook 30 more minutes.
• 9 remove bay leaves and garnish as you like.
• 10 or:
• 11 skip the oil and browning just go ahead and toss all into a crock pot for 8 hours. giving it a stir when passing by.