Stu's Super Food Chili

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb ground sirloin
• 1 lb spicy sausage
• 3/4 cup diced onion
• 1 crushed garlic clove
• 1 finely diced green chili pepper
• 8 ounces beer (i like pbr)
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 2 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans
• 2 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans
• 1 lb of pureed cherry tomatoes or 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 diced red pepper
• 1 large fresh tomato, diced
• 1 large diced onion
• 1 -2 diced jalapenos (depends on your choice of heat) or 1 -2 habanero (depends on your choice of heat)
• 0.75 (46 ounce) can tomato juice (reserve remainder)
• 1 ounce square dark chocolate
• 4 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons cumin

Recipe

• 1 brown the meat with the onion,garlic, cumin, and chile.
• 2 once meat is browned pretty well add the beer and simmer until meat is cooked through.
• 3 add pureed tomatoes or tomato sauce.
• 4 add all other diced vegetables and allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• 5 add all the beans and half the remaining spices simmer another 10 minutes and then add remaining spices.
• 6 add dark chocolate.
• 7 let the whole shebang simmer at least another hour, adjust spices to taste.
• 8 if you enjoy your chili hot, hot, hot! adjust for peppers, and i highly recommend the addition of your favorite hot sauce!