I made some chili loosely based on Max's chili! It is significantly less spicy, and I scaled the recipe down slightly because I don't have a huge pot. Also mushrooms, because I've decided I like adding mushrooms to everything. Also cooking with beer!
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
Half a pound of mushrooms, chopped
Half a sweet/yellow onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
One 15 ounce can of tomato sauce
Two small cans of tomato paste (8oz I think?)
Two 15.5 ounce cans of mild chili beans
12oz dark beer
Salt, pepper, chili powder and cumin to taste
It turned out really well. Next time I think I'm going to double the amount of onion, garlic, and mushrooms. And maybe I'll stick in another vegetable or vegetable-like thing. Lentils maybe? I'll probably need a bigger pot.
Instructions:
First I chopped the onions, garlic, and mushrooms. I then sauteed the onions in the bottom of the chili pot in a bit of olive oil while I simultaneously browned the ground beef in a skillet. When the onions got aromatic I added the garlic and continued to saute, and when the garlic got aromatic I added the mushrooms and cooked them for a minute or two.
By that time the ground beef was done, so I threw it in and mixed everything together.
I then added the tomato sauce and tomato paste. I had the great idea to use a beer (okay I read it online) so I rinsed the tomato sauce/paste cans out with beer instead of water and added that to the chili. Then came the chili beans.
After all that stuff was mixed together I started adding spices. I put in a lot of each of them, though I didn't measure how much exactly. I simmered it for a little over half an hour, stirring frequently and periodically tasting it and adding more spices until I got to the right amount.
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