Chipotle Beer Chili
This amazing chipotle beer chili is full of deep rich flavors and has the perfect amount of spice.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef I use grass-fed
- 1 medium white or yellow onion diced
- 1 jalapeno diced and de-seeded for less heat if you perfer.
- 5 garlic cloves pressed or grated
- 2 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon of each - smoked paprika, garlic powder, and cumin
- 3 teaspoon salt or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon cacao powder
- 3 teaspoon dark brown sugar
- 3 chipotle peppers + 1 tablespoon of the sauce You can find these in a can in the Mexican food section.
- 8 oz dark beer
- 1 14.5 oz can of fire-roasted tomatoes
- 2 heaping tbsp tomato paste
- 1 10 oz can of tomato with green chilies
- 1 15 oz can of seasoned black beans
- 1 15 oz can of chili beans these are seasoned to taste like chili
- 2 cups chicken stock
- optional toppings like cilantro, shredded cheese, fresh jalapeno, green onions, sour cream.
Instructions
- In a big soup pot brown the hamburger on medium heat. Add a little salt.
- About halfway through cooking the hamburger add in the diced onion and jalapeno. Add a sprinkle more of salt. For more heat leave in the seeds. For less heat take them out.
- When the burger is browned grate in 5 cloves of garlic and stir well for a minute or two.
- Add in beer and stir well then all the spices. (Chili powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt, cumin, chocolate powder, and brown sugar.
- Pull out 3 chipotle peppers from the can and dice them up pretty small. Stir them in along with a tablespoon of the liquid part of the peppers.
- Stir in the tomato paste, both cans of tomatoes, and both cans of beans.
- Stir in the chicken stock.
- Let simmer for about 30-40 minutes. Then taste to see if any more salt is needed.
- Serve and top with toppings of choice.
Notes
If you can't find the seasoned black beans and chili flavored beans you will need to add more salt. I use the simple truth organic brand of these beans to avoid MSG.