Award winning chili recipe?

stickdog wrote:
1# lean ground beef
3 cloves of garlic dice
1 medium onion dice
2 green peppers, diced
1 can of chpotle peppers in adobe sause
2 16 oz cans of black beans
2 16 oz cans of kidney beans
1 32 oz can crushed tomatoes
2 teaspoons cocoa
2 tablespoons cilantro

Brown ground beef add onion and garlic and half of the chopped green pepper till they soften.
Add undrained beans, tomatoes and chpotle peppers and simmer about an hour. add cocoa and cilantro and the rest of the chopped green peppers stir well, simmer another half hour.
This is a spicey chili do to the chpotle peppers, I serve with chopped onions, shredded chedder, and sour cream on the side.

This chili has won cookoffs. You can increase the ground beef if you want more meat or more beans if that's your preferance.

Close to mine except I don't use beans. I use a lb of ground beef cut in chunks and 2 lb of Jimmy Dean's Maple sausage cut in chunks. Brown the meat, drain the grease. Add the rest of the ingredients. Add 1 Tbsp chili powder and 1 Tbsp of cumin. If you want less heat, sub jalapeño salsa instead of chipotle peppers. Add a dash of Liquid smoke for a slightly smoky flavor if you don't have a smoker.

If you want to win, make it the week before and freeze. Day before the competition thaw in fridge and the day of, put it in your slow cooker to heat. This gives the flavors time to steep.