This thread (and the weather) inspired me to make a batch today. I started with 2 pounds of tri-tip that I cubed very small (about 1/3 inch long cubes). Browned those bad boys. Didn't use oil. Just rendered the beef tallow first.
Next I sort of cheated by using a jar of Cookwell & Company two step mix (I'm sure you've seen it at HEB).
https://cookwell.net/products/chili
But I added about the same amount in volume of leftover chipotle sauce from a chicken recipe I'd made earlier in the week. This one...
https://www.browneyedbaker.com/chipotle-chicken-recipe/
I also added a leftover chipotle pepper in Adobo sauce from the above recipe. Lastly I added a beer. My wife is GF so I used an Omission Lager. I added about half a beer initially to the sauce and the rest towards the end after simmering several hours. I never covered the pot as I wanted it to condense down.
This was not only the best chili I've ever made but quite honestly the best I ever recall eating.
Served it with the GF HEB Honey Cornbread recipe only I didn't follow the recipe on the box but rather added a can of creamed corn (no egg), greek yogurt instead of milk and ghee instead of oil. Holy **** that was almost as good as the chili.
This is the first time I've used cubed beef instead of ground beef. Holy **** it makes a huge difference! That tri-tip just about melted in your mouth. Pretty much me eating it...
Next I sort of cheated by using a jar of Cookwell & Company two step mix (I'm sure you've seen it at HEB).
https://cookwell.net/products/chili
But I added about the same amount in volume of leftover chipotle sauce from a chicken recipe I'd made earlier in the week. This one...
https://www.browneyedbaker.com/chipotle-chicken-recipe/
I also added a leftover chipotle pepper in Adobo sauce from the above recipe. Lastly I added a beer. My wife is GF so I used an Omission Lager. I added about half a beer initially to the sauce and the rest towards the end after simmering several hours. I never covered the pot as I wanted it to condense down.
This was not only the best chili I've ever made but quite honestly the best I ever recall eating.
Served it with the GF HEB Honey Cornbread recipe only I didn't follow the recipe on the box but rather added a can of creamed corn (no egg), greek yogurt instead of milk and ghee instead of oil. Holy **** that was almost as good as the chili.
This is the first time I've used cubed beef instead of ground beef. Holy **** it makes a huge difference! That tri-tip just about melted in your mouth. Pretty much me eating it...