AWARD WINNING MEATY CHILI

AWARD WINNING MEATY CHILI image

Yield 8 bowls

Number Of Ingredients 28

2.2lb beef brisket, trimmed and sliced into 1 inch thick pieces across the grain*
1/4 LB Chorizo or Italian Sausage cut in to pieces
1.5 Tsp Bacon bits
8 oz hot coffee
olive oil
¼ Tsp cayenne pepper
¼ Tsp dried basil
½ Tsp tobasco
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 cup of beef stock
1/8 cup beer
1 glass red wine
1 heaped teaspoons ground cumin
1 heaped tsp smoked paprika
1/2 heaped tsp dried oregano
1 fresh bay leaves
1 onions, peeled and diced
2 sticks celery chopped
2 carrots
1.5-2 fresh chillies
1 cinnamon stick
5 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
2.5 Tbsp molasses or muscovado sugar
1 tin tomato paste
1 x 400g tins of beans(kidney, butter or pinto),drained

Steps:

1. Make your coffee. Meanwhile, put your largest casserole type pan on a low heat and add a few lugs of olive oil, the bacon and sausage into the hot pan, and cook until evenly browned. Drain off excess grease and put meat in a sepearte dish. 2. Add the cumin, basil, paprika, oregano, bay leaves, celery, carrots and onions. Fry for 10 minutes, until the onions have softened. 3. Deseed and chop half your fresh chillies and add them to the onion mixture along with the chili powder, cayenne, the cinnamon stick, sliced garlic, a good pinch of salt and pepper and a splash of the coffee. 4. Stir, then add the rest of the coffee, the tinned tomatoes, stock, red wine, tomato paste, beer and the molasses or sugar. Add the pieces of brisket, sausage and bacon and another good pinch of salt and pepper, cover with a lid and simmer for around 3 hours, stirring occasionally. 5. After the three hours use 2 forks to break the meat up and pull it apart. Once you've done this, add the tinned beans and leave to simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes with the lid off until the meat is completely falling apart and delicious. 6. Have a taste and season well - I added some extra stock and sugar at this point as it was too hot or you can add extra chili if you like it really strong. *You can substitute flank steak if you want to.