Spicy Ancho Beef Chili
 
 
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Recipe type: Chili
Cuisine: American
Serves: 16
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons butter or bacon grease
  • 1 large onion (mine weighed 13 ounces), diced
  • 2 large bell peppers, diced
  • 3 pounds ground beef
  • 2 cups water or broth (if necessary)
  • 4 cups Easy Delicious Creamy Crock-Pot Navy Beans
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1 tablespoon cumin powder
  • 3 tablespoons ground paprika
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 2 tablespoons ground Ancho chili pepper
  • green onions, optional garnish
  • thinly sliced lettuce, optional garnish
  • sliced tomatoes, optional garnish
  • sliced black olives, optional garnish
  • Lime Guacamole, optional
Instructions
  1. Melt fat in a large pot. Add diced onions and bell peppers into the pot. Cook for 10 minutes.
  2. Add ground beef. Cook until browned and the peppers and onions are tender.
  3. If the ground beef mixture is dry, add water or broth. Otherwise you may omit the water or broth because it will be too watery. Add the navy beans. Cook for 20 minutes.
  4. Add garlic, onion, cumin, paprika and salt. Mix and taste. Add more salt.
  5. Cook for 20 minutes.
  6. Test onions and bell peppers to make sure they are done. If not, cook for a few more minutes.
  7. Add garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, paprika and salt. Mix and taste, add more salt, if needed.
  8. I was happy with 2 tablespoons of the ground Ancho chili powder. I've also made this recipe with 3 tablespoons. It was pretty spicy with 2 and even more so with 3 so if you do not like your chili hot with spice, add a small amount of Ancho chili powder - you might want to start with 1 teaspoon and move up from there, taste testing as you add more.
Notes
If you want to continue heating the chili, be very careful that you stir it often as it will begin to stick and the part that is sticking will eventually scorch or burn. Lately I've been moving the chili to my crock pot turned to low to allow it to cook a little longer so that the flavors can marry but it's not necessary to do that. I just really like it because I don't have to worry about accidentally burning the chili (again). ;-)
Recipe by GAPS Diet Journey at https://gapsdietjourney.com/2013/12/recipe-spicy-ancho-beef-chili/