Basic Chili II
Basic Chili II
This is a revision to my basic, yet delicious chili, that I have been making for 40+ years. I received a chili mix packet from a good friend in Texas, and I used that spice mix to make a pot of chili yesterday, 2 Feb 2018. The taste is nearly spot on with my basic chili but some of the steps are a bit different so I decided to post a second Basic Chili. I also used red kidney beans I cooked in a pressure cooker to reduce the time. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 1 kilo minced pork, OR ground beef (2 lbs)
- 500 grams red Kidney beans, canned, OR make from a shortcut (1 lb)
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 can whole peeled tomatoes, chopped plus juice
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon chili powder, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, or more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional and to taste
- 1/2 small can tomato paste, 220 gram can (8 oz)
- 2 small cans water, plus 1 cup of water
Instructions
- For the beans, you can use canned (drained), make from dry by soaking and simmering, or by soaking and using a pressure cooker. If using dry, use 500 grams dry.
- In a large pot, add the minced pork or ground beef and chop up with a spatula and brown. Drain off most, not all of the fat, the fat adds flavoring. Pork is just starting to cook at this point.
- Add the beans, these were right out of the pressure cooker and drained.
- Add the tomatoes and juice, tomato paste, water, spices and mix. Let chili simmer for about 30 minutes.
- Serve.
Notes
Pork mince is about 85 Baht/kilo. For 6 servings, this is about 42 cents per serving.
Shortcut: Kidney Beans (Pressure Cooker).
Inspired by a packaged chili mix.
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