| Everyone has a secret for their homemade chili recipe. Here’s mine. The ingredients are familiar, but it comes down to dialing up a few key components to get the depth and perfect balance of flavors we’re looking for. Yes, I’m confident enough to say perfect. The result is a deeply flavored, complex, beefy chili that is worth the extra time. Enjoy this content and want to show support? Consider buying me a "coffee" here: https://ko-fi.com/BrianLagerstrom 📸INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/brian_lagerstrom/ FOR THIS RECIPE YOU’LL NEED: BEANS: 300 g dried pinto beans soaked overnight 150g reserved bean liquid CHILE PASTE: 20g dried ancho or about 3 chiles 20g dried guajillo or about 3 chiles 20g dried pasilla or about 3 chiles 600g beef stock or 2.5 cups (+ a little extra to deglaze the chili) BEEF: 2lbs boneless shortribs CHILI BASE: 1 red onion 1 poblano 4-5 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 3-4 TBSP olive oil 2g chile flake or 1/2ish tsp 20g chili powder or 2.5 Tbsp 20g paprika or 3Tbsp 12g cumin or1.5 Tbsp 10g cocoa powder or 4tsp 28oz can crushed toms 28oz can diced toms, drained 850g cooked beans or about 4.5 cups 150g bean liquid or about 2/3 cup SEASONING: 30g brown sugar or 2.5 Tbsp 20g hot sauce or 1.5 Tbsp 20g worcestershire or 1.5 Tbsp 40g cider vin or 1/8 cup 15g salt or 2.5 tsp FINAL SEASONING TO TASTE (if needed): brown sugar hot sauce cider vin salt 1. pressure cook beans on high for 25 minutes with 1 kilo of water (or until tender but firm). reserve bean liquid. 2. toast chiles in the oven at 450 degrees for 5-10min 3. cut shortribs into 1-2 inch chunks then freeze on a sheet tray (about 15min) 4. pull chilis from oven and remove seeds 5. blend chilis with 600g beef stock to create chili paste and refrigerate until ready to use 6. after freezing shortribs for 15min, using a food processor, process shortribs in 2 batches (pulse until beef looks like it does in the video) 7. press ground meat onto a sheet on a sheet tray and broil in the oven on high for 3-5 minutes or until well browned (time will depend on your broiler) 8. after well browned, break up and crumble the meat (i recommend by hand with gloves, but you do you) 9. into a large heavy-bottomed pot, add onion and poblano to oil. sautee for 1-2 minutes 10: once onion and poblano are starting to soften, add garlic followed by chili flake, chile powder, paprika, cumin, cocoa powder. stir to combine and let bloom for about 2 min 11. deglaze with splash of beef stock 12. add crushed and drained diced tomatoes, and chili paste you made earlier. stir 13. add crumbled short rib, stir to combine 14. put lid on pot and load into a 275 degree oven for 90 minutes 15. after 90 minutes, add brown sugar, hot sauce, Worcestershire, cider vin, salt, cooked beans + 150g bean liquid and gently stir to incorporate 16. load back into a 325 degree oven uncovered for 45 mins to caramelize and reduce 17. after 45 minutes, taste and add your final seasonings to taste (salt, brown sugar, cider vinegar, hot sauce) GARNISH however you’d like. for a real bad boy chili, i like to use… tortilla chips shredded sharp aged cheddar sliced green onions sour cream CLIFFS NOTES CHILI VARIATION: INSTEAD OF SHORTRIBS 2 lbs ground chuck 80-20 INSTEAD OF CHILE PUREE 600g BEEF STOCK (when you add tomatoes) additional 10g chile powder and paprika 2 chopped chiles in adobo INSTEAD OF COOKED BEANS 2 cans of bean of your choice, 125 ish grams of liquid in can reserved. MY GEAR INSTANT POT: https://amzn.to/2G7Crod BLENDER: https://amzn.to/34ZkK2n MASAHIRO CHEF’S KNIFE: https://amzn.to/3cSFkFm 6.75qt LE CREUSET DUTCH OVEN: https://amzn.to/39o1VK7 HALF SHEET PAN + RACK: https://amzn.to/34v7CSC BOOS BLOCK CUTTING BOARD: https://amzn.to/341OgnD ESCALI DIGITAL SCALE: https://amzn.to/30bNZO3 PLASTIC CUTTING BOARD: https://amzn.to/2JioHYR **DISCLAIMER: Some links in this description may be affiliate links. If you buy any of these products using these links I’ll receive a small commission at no added cost to you. All links are to products that I actually use or recommend. Thank you in advance for your support! #chilirecipe #bestchili #grownupchili #secretchilirecipe |
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