Chili

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The ingredients don't matter so much. Use what you have. You should use chili powder (or paprika and hot sauce in a pinch) and make sure your beans are cooked well. I do this in an instant pot which means it takes less that two hours rather than all day (as it would in a slow cooker).

This recipe makes a pot of chili.


Total Preparation Time

Total preparation time is ~2 hours

  • Cooking the beans - 40min
  • Preparing ingredients - 15min
  • Cooking - 40min

Ingredients

  • Beans - about 2 cups
  • Can of tomatoes - 16oz can (420ml)
  • Chili powder - 2 tablespoons (30ml)
  • Cumin - 1 teaspoon (5ml)
  • Oregano - 1 teaspoon (5ml)
  • Salt - 1 teaspoon (5ml)
  • Cayenne pepper - 1/2 teaspoon (2.5ml)
  • Brown sugar - 1 tablespoon (15ml)
  • Can of chipotle
  • Onion
  • Bell pepper (optional)
  • Garlic (optional)
  • Meat (optional)
  • Whatever else you want in a chili

Method

  1. Cook the beans at high pressure for 20min and let them sit to depressurize
  2. Strain but keep the bean water
  3. Sautee the meat if you want.
  4. Throw everything into the pot and add bean water to cover a 30-50% of the ingredients, stir
  5. Cook at high pressure 40min
  6. Come at me bro.

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Prepared

250107 - Made it with old celery and onions, a half used can of chipotle, mostly black beans (some pinto), and two 10oz cans of (pretty dry) tomato+pepper. For protein, I sauteed bacon bits and two chopped up hot dogs. The result was delicious as usual.