Name: Chili Con Carne Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 430 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons Cooking oil (lard or some bacon for rendering fat out); 3 medium Onions (sliced or diced); 4 teaspoons Salt; 2 lbs Minced meat; 2 teaspoons Chili powder (to taste); 3 cloves Garlic (crushed); 1 teaspoon Black pepper (optional); 1 teaspoon Cumin; 1 teaspoon Oregano; 28 oz Tomato; 1 teaspoon Cacao or cocoa powder (unsweetened); 2 cups Beans (kidney); 1 cup Water; Optional:; Paprika; Thyme; Cayenne; ...

Longing for Mexican or just want a really tasty stew? Let’s try this chili con carne, the best that anyone knew!

Ingredients

2 tablespoons / 30g Oil, lard or some bacon for rendering fat out
3 medium / 300g Onions (sliced or diced)
4 teaspoons / 20g Salt
2 lb / 1kg Minced meat
2 teaspoons / 4g Chili powder
3 cloves / 9g Garlic (crushed)
1 teaspoon / 2g Black pepper (optional)
1 teaspoon / 2g Cumin
1 teaspoon / 2g Oregano
28 oz / 800g Tomato
1 teaspoon / 1g Cacao or cocoa powder (unsweetened)
2 cups / 500g Beans (kidney)
1 cup / 250g Water
Optional:
- Paprika
- Thyme
- Cayenne
- …

How to make Chili con carne

Pour oil or lard into a pan and heat it up to medium to high. Bacon or pancetta also can be used to render its fat out, expanding the dish flavor portfolio. Add the sliced or diced onions with some salt and sauté until the onion gets a glassy / translucent look.
Add the minced meat and brown it which should take about 10 minutes.
It’s time to add the chili, garlic, black pepper, cumin and oregano then stir. Fry all the ingredients until the spices get fragrant for about 3 – 5 minutes.
Mix in the tomato that can be sliced, diced, pureed or canned, it doesn’t really matter as during the cooking it all should be the same. Sprinkle in the cacao powder.
If we haven’t prepared for such a huge amount of stew then it’s time to swap into a bigger pot and add the additional ingredients, in this case the beans. In case of canned beans reserve this step to until everything else is cooked and ready as canned beans don’t require much time to be done. Dried beans should be soaked at least about 6 hours before cooking but follow the instructions on the packaging.
Add as much water as submerges all the ingredients and cook it until the beans are ready that should be done in about 1 to 3 hours. Replace the evaporated water according to the thickness of chili we are pursuing.
It’s recommended letting the chili cool, at least half an hour before serving but some even swear on placing it into the fridge overnight to bring the flavors properly together.