A little heat, and a little sweet chili

Name: A little heat, and a little sweet chili
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb hickory smoked bacon, chopped; 1 lb ground beef; 1 lb Italian sausage, bulk; 1 lb breakfast sausage links chunked; 2 large white onions, chopped; 1 large green pepper, chopped; 2 cloves garlic chopped; 2 10 oz cans tomatoes diced; 2 8 oz can tomato paste; 2 Tsp chicken bouillon; 2 cups hot water; 1/2 cup honey; 2 cans red kidney beans; 2 tbls cayenne pepper; 4 tbls chili powder; 2 tbls cumin; 4 Tsp oregano; 2 Tsp coriander seeds; 1 Tsp black pepper; 1 Tsp salt; 1 C cheddar cheese, shredded; 4 jalapenos, chopped; 1/4 c masa flour, more for thicker chili; 1/4 c hot sauce

1 step

Prep:30minCook:2h

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:10:19 GMT

Ingredients

10 servings

1 lbhickory smoked bacon

chopped

1 lbground beef

1 lbItalian sausage

bulk

1 lbbreakfast sausage links

2 x 10 ozcans tomatoes

diced

2 x 8 ozcan tomato paste

2 tspchicken bouillon

2 cupswater

hot

½ cuphoney

2cans red kidney beans

2 tblscayenne pepper

4 tblschili powder

2 tblscumin

4 tsporegano

2 tspcoriander seeds

1 tspblack pepper

1 tspsalt

1 Ccheddar cheese shredded

4jalapenos

chopped

¼ cmasa flour

more for thicker chili

¼ chot sauce

Instructions

Step 1

In a cast iron dutch oven pot, fry bacon to crisp. Remove, save and cool the bacon. Keep the bacon fat in the pot. Add the ground beef, sausages, onions, peppers, jalapenos and garlic to the pot, and brown. Once cooked, add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, chicken bouillon, hot water, honey and kidney beans. Bring the chili to a slow boil over medium heat, stirring a few times while heating up. Once heated, add the cayenne pepper, chili powder, cumin, oregano, coriander, black pepper and salt one at a time while stirring the chili. Add the cheddar cheese and stir until melted. Add the mesa to the chili to thicken (add more or less, for thicker or thinner chili). Stir and let cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. To serve, top with cheddar cheese, cooked bacon, sour cream or whatever you'd like. Corn bread makes a great addition!