Smoked OTT Chili

Name: Smoked OTT Chili
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 4 h 15 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Cuisine: Latin American, American
Ingredients: 4 Tbsp unsalted butter; 2 onions, medium, finely chopped/minced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 tsp dried oregano; kosher salt; 2 chipotle chiles packed in adobo, finely chopped; 1⁄4 tsp fish sauce; 3 tbsp cup chili powder; 2 tsp ground cumin; 2 x 6 oz tomato paste, cans; 1 x 14 oz diced tomatoes with liquid; 10 oz diced tomatoes and green chilies, can, drained; 1 x 15 oz can red kidney beans drained; 1 cup chicken stock low sodium; 2 TBSP instant corn masa; Pepper; 2 pounds ground beef 73%; 1/4 tsp fish sauce; 1/2 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tbsp chili powder; 1 garlic clove, minced; salt; pepper

5 steps

Prep:15minCook:4h 15min

A smoked version of my chili recipe loosely based on J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's weeknight chili recipe, but made even more lazily with canned alternatives. All ingredients (except 1) available cheap at Aldi.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:51:17 GMT

Ingredients

4 servings

Chili Base

4 Tbspunsalted butter

2onions

medium, finely chopped/minced

2garlic cloves

minced

½ tspdried oregano

kosher salt

2chipotle chiles packed in adobo

finely chopped

¼ tspfish sauce

3 Tbspchili powder

2 tspground cumin

2 x 6 oztomato paste

cans

1 x 14 ozdiced tomatoes

with liquid

10 ozdiced tomatoes and green chilies

can, drained

1 x 15 ozcan red kidney beans

drained

1 cupchicken stock low sodium

2 TBSPinstant corn masa

pepper

Loaf

2 poundsground beef

73%

¼ tspfish sauce

½ tspdried oregano

1 tspground cumin

1 Tbspchili powder

Instructions

Step 1

Prepare the smoker to 250º

Step 2

Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onions, garlic, oregano, and a pinch of salt and cook, stirring frequently until the onions are light golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the chipotles, fish sauce, chili powder, and cumin and cook, stirring, until aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring until homogenous, about 1 minute.

Step 3

Add the tomatoes, tomatoes w/chilies, beans, stock, and cornmeal and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and place on the lower rack of the smoker

Step 4

Make the meatloaf, seasoned with all ingredients listed. Place the meatloaf on the top rack of the smoker directly above the pot of chili base.

Step 5

Cook the until loaf is 150º internal, approx 2 hours. Break up the loaf into the chili base. Cook additional 2 hours until Chili has thickened. Do not add any more smoke or wood.