Smoky Lime Chili

Smoky Lime Chili

Ingredients:

• 6 Strips thick cut bacon small dice

• 6 Medium sweet onions medium dice

• 3 Jalapenos small dice.

• 2tsp Kosher salt

• 2Tbsp Brown sugar

• 3lbs 90/10 Ground beef

• 6 Cloves garlic minced

• 2T Habanero Chili Powder

• 2Tbsp Cumin

• 2Tbsp Oregano

• 2tsp Black pepper

• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

• 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce

• 1tsp Fish Sauce

• 1Tbsp Habanero hot sauce.

• 1- 14.5oz Can diced tomatoes.

• 1 - 14.5oz Can fire roasted diced tomatoes.

• 1 - 10oz Can Rotel diced tomatoes & green chilies

• 1 - 10oz Can enchilada sauce

• 1 - 15oz Can tomato sauce

• 3Tbsp Ketchup

• 6 Limes

• 1-quart Chicken stock. I used "Better Than Bullion"

• 2Tbsp Better Than Bullion chicken base

• 2 15oz Cans cannellini beans drained

• 1 15oz Can black beans drained

• Corn starch

  Directions:

1. Preheat a 2-gallon stock pot on medium. Add bacon and cook until fat is rendered. Scrape any fond off the bottom. Add the diced onions and cook stirring often. Once the onions are golden brown add the brown sugar, 2/3 of the Jalapenos and continue to cook, stirring often, until caramelized. This will take 20-30min,

2. At the same time preheat a large frying pan on the stove set to high. Add the ground beef and flatten it out across the whole pan with a spatula. Cook on one side until it is well browned. Flip and break up the ground beef into small chunks. Keep browning until fully cooked.

3. Add the garlic, half of habanero chili powder, cumin, oregano and black pepper to the caramelized onions, cook 1 min. Add Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, habanero hot sauce, diced tomatoes, fire roasted diced tomatoes, diced tomatoes and green chilies, enchilada sauce, tomato sauce, ketchup and ½ of the lime juice. Cook 1 hour or until reduced by 1/3.

4. Add the chicken stock, chicken base and the cooked ground beef. Cook 1 hour, add the rest of the habanero chili powder, jalapenos and the lime juice, cook one more hour. Add the beans cook ½ hour. Add corn starch to thicken gravy, 1-3Tbsp as needed.

bon appetit