1 post tagged “chili”

Made chili yesterday, for dinner tonight. I have to say, I make damn good chili.  This was a bit different than my 'usual' in a few ways.  One, I ground my own beef this time.  Gotta find the pics, but I used the meat grinder attachment for my KitchenAid Mixer and ground up some Chuck and Top Sirloin with the coarse grind plate (also called chili grind).  Two, I ran out of chili powder (only had 2T) and ended up using the fresh "Southwest" spices (another 3T) which turned out to be a milder chili powder with some other flavors.  Third, I used an amber ale rather than the oatmeal stout I usually use.  The difference in taste was mild, I think the biggest difference being in the Southwest for the chili powder, which still gave a lot of flavor without the heat.  This was good thing to The Girls, and it's easy to overdo the chili powder for me, so having less of it, and sitll getting good flavor was a good thing.  I also had another bottle of the ale, which is very tasty, and a great way to start a relaxing evening.