Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Homemade Family Friendly Texas Red Chili
Homemade Family Friendly Texas Red Chili.
You can have Homemade Family Friendly Texas Red Chili using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Homemade Family Friendly Texas Red Chili
- It's of ground beef (I use chuck).
- It's of (small diced) smoked bacon.
- Prepare of (medium diced) yellow onion.
- Prepare of (medium diced) green bell pepper.
- Prepare of large (small diced) jalapeño pepper.
- Prepare of minced garlic.
- It's of pure mild red chili powder ( not chili seasoning).
- You need of smoked paprika.
- Prepare of ground cumin.
- Prepare of ground Mexican oregano.
- You need of garlic powder.
- You need of onion powder.
- You need of cayenne pepper.
- It's of salt (plus more to taste).
- It's of tomato sauce.
- You need of low sodium beef stock.
- It's of 15 ounce cans of pinto beans (rinsed and drained).
Homemade Family Friendly Texas Red Chili instructions
- Brown ground beef and set aside to drain..
- Saute diced bacon in a large stockpot for 5-7 minutes to render the fat, just until starting to get crisp. Then add the onion, bell pepper, jalapeño pepper and saute until tender. Add a little extra cooking oil if pan is to dry. Add the minced garlic during the last minute or so..
- Next add the chili powder, paprika, cumin, Mexican oregano, garlic powder, onion powder,Cayenne powder and salt. Let the mixture saute all together for 2-3 minutes. This will wake the spices up. (Bloom).
- Next add the cooked ground beef, beef stock, tomato sauce and pinto beans. Let the chili simmer partly covered over low heat for 1-2 hours..
- Pure chili powder is pretty easy to come by here in Texas. You can easily order it from the internet no matter where you live. I always use a mild and then add desired heat level using Cayenne pepper. You can also just use a brand name chili powder from the grocery store. Works great as well. This chili is always better the next day. Leftovers freeze very well. Enjoy.
- Most all chili powder found in grocery stores, are a blend of pure chili powder, paprika, oregano, garlic, cumin, salt, etc. I have found that these will work good as well. You may want to omit the salt and adjust at the very end..