Three Meat Chili

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 2 teaspoons bacon drippings
• 2 onions, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lb beef stew meat, cut in 1 inch cubes
• 1 lb lamb stew meat, cut in 1 inch cubes
• 1 lb lamb stew meat, cut in 1 inch cubes
• 16 ounces medium hot salsa
• 12 ounces beer (mexican or central american lager)
• 1 cup strong coffee
• 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 arbol chiles, diced
• 1 ancho chili, diced
• 2 chipotle peppers, diced
• 1 tablespoon adobo sauce (from can of chipotles)
• 1 tablespoon whole cumin seed, toasted and crushed
• 1 teaspoon whole coriander seed, toasted and crushed
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash cinnamon
• 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans
• 30 tortilla chips

Recipe

• 1 in a small frying pan, toast the whole cumin and coriander until you see small whisps of smoke. immediately grind the spices in a morter and pestle or dedicated coffee grinder (or crush in some other manner).
• 2 in a large pot, quickly brown the meat in the bacon drippings. add the onions and garlic and continue to cook until the onions become slightly translucent.
• 3 add salsa, coffee, beer, beef broth, and tomato paste. stir to combine.
• 4 add spices, salt, and chocolate. stir to combine.
• 5 add 2 cans of kidney beans and chilis. stir to combine.
• 6 add tortilla chips. stir to combine.
• 7 reduce heat, cover, and let simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• 8 add remaining can of kidney beans and simmer for another 30 minutes.