Beef Chili With Chipotle Chilies And Cilantro
Over the years, we have amassed a large collection of Dutch oven recipes, and we enjoy sharing them
with others who appreciate this form of cast iron cooking. The popularity of Dutch oven cooking has increased
greatly over the past several years as many people discover the benefits of using these cast iron pots and
associated pieces of cast iron cookware. Most of our recipes can be used for indoor cooking in your oven or
outdoors in a more traditional campfire setting.
Even if this is your first time to make and serve chili dish, for sure your whole family would love this.
Full of flavor with the right amount of spice that linger and burst in your mouth. Definitely a keeper in your
recipe box!
Ingredients:
2 lb Lean ground beef
1 tablespoons Chopped canned Chipotle chilies in adobo sauce 2 1/2 c (or more) water
1 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
Grated Cheddar cheese
Sour cream
2 cup chopped onions
3 tablespoons Ground cumin
3 tablespoons Chili powder
1 1/2 tablespoons Garlic powder
Additional chopped onion
Cooking Instructions:
Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Cooking Steps:
- In large Dutch oven saute 2 cups of onions and beef over high heat until beef is tender. Stir
frequently for about 10 minutes until the meat is soft and breakable with spoon.
- Add and saute the chili powder, cumin, chipotle sauce, garlic powder for about 3 minutes. Mix in 2
1/2 cups water and 1/2 cup cilantro.
- Reduce the heat, cover and let it cook for about 1 ½ hours, you can add ? cup of water to it won’t
get dry then add the salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Just cover and refrigerate then bring to simmer
before serving.)
- Add the remaining 1/2 cup cilantro into chili then scoop chili into bowls. Serve and sprinkle with
cheese, sour cream and additional chopped onion separately.
Our Dutch oven recipes are primarily used with
cast iron dutch ovens, but you may also use
them with
aluminum dutch ovens or
enameled dutch ovens. If you are new to dutch oven
cooking, we recommend you consider buying cookware made by a reputable manufacturer such a Lodge, Le Crueset,
Staub, All-Clad, Mario Battali, Calphalon and Emerilware. We check prices regularly for dutch ovens and by far
the best prices have always been found at Amazon.
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