REAL TEXAS "NO BEANS" BEEF CHILI

🥩 REAL TEXAS "NO BEANS" BEEF CHILI 🌶️

📱 OVERVIEW

• Total Time: 3 Hours

• Servings: 4 People

🛠️ THE KIT

• 🥘 1 Large heavy pot (with a lid)

• 🌪️ 1 Blender or Food Processor

• 🥄 1 Large stirring spoon

• 🥣 2 Medium bowls

• 🔪 1 Large knife

• 🛹 1 Cutting board

• 🧤 1 Oven mitt

🛒 THE INGREDIENTS

• 🌶️ Dried chiles 3 to 5 large pieces (Pasilla, Guajillo, or Ancho)

• 🌶️ Chipotle peppers in adobo 2 small peppers (from a can)

• 🥩 Halal Chuck roast 1 kilogram (cut into bite-sized cubes)

• 🧅 Onion 1 large (chopped small)

• 🧄 Garlic 3 cloves (chopped small)

• 🌿 Cumin & Cinnamon 1 teaspoon each

• 🌽 Masa harina 2 tablespoons (corn flour)

• 🍗 Beef stock 2 cups

• 🧊 Water 1 cup

• 🍃 Bay leaves 2 dried leaves

• 🤎 Brown sugar 1 tablespoon

• 🍎 Apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon

• 🥛 Sour cream 1 small tub (for the top)

👨‍🍳 THE METHOD

1. 🌶️ Pull the stems off the Dried chiles and shake out the seeds.

2. 🔥 Put your Large heavy pot on the stove on Medium heat. Toast the Dried chiles for 2 Minutes until they smell like popcorn.

3. 🥣 Move the toasted Dried chiles to a Medium bowl and cover them with very hot water. Let them soak for 20 Minutes.

4. 🥩 Turn the stove to Medium-High. Put the Halal Chuck roast cubes into the pot in small groups. Stir for 5 Minutes until brown, then move them to a clean plate.

5. 🧅 Put the Onion and Garlic into the same pot. Stir for 5 Minutes.

6. 🌪️ Put the soaked Dried chiles, the Chipotle peppers, and 1 cup of the soaking water into the Blender. Blend until it looks like a smooth purple paint.

7. 🥘 Pour this chile paint into the pot with the Onion. Add the Cumin and Cinnamon. Stir for 2 Minutes.

8. 🥣 In a Medium bowl, mix the Masa harina with a little water to make a thin paste. Pour it into the pot.

9. 🥩 Add the Beef stock, the rest of the Water, the Bay leaves, and all the browned Halal Chuck roast.

10. 🫧 Wait for it to bubble, then turn the heat to Low.

11. ⏳ Put the lid on halfway. Let it cook for 2 Hours until the meat is soft enough to break with a spoon.

12. 🍎 Stir in the Brown sugar and Apple cider vinegar.

13. 🛑 Turn the stove dial to the Off position.

14. 🥣 Scoop into bowls and add a dollop of Sour cream.

🛡️ SAFETY FIRST

• 🌪️ Blender Warning: Never put boiling liquid in a blender. Let the chiles cool for a few minutes before blending. Hold the lid down with a towel.

• 🥩 Batch Cooking: Do not crowd the pot with too much meat at once, or it will steam instead of browning. Use a long spoon to avoid oil pops.

• 🧤 Heavy Lifting: This pot will be very heavy with the meat and liquid. Always use your Oven mitt to steady the pot.