Game day chili

Browning the grind with chili powder before going into the cooker. The wife puts all this together. Tomato paste, beef base and water, and of course some beer and other various spices. Small can of V-8 and a can of white beans

CincyEgg said:

That’s gonna be some good chili. Don’t know what the weather is like where you’re at but it’s a perfect day for chili in Cincinnati today.

It's damp, raining, and in the mid 30's. It's shaping up

Some sides shaping up
avocado crema inspired by tarheelmatts thread,http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1211567/pp-stuffed-fritos-w-chipotle-bbq-sauce-and-avocado-crema#latest
and some peppers for stuffing 

We both loved the chuck ground up and thought that it had a better flavor than ground beef, plus we cut out the larger pieces of fat. It was a winner. We used the crema on top of the chili.

SloppyJoe said:

Woodchunk said:

CincyEgg said:

That’s gonna be some good chili. Don’t know what the weather is like where you’re at but it’s a perfect day for chili in Cincinnati today.

It's damp, raining, and in the mid 30's. It's shaping up

looks good.  Do you mind sharing your recipe?

Basically that's about 2 1/2 lbs meat , 5 table spoons of chili powder, and all the other seasoning is about 1 teaspoon. My wife puts this together and has done this for years.
she adds stuff and taste, always taste she says. Normally she uses course ground 80/20 ground beef but I did the chuckie for her on the egg. She said that the only thing she added more of was the smoked paprika and steak seasoning. You can see the spices in the lineup pic. Well she just wrote it down out of her head, hear you go

2 1/2 lbs meat
1 onion diced
2 red peppers
5 cloves garlic
5 til chili powder- dark
1 tbk smoked paprika
1 tsp roasted cumin, coriander, oregano, seasoning salt
1 tbs granulated onion
1 tbs steak season
1 10-12 oz v8
1 16 oz tomato sauce
2 squirts tomato paste
1 tbs beef base- cup of water
1 tsp of cayenne pepper ( to add more heat if wanted)
she also added some really hot peppers (pic) her chili has to be hot and spicy. She makes like 3 versions of this based on the peoples taste. She did not put the white beans in this time.