It's Super Bowl Sunday ... and what goes perfect with football, overpriced advertising and an even more overproduced half-time show? Why chili, of course! D and I have been on the quest to make the perfect chili. We've come close, and we've had quite the array of flavors due to our experiments. So, today when I knew that chili was going to be our primary food source, it was hard to determine which recipe to try. Do I go online and see what's out there? Do I take one out of the archives and maybe try a variation?
Nope. I make it up as I go. first I browned our lovely grass-fed lean beef. Then, I added a small white onion and about a tablespoon's worth of minced garlic. I let the onion and the garlic saute in the little bit of beef fat that there was. Next I added about one and a half tablespoons worth of chili powder, a tablespoon of cumin and half a tablespoon of turmeric (these are really just estimations, because I didn't measure precisely) and I sprinkled in some salt. I let it saute for a bit more to get some nice aromatics.
Then I added one large and one small can of diced tomatoes and three cans of beans (including the water they were canned in). I let it cook on low for a bit. After about an hour, I added about another tablespoon of chili powder and a big sprinkling of smoked paprika and a little more salt. Then I lot it cook on low for about two hours.
Perfection. Seriously. The best darn chili ever. Of course it would be. Because I didn't take precise measurements and I winged it. The true testament to the success was when D told me it was the best chili we'd ever had. And that was without me even asking him how it was. I was just sitting there eating it (with a nice crust of cheddar on top) and hoping that my darn cold is gone before I run a 5K this weekend.
So, success in the form of a nice little bowl of warm comfort. Now ... back to the over-hyped football game!
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