Chili Con Carne

Name: Chili Con Carne
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 lbs beef chuck, cubed; 4 dried ancho chillies; 2 dried guajillo chillies; 1 large onion, diced; 6 cloves garlic; 1 can crushed tomatoes; 2 cups beef broth; 2 tsp cumin; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp oregano; salt to taste; cornbread and cheddar to serve

Deep, smoky Texas-style chili con carne with dried chillies — no beans, no apology. Toasting and soaking the dried chillies before blending them into a purée gives this chili its deep, complex heat, rather than the flat, one-note taste of chilli powder alone.

Total time

160 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

130 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Mexican

comfortbold

Ingredients

2 lbsbeef chuck, cubed

4dried ancho chillies

2dried guajillo chillies

1large onion, diced

6 clovesgarlic

1 cancrushed tomatoes

2 cupsbeef broth

2 tspcumin

1 tspsmoked paprika

1 tsporegano

saltto taste

cornbread and cheddarto serve

Instructions

Toast and soak chillies 20 min; blend with some broth until smooth.

Brown beef in batches; sauté onion and garlic.

Add chilli purée, tomatoes, broth, and spices.

Simmer 2 hours until beef is very tender. Serve with cornbread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

Fat

2.1g

Carbs

7.1g

Fiber

1.5g

Sodium

461mg

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