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Chili Con Carne
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
1
Toast and soak chillies 20 min; blend with some broth until smooth.
2
Brown beef in batches; sauté onion and garlic.
3
Add chilli purée, tomatoes, broth, and spices.
4
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
63
Protein
5g
Fat
2.1g
Carbs
7.1g
Fiber
1.5g
Sodium
461mg
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