Hearty Chili with Beer and Coffee

Hearty Baked Chili
This recipe was adapted from allrecipes.com and is one of my favorite chili recipe to date. And since it only calls for ½ bottle beer, you get to drink the rest of course while cooking.
INGREDIENTS:

• oil
• 1-1/2 onions, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 lb+ steak cut into ½” cubes (I like using a beefy tasting steak such as flat iron or chuck eye, or you can use sirloin)
• 1 can diced tomatoes. (I use “fire roasted salsa style”)
• ½ bottle dark beer (a chocolate porter is the very best for this chili)
• 1/2 cup strong brewed coffee
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• beef broth (see directions for quantity)
• 3 TB brown sugar
• 3 TB chili powder
• 1 TB cumin
• 1 TB dried oregano
• Cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes to taste (start with ¼ tsp)
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• Salt and pepper
• 2 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans (or sub 1 can for pinto)
• 1 (8oz) can chopped green chilies (I use fire roasted)
• 2 fresh hot chili peppers, seeded and chopped

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put some oil in big dutch oven and heat on stovetop to medium/medium-low. Add chopped onion and chopped peppers. Sauté briefly then add garlic and chopped meat. Mix well and season with salt and pepper. Put in oven for 1 hour uncovered. (Note that you aren’t browning the meat on top of the stove but in the oven.)
After 1 hour, remove from oven to a burner on medium heat. Reduce oven temp to 300. Add the rest of the ingredients except for beef broth. The beans can be added either with their liquid or drained and rinsed. Stir chili well and let it come back up to heat slowly. Add beef broth until amount of liquid is appropriate and consistency is how you want it. Cover pot and return to oven for at least 1 hour.
Remove from oven , test seasonings, and place on low burner uncovered for 20 minutes to rest, stirring occasionally. Serve with your favorite accoutrements like grated cheese, chopped green onion and sour cream.

Easy Chili Recipe (March 2020)

1lb+  chuck stew meat diced
1 onion chopped
2 medium carrots chopped
3 celery ribs chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
1 TBS chili powder
2 TSP Cumin powder
1 TSP dried Oregano
1 can fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 can green chilies
2 cans black beans with liquid
Salt
1 shot espresso
1 TBS brown sugar

In heavy dutch oven, salt and pepper and brown meat in batches, remove from pot
Saute vegetables until soft
Saute garlic lower heat for 45 secs
Add meat back in and rest of ingredients and spices
Add about 1/4 cup water
Salt to taste
Simmer or put in 300 degree oven covered for 2 hours
Check seasonings and add salt if required and simmer on stove top uncovered for 30 mins