More experiments with Chili
Second attempt to find "my" recipe for chili.
After the first attempt I did a quick search and found "The SHOCKING SECRET to great chili" by Adam Ragusea on YouTube. Very similar to what I'd done in Experiment 001, but with the addition of chocolate.
I also had some different peppers to play with.
Experiment 002 turned out very tasty. Not much heat due to the types of peppers I used.
I did add an extra dose of chili powder. The chocolate brought a smoothness and did seem to balance with the tomatoes—Thanks Adam. I feel this is getting close. Maybe one more try , but going back to the Jalapeños.

Again this gave me 6 servings (3 lunches, 3 for the freezer).
Chili Experiment 002
Ingredients

- 2 tbs oil
- 2 long green peppers
- 1 medium red onion
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- A squeeze of tomato paste
- 28oz diced tomatoes
- 1 cup water
- 14oz black beans
- 14oz kidney beans
- 14oz great northern beans
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 orange pepper
- 1 red pepper
- handful of dark chocolate chips (62% Cacao)
Takes , serves six people.
Directions
- Finely chop onion
- Remove seeds and veins from long green, orange, and red peppers then finely chop
- Heat oil, then add onion, garlic, and peppers. Stir-fry until soft
- Add tomato paste, and stir for 5 minutes
- Add tomatoes, water, beans, and spices
- Stir
- Add chocolate chips
- Bring to a boil, then simmer for about an hour