Gary Stein’s Tennessee Squire Chili

Ingredients:

  • Gary_Stein_Chili_Master-2014a2 # ground sirloin: 93% lean, 7% fat
  • 1 # hot Italian turkey sausage
  • 2-18 oz. cans of diced tomatoes
  • 2-15 oz. cans of dark red kidney beans
  • 1 large green bell pepper – diced
  • 1 large red bell pepper – diced
  • 1 large sweet onion – diced
  • ½ cup chili powder
  • 4 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp. cayenne powder
  • 1 Tbsp. salt and black pepper
  • ¼ cup flour (to thicken as needed)
  • 1 dried chipotle pepper with seeds
    (or without seeds for less heat)
  • 1 dried cayenne pepper with seeds
    (or without seeds for less heat)
  • 1 dried Serrano pepper with seeds
    (or without seeds for less heat)
  • ½ cup Jack Daniels Whiskey – ¼ cup in the pot and ¼ cup in the cook!

Directions:

  1. Into a large 10 qt. pot or larger put 4 Tbsp. of olive oil. Heat on Medium. When hot, add ¼ of the diced onion and cook until soft. Add the 2# of ground sirloin and cook in the oil and onions until brown, then DRAIN.
  2. Cook 1# of sausage in separate pan until mostly cooked – no pink on the outside – slice into ¼ ” slices and DRAIN. Then add to the pot with the sirloin.
  3. Dice up fresh peppers and the rest of the onion (large ½ ” pieces) and add to the pot.
  4. Add the two cans of diced tomatoes.
  5. Rinse and drain the two cans of kidney beans and add to the pot.
  6. On Medium heat, add the chili powder, cayenne powder, salt, pepper, and the three dried hot peppers with seeds (option: use all three but remove the seeds, and inside membranes for less heat).
  7. Add Jack Daniels. ¼ cup in the pot and celebrate with the remaining ¼ cup to the cook.
  8. Cook on low heat for 24 hours or transfer to crock pot for overnight slow cooking.  Stir, Stir, Stir!!

Cook’s Note:  If the chili is not thick enough, you can add the ¼ cup of flour, stirring in slowly. If the Chili is too thick, add some water or beer to thin it out.

Download:  Gary Stein’s Tennessee Squire Chili

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Gary Stein
Mount Juliet, TN