Ingredients:
29 oz. can red kidney beans - drained
4 roasted jalapeño peppers - with seeds (stem removed)
1 bell pepper - roasted
3 tablespoons cornmeal
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
2 ½ cups chicken broth
1 large yellow onion
4 cloves garlic - crushed & chopped
1 pint grape tomatoes
1 tablespoon molasses
8 links of fresh sausage - (4 hot, 4 sweet)
1 bottle of beer
Olive oil - for drizzling
Preheat oven to 350:
Bake the sausage in the oven.
In a food processor combine the bell pepper, jalapeño peppers, cornmeal, oregano, cumin cocoa and process until finely ground. Add the chicken broth slowly until a smooth paste forms. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside. Place onions and the grape tomatoes in the now empty food processor and pulse until roughly chopped.
Heat a few drizzles of olive oil in a large frying pan or a cast iron pan. Add onion and tomatoes and cook, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and continue to cook. Add the chili paste, and molasses, stir until chili paste is thoroughly combined. Add the beans and reduce heat to a simmer.
Remove sausage from the oven and cut it up. Add the beer to the pan and loosen all of the browned bits from the pan. Transfer the beer to the chili. Add the sausage to the chili and continue to simmer.
Simmer on the stove for about 1-2 hours, slightly covered.
Serve over rice, spaghetti or macaroni. This chili is very good!
Enjoy with Lots of Love,
Catherine
Cooki says
Best chilli dish ever!i love spicy dishes!
Tv Food and Drink says
You can never go wrong with Cooks Illustrated, in my esteemed opinion. Looks great and right now my hands are feet are ice cold, so it looks that much MORE inviting. Thanks for the post! - Gary
Magic of Spice says
I enjoy making chili in cooler weather and usually do a veggie version for me and then a seriously non veggie for my family 🙂 Great recipe!
Beth says
That looks yummy. You can never have too many chili recipes!
kitchen flavours says
This chili looks delicious and the addition of beer is very interesting! I have only tried making chili once and my family love it. Bookmarking your recipe. Thank you for sharing.
Indie.Tea says
I really need to try more recipes from America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Illustrated. The chili looks delicious.
Pegasuslegend says
totally one of our favorites~
Joanne says
I have been in SUCH a chili mood these days! Love all of the spices in here!