Chili, for Breakfast!
I'm not sure why, but this morning when I got up I had a craving for chili, and no I'm not pregnant, that would be a real miracle... Anyway, I grabbed a coffee, and afterwards proceeded to make my homemade chili... I know it sounds crazy, having chili for breakfast, but it actually isn't the worst thing to chow down on first thing in the morning!
Today's Dish...Skips Chili!
Ok, you ladies and dudes,let's make some chili!
First, you need a pot, a nice sized one!
Now you need some ingredients! well, lets start out with the basics, shall we?
1 Medium-sized green pepper
1 Medium-sized red pepper
2 nice stalks of celery
1 sweet Spanish onion
2 cloves of real garlic(not that powdered shit)
1 pound of lean ground beef
2 Large cans of diced tomatoes
1 large can of dark red kidney beans
1 small can of tomato paste!
salt, pepper, and a pinch of sugar
Don't worry, we'll get to the chili powder, cayenne pepper, and even some paprika!
bottled hot peppers
Louisiana hot sauce!
okay, here we go, first, cut the green and red peppers into cubes about 1/2 inch big(you want to be able to taste them, and not have a bunch of mush in your mouth)
now cut the celery into slices, cut it diagonally, not only will it make them pretty, but it looks like ya get more outta the celery!
cut the onion, and slice the garlic.
Okay, take the tomatoes, and throw them in the nice sized pot. Add your kidney beans, and tomato paste, put this on low, heat them up!
In a pan(I use a stir-fry pan) brown the ground beef, add all the vegetables!Fry the beef and veggies, until almost done.
Add the beef and veggies to the other pot(the one with the tomatoes, beans, and tomato paste!
throw in some bottled hot peppers, and some Louisiana hot sauce. STIR the SOB!
Okay, now this is the IMPORTANT PART!
you have to add chili powder, well add chili powder, till the whole thing takes on a DARK RED color, not that pasty looking red. Now throw in a good 3 or 4 tablespoons of cayenne pepper, and now throw in some paprika(it sorta makes it look pretty, and adds flavor! I use smoked paprika!
SIMMER,SIMMER,SIMMER!
In about an hour, this stuff is ready to eat, and rock your socks off! I serve my chili with homemade toasted garlic bread with mozzarella cheese melted on top. A great combination!