January 23, 2013

Sausage and Beef Chili

Spring to Recipe

Packed with flavor, this sausage and beef chili is perfect for cozy days! Filled with spicy Italian sausage, basis beef, veggies, beans and beer, it'south difficult to crush. And it freezes beautifully. Dairy free and gluten complimentary options included.

A white bowl filled with Sausage and Beef Chili with cornbread in the background.

Over the last few years, I have been searching for a chili recipe that both my husband and I would love.

I tin can't even count how many different versions I accept tried, from vegetarian chili to regular beef chili and everything in between.  Seriously – nosotros've gone through a lot.

But none was ever quite right and one of us would end upward not really enjoying information technology.

After each batch, I would always say that was it – I was giving upward on chili – maybe information technology was something nosotros merely didn't like.

Despite what I said, I've always had information technology in the back of my listen.  I couldn't get over it.

The perfectionist in me knew that there had to exist a version that we both would desire to brand again.

A bowl of Beef and Sausage Chili with a spoon to the side.

This chili was a last ditch effort.  And funny enough, we loved it.

I think the primal hither is the spicy Italian sausage – it added just the right amount of kicking to this chili.  Not as well much, but not too trivial either.

We also loved that this version is full of various beans, some veggies, and the beer doesn't hurt either.  It gives it that extra layer of season.

Serve this chili along with some love corn staff of life muffins and y'all've got 1 heck of a repast.

I should also mention that this freezes incredibly well – I pulled another container out of my freezer to thaw out this week.  We're excited to accept it again for tiffin very shortly.

Two white bowls of Italian Sausage Chili.

Additional Chili Recipes You Might Relish:

  • Sweet Potato Turkey Chili
  • Ho-hum Cooker Greenish Craven Chili
  • Pumpkin Lentil Chili
  • Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Chili
  • White Bean Salsa Verde Chili

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Ingredients

For the chili:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 medium yellow bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium orangish bell pepper, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pound spicy Italian sausage, casings removed
  • ½ pound lean ground beef
  • iv tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon footing cumin
  • i tablespoon dried oregano
  • 4 tablespoons love apple paste
  • ane (12 ounce) bottle beer*
  • 3 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
  • 1 (15 ounce) tin can blackness beans, tuckered and rinsed
  • 1 (xv ounce) can kidney beans, tuckered and rinsed
  • 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
  • salt and pepper, to sense of taste

Serving ideas:

  • shredded regular or dairy free cheese
  • plain greek yogurt or dairy costless manifestly yogurt (or cashew cream)
  • sliced avocado
  • chopped cilantro and / or green onions

Instructions

  1. Add the olive oil to a large stockpot or Dutch oven fix over medium loftier rut. When hot, add in the onion and peppers. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes, until soft. Add in the garlic and cook for about xxx seconds, until merely fragrant.
  2. Adjacent, add in the sausage and beef. Employ a wooden spoon to intermission upward the meat into smaller pieces as it cooks. Melt until browned and cooked through.
  3. Add together in the chili powder, cumin and oregano. Melt, stirring occasionally, for about 2 minutes.
  4. Next, stir in the tomato paste. Add in the beer and utilize a wooden spoon to scrape up whatever browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Let the beer to come up to a simmer and so add in the diced tomatoes (with all the liquid) and the 3 types of beans.
  5. Embrace and simmer over medium low / depression for almost 2 hours, stirring occasionally.**
  6. Add together common salt and pepper to sense of taste if needed (I didn't add any). Spoon into serving bowls and top equally desired!

Notes

*To keep this gluten free - use a gluten free beer or substitute with broth.

To keep this dairy gratis - be sure to utilise a dairy free beer (and serve with appropriate toppings).

**Subsequently the ii hours, I turned the heat all the mode downwardly to low and allowed it to become for some other hour (since we weren't prepare to eat). Nosotros thought that it tasted even amend this way (every bit opposed to later just the ii hours) since the flavors were able to develop even more. However, you can definitely eat this afterward the ii - it tastes bully that way likewise.

Adjusted from Jamie Deen

Nutrition Information:

Yield: viii Serving Size: i
Corporeality Per Serving: Calories: 465 Total Fatty: 24g Saturated Fat: 8g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 17g Cholesterol: 58mg Sodium: 744mg Carbohydrates: 33g Fiber: 7g Sugar: 5g Protein: 28g

Diet information shown is an estimate provided by an online computer and is for informational purposes only. It should not be considered a substitute for a medical professional's advice.