Today is
FFF, but I had a hard time finding a picture for today’s theme :p Sorry!!
Instead I have a great recipe :) it’s not cold here but I know this is a great winter dish, and I have been searching for the perfect chili recipe and after a few failed attempts I finally did one I love and this is my forever keeper :D
Perfect Chili
Ingredients:
- 1 can of red or pink beans, with the liquid
- 1 can of black beans, with the liquid
- Olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 small tomatoes, diced
- 2
aji gustosos (Capsicum Chinense), if you cant find it just use half a green bell pepper, diced
- Fresh parsley
- 1 pound of ground beef
- 1 small can of condimented tomato sauce, you can also use regular tomato sauce
- 1 Taco seasoning mix (I used Old El Paso)
- Salt, a pinch
- 1 teaspoon of pepper
- 1 tablespoon of Chinese hot pepper paste, use Tabasco if you don’t have it
- 1 tablespoon of crushed garlic
Add about a tablespoon of olive oil to your saucepan, add onion, tomatoes and aji gustoso (or green pepper), stir frequently for about 2 minutes and add your ground beef; brown meat until is fully cooked and add the Taco seasoning mix, lower your heat to medium.
Take half the can of both beans and put them in your blender to liquefy them, pass them through a colander and add them to the meat, also add the rest of the beans that where not blended.
Add some fresh parley (as much as you like, I love this, so I added about 5 tablespoons), tomato sauce, hot pepper paste or Tabasco, garlic, 2 cups of water and salt and pepper.
Let it simmer in low heat for 30 minutes and…
Enjoy!!
Note: this is really hot, so if you don’t like it that spicy just skip the hot pepper paste or Tabasco.
Finally brought my camera for a picture of the final product, some fresh parsley is a nice touch to decorate your bowl!!
This is my niece 
