Babo's Chili recipe

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound beef chuck, cubed
1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
¼ cup chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon celery seed
½ teaspoon dried basil
1 dried chile pepper
2 bay leaves
1 pinch salt
4 (16 ounce) cans tomatoes
4 (14.5 ounce) cans kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

Nutrition Info

225.4 calories
carbohydrate: 30.8 g
cholesterol: 17.2 mg
fat: 6.4 g
fiber: 11.5 g
protein: 13.8 g
saturatedFat: 1.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 548.2 mg
sugar: 4.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, cook and stir onion until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic, cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir beef, green bell pepper, chili powder, cumin, celery seed, basil, chile pepper, bay leaves, and salt into onion mixture, cook and stir until beef is no longer red in the center, about 10 minutes.

  2. Stir tomatoes into beef mixture, decrease heat to low, and simmer for 4 hours.

  3. Stir kidney beans and cocoa powder into the chili, cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour more.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

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