Ingredients
1/2 stick of butter
1lb ground beef
3 Italian sausages
1lb steak stew meat (or any steak, chopped up small)
1 large sweet onion, chopped
16oz Kidney Beans, drained and rinsed (Omit if it is a real Texas Chili Cook-off, most don't allow beans)
4 Prunes
6oz Raspberry Chipotle marinade sauce (HEB)(Don't have an HEB, you can google and make your own)
4 Jalapenos (Omit if you don't want a lot of heat), chopped
1 Green Pepper, chopped
34oz Chicken broth
1 small can of tomato sauce
4 dried Ancho peppers (or 2/1/4 tablespoons of Ancho powder)
1 can of mushrooms (Small)
1 Can of Diced Tomatoes
6oz of V8 juice
5 tablespoons of brown sugar
Spices
Chicken Bullion
Beef Bullion
Hot Sweet Hungarian Paprika
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Season Salt
Ground Cumin
Ancho Powder
Chili powder
Chipotle powder
Prep
1. Cut stem and clean seeds out on Ancho peppers, heat in microwave for two minutes. Place in bowl with about 6oz of water. Cook in microwave for 3minutes. Blend this up to make a paste.
2. Add butter, onion, jalapenos and green pepper and cook until soft. Add Ancho paste and cook for a few minutes
3. Uncase Italian sausage and cook. Right before it is finished add 3oz of Raspberry Chipotle sauce
4. Cook steak to medium rare, right before it is finished add 3oz of Raspberry Chipotle sauce
5. Cook ground beef. (I use the already cooked, and heat it in the microwave lol)
Dump #1
1 1/2 tablespoons of hot Hungarian paprika
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 1/2 garlic powder
2 beef bullion cubes
1 1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon
1/2 teaspoon season salt
2 1/4 Chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 table spoon white pepper
Dump #2
1 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon season salt
2 1/4 Ancho powder
2 1/4 Chipotle powder
2 1/4 Chili powder
5 teaspoon dark brown sugar
6oz of V8 juice
Dump #3
3 teaspoon Chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Heaping 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
In a 6 quart (or bigger) crock pot combine:
1. All the above ingredients from prep
2. Chicken broth
3. Mushrooms
4. Kidney beans
5. Prunes
6. Diced tomatoes
7. Tomato sauce
8. Dump #1
3 Hour mark
Take all prunes out (if you cook this on a stove, take them out after an hour)
Dump #2
30min before ready to eat (or 2 hours after 3 hour mark)
Dump #3
I hope my competitors don't see this! I wanted to post it so I didn't lose the recipe again!
*This can be cooked over medium heat also. You may need to add some water too it. After dump #1 bring to a boil and then reduce to medium heat. Remember to remove prunes after an hour.