Special posting -My award winning chili

On a brisk and murky Sunday, while watching my BFF Thomas Brady lead his New England Patriots to a monstrous victory i got the urge for something hearty and warm to eat for supper that night. So i thought to myself, do I want to go out?  The response was "No, i am not made of money!" , then i thought, is there any leftovers in the fridge i could heat up, "I found nothing pre made, worthy of this craving....not even a Hot Pocket (mmmmmm Hot Pockets ! )

Then inspiration hit me, and like Isaac Wayne Newton when he invented Gravity.  I said, 'Kevin you get your buns in that kitchen and you make your award winning chili!",  and so i did. 

The ingredients are simple, and are as follows;

3/4 pound of Ground Beef (80/20) 

3 spicy Italian sausages (pork) uncased

4 seeded jalapeño peppers (chopped as your preference)

2 cloves of garlic (crushed and then diced)

White bermuda onion, i like to chop about little more than 1/2 a cup worth. ( my motto in life is you can not have enough onions) 

1 cup of black beans

1 cup of kidney beans

1 cup of chopped tomatoes 

1 and 1/2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce

1 tea spoon of sea salt

2 tea spoons of black pepper

1/2 cup of black coffee

1 and 1/2 table spoons of light brown sugar

1 table spoon of cayanne powder

1 dash of Frank's Red Hot sauce  ( i put that sh#t on everything) 

I like to start with a large sauce pan, and a nice amount (2 tablespoons) of olive oil (extra virgin, like Kim Kardashian ) let that sit for 2 minutes to get the oil hot and the bottom and sides of the pan nicely slickened. Them i add my garlic, another 2 minutes and i add my peppers and onions. I like to sweat my veggies and get them nice and soft. Then i add my meat, beef 1st then the add the 3 uncased sausages.  

I like my meat to get nicely browned before i do anything else, so after 7-8 minutes of cooking i will then start to slowly add my remaining ingredients. The tomatoes next to help get some juice into the pot, to help cook the beans.  Then i will add the black and kidney beans, stir that up nice so the flavors of the garlic and onions start to mix with everything else.  From there i will add the Worcestershire sauce, and the coffee. Then i add all my seasons 1 right after the other, the salt, the pepper, the light brown sugar, the Franks red hot and the cayanne powder.  At this point, i give the all the ingredients a good stir, getting everything mixed together.  Put the cover on the pot and let the magic happen, by waiting and letting the chili cook away for about 1 1/2 hours.  

Let the chili sit for a while, at least 30 minutes. Then serve with some shredded cheese, a dollop of sour cream and some nacho chips or a spoon.

I hope you enjoy this as much as i do. 

Have a good night and stay safe in this dreary weather.

Kevin M. Boyle  I