Brad Budge's chili from Port Credit, ON
So spicy that you should bring a fan for the heat.
SERVES
3
TO
4
Ingredients
For the chili powder:
- 3 chipotle pepper or ancho
- 3 morita chiles or cascabel
- 3 arbol chile or Bird's Eye
- 2 tablespoons cumin seeds pestle & mortar it down to a powder
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder (do not use garlic salt)
- 1 tablespoon dried mexican oregano
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon ground coffee
For the chili:
- 1/4 cup avocado oil
- 1 large sweet onion diced
- 1 red pepper diced
- 1 medium carrot diced
- 2 celery diced
- 4 garlic cloves diced
- 2 tablespoons chili powder (sometimes I'll add one extra scoop)
- 2 830 milliliter fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 415 milliliter chick peas rinsed and drained
- 1 830 milliliter red kidney beans rinsed and drained
- 1 830 milliliter black beans rinsed and drained
- 1 whole lime juiced
- 2 tablespoons cricket powder or 50% cocoa powder (Mix both is an option too)
- 2 cups vegetable stock (only add if the chili is too thick)
- Salt and Pepper to Taste
- Chopped cilantro, sliced or diced avocado, cheese and sour cream for garnish
- 45 milliliters tequila - Anejo (otional)
Directions
For the chili powder:
- Depending how hot you like it, remove all the seeds, keep all of them or some. I use about 1/3 of seeds and toss into the pot.
- Chop the peppers and put them into a grinder and bring to a dust.
- Add all other spice items and mix. Put in a tightly sealed container or jar for up to six months.
For the chili:
- On a medium-high pan. Add oil, then onion, celery, red pepper, carrot and garlic. Sauté till onions start to turn translucent.
- Add in chili powder and coat all the vegetables for about a minute then remove from heat.
- Add all the other ingredients into your pot and simmer.
- At some point you're going to need to start adding salt till you're happy with the results.
- I like to use a blitzer in the chili just a little to get the visual look that I like. Or about 1/4 of your batch just put in a blender then return back to the pot is just as effective.
