National Chili Day 2024

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Chili history.

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I made some chili today, but no Margaritas, even though it is also Magarita Day - maybe if I had someone to help me with the drinking, too.

I got a lb each of ground beef and venison from the freezer, and thawed it most of the way in the microwave. I browned the beef first, then the venison, which doesn't brown as well, due to very little fat. Meanwhile, I cut up a large onion, and started that sautéeing in the Instant Pot until golden, then added a tb of minced garlic, the green chiles, a tsp of Mexican oregano, a tsp of ground cumin, and a half tsp of ground coriander, plus all the chili powders, stirred 30 seconds or so, then added the tomato paste, (which was 1½ oz dried tomatoes, soaked, then blended, with 2 toasted tortillas) and some water, then hit OFF. Then I mixed the browned meats together in the sauté pan, deglazed the pan, and added all that to the Instant Pot. Mixed that, added a little more water, added a little salt (more later, since I didn't know how much those pintos would add), then set it to Slow Cook/high, and let it simmer about 2 hours. Then I added the large can of rinsed pintos, and simmered another 45 min. Served with some monterey jack, and a couple flame toasted corn tortillas.
Venison on L, beef on R, browned separately, ready to add to the Instant Pot, and deglaze the pan. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Four different chili powders, plus a tb of sweet paprika. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Onion and garlic, cooked in EVOO, with the frozen green chilies, Mex oregano, Mex chocolate, cumin, coriander, tomatoes, and chili powder, added to the meat by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Everything in the chili except for the pintos, starting to simmer, on Slow cook "high". 29 oz can of pintos goes in later. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Rinsed and drained pintos, added to the chili, after simmering about 2 hours. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Pintos simmered about 45 minutes in the chili, ready to serve. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Finished chili, wit a couple of flame toasted tortillas, before topping with a little cheese. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

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A margarita is an instant heartburn starter for me and too sour.
In my humble opinion tequila is enjoyed most straight up chased with a good beer.
Possibly mixed with Jarritos pineapple or mandarin orange soda pop.
For those that don't know Jarritos is a popular Mexican soft drink with several flavors.
I would consider it a high quality soft drink compared to the usual HFC garbage.

https://jarritos.com/

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Worth's national chili day chili review.
The chili was good but yesterday when I got home and tried it the fenugreek made it somewhat sour.
For the first time ever I added a little brown sugar to offset the taste and I ended up eating two big bowls of it.