Curt's New Year's Eve Chili

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 lb bacon, chopped
• 4 lbs lean beef chuck roast, chopped
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 4 (12 ounce) cans kidney beans
• 8 whole cloves
• 4 garlic cloves
• 6 fresh jalapenos, chopped
• 16 ounces canned chilies, chopped (old el paso or similar)
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 6 tablespoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons tabasco sauce
• 4 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 5 tablespoons dried chipotle powder
• 2 (12 ounce) bottles lager beer
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 2 (12 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 fry bacon in a heavy pot.
• 2 remove and reserve bacon.
• 3 brown the meat and garlic in the bacon fat. for best results, move to a cast iron skillet.
• 4 saute onions in stock pot until soft.
• 5 add the meat, bacon, chilis, spices, sauces, jalapenos, beer, tomatoes and paste.
• 6 simmer for two hours.
• 7 add remaining ingredients during cooking, as you check and stir.
• 8 make sure last ingredients are added with at least one hour of cooking time remaining.
• 9 for best results, allow chili to sit in the refrigerator for 24 hours to give the spices a chance to intensify. it is ok to serve off the stove (suggest a bread bowl!), but it is almost always better as leftovers.
• 10 caution: freezing and reheating will effect the quality. it will still be good, but not the same.