John's Best Chili

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (10 ounce) bag dried anaheim chiles or 1 (10 ounce) bag dried new mexico chiles
• 2 lbs lamb, cut into bite size chunks of your choice
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 8 cloves garlic, peeled.
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 4 tomatoes
• 2 jalapenos, reduce the heat by removing seeds and membrane if you want (red if possible)
• 2 teaspoons cumin powder
• water, as needed
• 3/4 lb pinto beans, cooked and set aside (* soaked the night before, optional if using for chili dogs)

Recipe

• 1 not sure of the excact ounces of the dried chillies, i just use 1 bag.
• 2 quick cook beans.
• 3 here's a quicker method to cook beans if not soaked overnight.
• 4 cover the beans with water and add a couple teaspoons of salt.
• 5 bring to a hard boil, and then remove from the heat, rinse in a colander with cool water.
• 6 place the beans back into a pot with enough water to cover them and cook for about an hour.
• 7 add water if need be.
• 8 dump the chili pods into a pot of water and boil it all until the chilis are softened.
• 9 saute a medium onion, and about 4-8 gloves of garlic until softened.
• 10 place the chilis, about a cup of the water in which they boiled, and the onion and garlic into the blender and puree.
• 11 strain the resulting mixture through a screened strainer, and set it aside.
• 12 place the tomatoes into boiling water for about 20-30 seconds.
• 13 remove and run under cold water.
• 14 peel the skins off, the tomato skin should come off fairly easily at this point and the tomato should be uncooked.
• 15 chop the tomatoes up and set it aside.
• 16 place all the ingredients and cumin into a stew pot without the beans, i like to wait until just before serving time before i put the beans in, so they don't get too mushy.
• 17 allow the chili w/o beans to simmer in a covered pot for about 1/2 hour or more if you can i simmer for 1 hour to blend all the flavors.
• 18 to thicken if needed, mix some wheat flour or masa with water and shake it up real well, then pour that into the chili.
• 19 if you put the flour in all by itself, you'll end up with flour lumps.
• 20 stir in the beans and season to taste.
• 21 serve with chopped raw onions, shredded cheddar cheese, corn bread, and hot sauce if desired.
• 22 cooking times not including bean cooking time.