Carrie's Meat Chili

Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 3 lbs ground beef
• 1 cup burgundy wine
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 chicken breasts
• 4 cups water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 chopped onions
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 10 tablespoons red chili peppers
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 (29 ounce) can peeled tomatoes
• 1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (8 ounce) can rotel
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced jalapenos
• 2 tablespoons tabasco sauce

Recipe

• 1 marinate ground beef in burgundy, bay leaves, thyme, garlic and pepper for 2 hours.
• 2 boil chicken breasts in water and salt until cooked through and tender then remove from water and chop chicken, reserve chicken broth for chili.
• 3 mix ground lamb into the marinated beef mixture.
• 4 add the chili pepper, cayenne, oregano and cumin to the beef and lamb mixture and mix together well.
• 5 sauté onions in vegetable oil in a 6 qt or larger stock pot until translucent.
• 6 add the beef and lamb mixture to the pot and cook on medium heat until it is mostly all browned.
• 7 add the tomato sauce, peeled tomatoes, rotel, chilies, jalapeños, and tabasco sauce.
• 8 add the chopped up chicken, stir well, cover, reduce to a simmer and let cook for 4 hours stirring occasionally.
• 9 if the chili gets dry during the cooking process add some of the reserved chicken broth.