Curt's Five Alarm Touchdown Chili Con Carne With Beans

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb bacon, chopped
• 4 lbs lean beef chuck roast, cubed
• 1 1/2 lbs regular hamburger, preferably chuck
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 4 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans
• 8 whole cloves
• 4 medium onions
• 4 garlic cloves
• 6 ounces canned chilies, chopped (el paso brand)
• 6 fresh jalapeno chilies, chopped
• 6 chipotle chiles, chopped
• 7 tablespoons dry mexican chilies, freshly ground, anaheim if possible
• 3 tablespoons chili peppers (good quality)
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 6 tablespoons fresh cumin seed, ground
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh black pepper, ground
• 2 tablespoons tabasco sauce
• 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 (12 ounce) bottles beer (canadian)
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 2 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 fry bacon in a heavy pot till crisp and the fat is rendered.
• 2 remove and reserve bacon.
• 3 pour off most of the bacon fat into a heavy cast iron skillet, leaving a small amount in the pot.
• 4 brown the meat and garlic in the skillet.
• 5 saute onions in the fat remaining in the pot until soft.
• 6 add the meat, bacon, ground chilies, dried spices, the sauces, green chilies, jalapenos, chipotle, beer and tomatoes.
• 7 simmer for two hours.
• 8 add remaining seasonings and sauces during cooking, as you check and stir.
• 9 make sure last ingredients are added with at least one hour of cooking time remaining.
• 10 allow the chili to sit in the refrigerator for 24 hours to give the spices a chance to intensify.
• 11 it is okay to serve it right off the stove, but it is almost always better as leftovers.