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Chili Con Carnage
Posted:
Friday May 11, 2007 6:45 pm
by chris.
Here's one I've been working on. I can't recall where the original recipe came from but this is the latest tweeking.
Beware it make a sh*tload. But it freezes well & always tastes better the next day.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
500g pork mince
1kg gravy steak cut into 2cm cubes
6 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups porter or stout
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1-3 fresh habanero, diced
2 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
2 170g cans tomato paste
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa or cooking chocolate
3.5 cups diced fresh tomatoes
2 large diced brown onions
3 cups diced capsicums
3 cans kidney beans, drained & rinsed
1 cup fresh corriander, chopped
1-2 cups beef stock
grated cheddar cheese
Prep
Heat olive oil in heavy large pot on medium-high heat.
Brown pork mince.
Add cubed beef and garlic and saute 5 minutes.
Add beer & bring to boil.
Add cumin, habanero, oregano, salt, paprika, and cayenne pepper.
Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 10 minutes.
Add tomato paste, chocolate and sugar and simmer 5 minutes.
Add tomatoes, onions, and capsicum and simmer for 30min-1hr.
Add beans and corriander.
Add beef stock 1/2 cup at a time until thinned to desired consistency.
Bring chili to simmer, serve & top with cheese.
Posted:
Friday May 11, 2007 6:59 pm
by Oliver
Habanero? Is that a type of chilli?
If not, please explain.
Oliver
Posted:
Friday May 11, 2007 7:21 pm
by KEG
Posted:
Friday May 11, 2007 7:22 pm
by chris.
Posted:
Friday May 11, 2007 7:25 pm
by gregb
Snap.
Posted:
Friday May 11, 2007 7:42 pm
by chris.
I stand corrected. It looks like the Naga Jolokia, after much debate over it's existance, has finally been proven to be hotter than the Habanero.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_JolokiaAt 855,000 Scoville units, compared to the 200-300,000 rating of the Habanero, I can confidently that it would be well f--king hot
- does anyone know where I can find some seeds?
Posted:
Saturday May 12, 2007 4:34 pm
by buscador
had a buddy whose grandfather knocked a few of these into a bottle of vodka and then let them sit for a few months
come christmas, you could breathe flames like a dragon
Posted:
Monday May 14, 2007 12:33 pm
by Chris
Habanero! The chili that gave birth to tabasco!
Posted:
Monday May 14, 2007 1:39 pm
by drsmurto
Ah, no. It would be made from the Tabasco chilli, funnily enough
Posted:
Monday May 14, 2007 7:05 pm
by chris.
drsmurto wrote:Ah, no. It would be made from the Tabasco chilli, funnily enough
Correct
Tabasco is not even close to the heat of a Habanero.
There is a Habanero variety of Tabasco Sauce but I haven't seen it on the shelves in Australia.
Posted:
Monday May 14, 2007 7:37 pm
by timmy
That stuff would be dynamite....
I grow habanero's and one sliver of it will burn your tongue guaranteed.
Can certainly recommend growing them if you're a chili head. They don't yield many chilis per plant (or mine haven't, anyway) but the heat more than makes up for it.
I'd probably boost it up a bit with a handful or so of normal cayenne or jalapeno's to give it more of the chili taste instead of just the bash round the head from the habaneros.
Posted:
Monday May 14, 2007 10:00 pm
by chris.
timmy wrote:That stuff would be dynamite....
I grow habanero's and one sliver of it will burn your tongue guaranteed.
Can certainly recommend growing them if you're a chili head. They don't yield many chilis per plant (or mine haven't, anyway) but the heat more than makes up for it.
I'd probably boost it up a bit with a handful or so of normal cayenne or jalapeno's to give it more of the chili taste instead of just the bash round the head from the habaneros.
It's not that hot
It is a big batch (around the 6 litre mark in my pot).
I usually get around 12 or so Habanero from my plant. & they go along way
Some fresh Cayenne would go well in place of the dry Cayenne & some of the Habanero.
Posted:
Wednesday May 16, 2007 4:54 pm
by Chris
My tobasco sauce says it's made from habanero, I thought. Whatever.
Posted:
Wednesday May 16, 2007 6:52 pm
by morgs
http://countrystore.tabasco.com/index_c ... oreid=C287
Is it this one? They have a few varieties these days.
Posted:
Thursday May 17, 2007 9:11 am
by Chris
That's the one. Had to go to a place in Bondi to get it.
It's pretty good, but I perfer the original.
Posted:
Sunday May 27, 2007 10:19 pm
by timmy
Great recipe!!!
I cooked some up during the week and had the first meal of it last night. I made it slightly differently, using 2kg beef, a full longie of stout and left out the beef stock. And I cooked it in my slow cooker for 8+ hours. I added more chili to it but I didn't find it that hot, even with the 3 habaneros in there. But the long cooking time would have taken quite a bit of the bite out of them.
Cheers,
Tim
Posted:
Monday May 28, 2007 2:53 pm
by Rod
Made a sh//t load
preetty good stuff , a dollop of sour cream , some rice , and side salad
needed more chilli for me , added some " Death by Chilli " directly to my plate , gave just a bead of sweat on the brow
Posted:
Monday May 28, 2007 10:40 pm
by chris.
It's tame for me too. When I cook it I'm cooking for the family... & they don't appreciate the heat
I add some jalapeno's to my bowl
It's good, the next day, on Taco's/Burrito's too.
timmy, the Pork & Beef stock will give it more flavour
I wish we had a slow cooker
Posted:
Sunday Jun 03, 2007 4:39 pm
by ryan
chris. wrote::lol: It's tame for me too. When I cook it I'm cooking for the family... & they don't appreciate the heat
I add some jalapeno's to my bowl
It's good, the next day, on Taco's/Burrito's too.
timmy, the Pork & Beef stock will give it more flavour
I wish we had a slow cooker
If you do get one, pay the extra and get the 5l. job. You`ll be glad you did.
I did a beef casserole in red wine, garlic and black pepper with mushrooms on slow for 6 hours this morning in our crockpot.
Wouldn`t be without one.
Posted:
Sunday Jun 03, 2007 8:20 pm
by lethaldog
Im not much of a chilli fan but Ryan, you just made my mouth water with that one