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Rocky Top Chili Recipe aka {Best Chili Recipe Ever}

Ingredients
  

  • 2-2 1/2 pounds ground sirloin
  • 1/2 pound pork sausage
  • 1 large onion
  • 5 cloves garlic chopped fine
  • 1/2 t. cayenne pepper
  • 3 T. cumin
  • 3 T. chili powder
  • 1 T. hot mexican chili powder
  • 1 28 oz can San Marzano tomatoes
  • 2 - 14 oz cans diced tomatoes
  • 3-4 cans 15 oz cans of various beans I use black, pinto, chili, cannelini all in their sauces)
  • 1/2 jar chili sauce 12 oz jar
  • 2 T. Country Bob's steak sauce
  • 2 T. worcestershire sauce
  • 3 T. honey or a 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 T. balsamic vinegar
  • 1 12 oz beer or chicken stock
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Brown the meats
  • Remove the meats and add a few swirls of olive oil and the onions and garlic
  • Saute those til translucent, add back the meat and add the rest of the ingredients
  • Simmer it as long as you have. I usually cook mine a couple hours in the am and then turn it back on the afternoon.
  • You will need to re-season!!!!
  • If you taste it in the afternoon and it needs more salt, add salt.
  • More heat? Add Sriracha, more sweet, add honey, more umpffff, add chili powder and cumin.
  • If you don't know what it needs, add a little salt and a strip or two of bacon. That always set the world aright.
  • Don't be scared. I always add more stuff and usually multiple things.
  • Serve with fritos and sour cream and salsa and green onions and cheddar cheese.