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Rocky Top Chili Recipe aka {Best Chili Recipe Ever}

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Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

  1. Brown the meats
  2. Remove the meats and add a few swirls of olive oil and the onions and garlic
  3. Saute those til translucent, add back the meat and add the rest of the ingredients
  4. 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.
  5. You will need to re-season!!!!
  6. If you taste it in the afternoon and it needs more salt, add salt.
  7. More heat? Add Sriracha, more sweet, add honey, more umpffff, add chili powder and cumin.
  8. 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.
  9. Don't be scared. I always add more stuff and usually multiple things.
  10. Serve with fritos and sour cream and salsa and green onions and cheddar cheese.