Flaming Black Bean Chili

(no real flames by the way. )

Mom in Law brought this with her when she and dad in law came down a couple weekends ago… pretty tasty. I’ve now made it twice. first time around i forgot the garlic, oops! also got to use an actual jalapeño pepper. only made half. the cans of tomatoes i’ve used are like 14.5 oz or something like that. so today when i made it for dinner i used 2 cans. last time i just used one. this evening it ended up SUPER spicy. oops. didn’t use a jalapeño but substituted chipotle powder. be careful if you do this. it came out superbly hot. first taste after mixing everything in i deemed it tooo hot. evidently you can add sugar/honey/etc to help cut the heat. i did add a few squeezes of honey, it did cut some of the heat, could have added more but didn’t want the extra sugar. oh, also like to add onions in with the hamburger when put on to brown.

Seasoning:
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp red pepper
1 tbsp oregano
1 tsp cumin

1lb lean ground beef
1 28oz can (no salt added) crushed tomatoes
1 28oz can (no salt added) tomato sauce
2 medium onions, chopped
1 jalapeño pepper, cored, seeded and finely minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 16oz cans corn, drained
2 16oz cans black beans, drained and rinsed

mix seasonings together in a small bowl, set aside.
in a nonstick pot cook beef until browned.
the recipe next instructs to rinse the beef, in a colander with hot water (then return to pot), to help remove excess fat. i did this the first time. if you use super lean beef i wouldn’t bother, which is what i did the second time around.add seasoning mix and all other ingredients except for corn and beans. simmer for 2 hours. (haven’t gone this long yet)
add beans and corn during last 20 minutes of cooking.

tasty stuff. also discovered this evening i only put half the corn and beans in this evening… oops again. husband was wondering how i ate the chili… evidently it was still really hot and he liked it but determined it was beyond what i will normally eat. heres how i made it: 1. I’m gonna need some heart burn meds in the morning. 2. corn bread. 3. lots of butter on corn bread, then chili on corn bread. 4. last but not least, cheese lots of cheese

Cooking is always an adventure…