Looking for a great-tasting Texas-style chili? This is the recipe for you! Try it with our organic ground beef for a next-level dinner experience!
Ingredients
- 3 lbs ground beef
- 6 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 T chili powder (add more, if you dare)
- 3 T oregano, dried
- 3 T cumin, ground
- 1/2 to 1-1/2 tsp cayenne (this is the heat – adjust up or down)
- 1 to 2 tsp salt (kosher or coarse sea salt)
- 1/3 C cornmeal (coarse is really good)
- 1/3 C cold, freshwater
- 1 to 1-1/2 qt cold, freshwater
Directions
- Brown the meat – dry it out a bit
- Add the chili powder, cumin powder, oregano, cayenne and garlic and mix well
- Add 1 to 1-1/2 qt. cold, fresh water just to cover the meat
- Bring to a boil for one minute, then turn down the heat and
- Simmer for 1-1/2 hrs
- Add 1 to 2 tsp salt (taste as you add – the chili will sweeten with the addition of the salt, but you do not want it ‘salty’)
- Make a paste of 1/3 C coarse cormeal and 1/3 C cold, fresh water
- and stir until it is smooth
- Stir the corn meal paste into the chili gradually
- Simmer another 45 minutes
- Ladle into bowls
- Serve full with the condiments as separates, and let each diner dress their own bowl