Mexican Chili Beans Recipes

MEXICAN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the beef, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt, cayenne and chile paste and stir until the beef is coated with the seasonings. Add the tomatoes with their juices, beans, enchilada sauce and chocolate and stir. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer until thickened, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
• Garnish the chili with your desired toppings and serve.

MEXICAN CHILI RECIPE

Steps:

• First cut 2 garlic cloves very finely and 5 tablespoons of onion.
• Place 1.5 pounds of ground beef in a saucepan and add the garlic and onion.
• Season with 1 tsp. Oregano and 1/2 cumin. Add 1 tsp of salt. Cook everything until the meat is done.
• While the meat is cooking, place the guajillo peppers to soak in hot water. Make sure they are submerged underwater. We want soft the pulp of the chili. This process takes between 5 and 7 minutes.
• Blend the chilies in the blender along with 1.5 cups of the beans broth. Pass the pulp through a sieve and add to the meat.
• Let the meat finish cooking with the guajillo broth and add 3/4 cup of chopped tomato.
• Add the beans and boil everything for another 5 minutes and ready the perfect and delicious homemade chili recipe.

MEXICAN-STYLE BEEF AND BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven broiler.
• Spread the tomatoes, garlic, poblanos, onion, and Serrano chile out on a rimmed baking sheet. Broil, flipping until charred on all sides, about 3 minutes for the garlic and 10 minutes for the rest of the vegetables. Cool slightly and then core the tomatoes, stem the chiles and peel the garlic. Transfer all of the charred vegetables to a blender and pulse into coarse sauce.
• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over high heat. Sprinkle the meat with salt and pepper and working in batches, add the beef the oil and cook until browned on all sides, about 3 minutes per batch. Transfer the meat to a large plate as it is browned.
• Add the chili powder, cumin, flour, oregano, chipotle powder and cinnamon to the pan drippings and whisk to make a paste. Stir in the beer and 2 cups water. Return the meat to the Dutch oven along with the collected juices, the tomato-pepper mixture and 2 teaspoons salt. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the beans bring back to a simmer and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the meat is tender and the sauce is thick, about 1 1/2 hours more. Stir in the cocoa powder and adjust the seasoning with additional salt and pepper. Serve with diced avocado, shredded red cabbage, cilantro leaves, Cotija cheese and lime wedges.

PINTO BEANS WITH MEXICAN-STYLE SEASONINGS

Steps:

• Place pinto beans into a large pot and pour in enough water to cover by 2 to 3 inches. Let beans soak overnight.
• Drain beans, return to pot, and pour in fresh water to cover; add diced tomatoes, bacon, onion, chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 3 hours.
• Stir cilantro and salt into bean mixture; simmer until beans are soft, about 1 more hour.

MEXICAN CHILI BEANS

Steps:

• Sort and wash beans.
• Cover beans plus one (1) inch with beef stock, bring to a rolling boil for five (5) minutes, turn off heat, cover and let stand one (1) hour.
• Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce heat to a slow simmer, cover and cook about four (4) hours or until beans are tender and sauce has thickened, adding beef broth as need to keep beans slightly covered.
• Freely substitute 2 lbs small red kidney beans, or pinto beans, or a combination of the two (2).
• You may also substitute 3/4 lb of salt pork, diced, for the smoked bacon, adjusting salt as needed.

MEXICAN BEAN CHILLI

Steps:

• Fry the onion and red pepper in olive oil over a medium heat for 10-15 mins or until softened. Increase the heat, add the chilli powder and cook for a few minutes before adding the mince. Cook until browned and all the liquid has evaporated.
• Tip in the baked beans, beef stock and chipotle paste. Simmer over a low heat for 15-20 mins. Season, scatter with coriander leaves and serve with rice and yogurt.

THREE BEAN MEXICAN CHILLI

Steps:

• If using dried beans, soak and cook as recommended on the packaging prior to starting the chilli
• Add the carrot, celery, onion, garlic and fresh chilli if using to the oil in a large wide pan on a medium hot heat and sweat until onions are translucent, about 10 mins
• Add tomato puree and stir for 30 seconds, then add the cumin, coriander, bay and cinnamon, smoked paprika and dried chilli if using. Stir fry for a minute.
• Add chopped tomatoes, chopped pepper and soy sauce, bring to simmer, cover and leave on low heat for 10-20mins, stirring occasionally, until veg is cooked through. Adding pepper at this step leaves a bit of crunch. If you like it more cooked add with other veg at step one.
• Add all the beans, stir, bring to simmer, cover and cook on low heat for 10-15 minutes until beans are hot. Keep an eye on it, add a couple of tblsp of water if it is a bit dry.
• Add chopped coriander leaves and serve with a dollop of sour cream and plain rice.