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Hellfire and Brimstone Chili

Leo | June 10, 2008

A chile recipe to set your chest hair on fire!Leo is a godless heathen, while Catherine is just a plain heathen but we live in Fort Wayne, Indiana which is nicknamed The City Of Churches. It’s true. You can’t go more than a half mile in any direction downtown without running into a church or overhearing some pious pontiff haranguing the flock about the sorry state of the place where they’ll be spending their afterlife. So we thought it only appropriate to name one of the hottest chili recipes we’ve ever tasted here at Food In The Fort after that mythical lake of fire.

This is truly a collaborative recipe. We made it last week when we suddenly decided that we absolutely had to have chili. Of course, last week was actually the first week of April. We’ve been too busy to write this up before now (something about buying a house…) but it is true that we had a sudden craving for chili, whatever month it was.

Leo concocted the basic recipe out of four or five of his favorites with the guiding philosophy that if a little is good, a lot must be better. By the time Catherine came home, the paint was peeling off the ceiling and god knows what sort of damage Leo had inflicted on his intestinal tract in the sampling. So Catherine felt that a little mediation was in order. Leo rambled on for quite some time about balancing PH levels, but in the end Catherine added the cocoa, sugar and extra cornstarch because they sounded good. Presto! The chili was nice and hot; just shy of necessitating a trip to the ER.

We couldn’t have been happier with this Rube Goldberg of a recipe. It goes great with the sun-dried tomato and jalapeño cornbread and gives sinners like us a little taste of what’s to come.

Hellfire and Brimstone Chili
Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
  • 2 large onions, chopped
  • 10-12 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 (14 oz.) can diced tomatoes
  • 1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
  • 1 (14 oz.) jar hot salsa (or medium, we won’t think badly of you)
  • 2 (15 oz.) cans hot and spicy chili beans
  • 2 tbsp. chili powder
  • 2 tsp. cumin
  • 1 tsp. oregano
  • 3 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 1-2 tsp. ground red pepper
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. black pepper
  • 1 tbsp. cocoa
  • 1 tbsp. sugar
  • 2 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup water

Preparation

  1. In a large skillet, cook the ground beef and drain (we actually keep a little bit of the fat)
  2. Toss everything in crockpot except cornstarch and water; cook on low about eight hours
  3. Turn heat to high
  4. Mix cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into chile
  5. Cook uncovered an additional 15-20 minutes

About the author:  Leo is a technologist and writer living in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is a transplant to the Mid West from Central New York and was promised cheaper gas and better winters. He feels somewhat lied to in this respect but otherwise finds the people pleasant. Read more from this author


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chili, cocoa, crockpot, hot and spicy, salsa
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One Response to “Hellfire and Brimstone Chili”

  1. Chef Tom says:
    June 25, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Sounds good!  I love chili with a little KICK ! :-)

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