Blackstrap Stout Chili

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs sirloin steaks
• 2 lbs lamb brisket
• 3 medium onions, coarsely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 6 pieces bacon
• 12 ounces oasis oatmeal stout beer (or your favorite stout)
• 4 ounces jim beam whiskey
• 2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses
• 1 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 4 tablespoons ground cumin
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• 3 cups tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 green bell pepper (chopped)
• 1 red bell pepper (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
• 8 whole fresh jalapenos (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons tabasco sauce
• 1/4 cup masa harina flour
• 2 cans dark red kidney beans

Recipe

• 1 fry bacon.
• 2 reserve the grease.
• 3 eat the bacon!
• 4 sauté the onions and bell peppers in the bacon grease with 1/2 of the minced garlic.
• 5 grill the meat to rare/ medium rare and cut into bite-size chunks.
• 6 pour the beer and whiskey into the large pot and turn heat to medium high.
• 7 dump in the onions and peppers that you sautéed, tomato sauce, jalapeno, 3/4 of the cumin, the worcestershire sauce, the kidney beans, crushed red pepper,& the tabasco sauce.
• 8 when it begins to boil reduce heat to medium and add all other ingredients except the 1 remaining tbs of cumin.
• 9 cook on med low to low heat for 1 hour, stirring frequently.
• 10 add the last of the cumin now and cook for another 10- 15 minutes on medium high.
• 11 stir constantly during this last cooking period.
• 12 let simmer until served.