That way we can pull out a «fresh»
batch of chili from the freezer after we're done eating what's been i the fridge.
Not exact matches
No ill effect on searing the meat since I did it in more
batches and this similarly did not affect the reduction
of sauce; - I used beer instead
of water in the
chili paste (per Joe Yonan's Texas Bowl O» Red
from Serve Yourself); - I threw in some Mexican Oregano
from Rancho Gordo because I had it; - I used a mix
of chiles sourced
from Rancho Gordo, my local Whole Foods and a taqueria / market in the boonies: chipotle, California, arbol and pasilla.
When chiles
from Hatch, New Mexico, come to market in August, I stock up on enough to roast and freeze for chile pies, pots
of Southwestern
chili, and
batches of salsa through the winter months.
5
batches of chili later we've landed on what I think is as close as I can get to that magic I remember
from almost 20 years ago.
The first or second time I ever made a big
batch of chili on my own, I learned that it will take for - ever to thicken up the way I like it, unless I added a bit
of tomato paste (and that's a trick I learned
from my Italian momma when I would help make marinara / bolognese sauce as a kid), and as I've gotten older, too much tomato doesn't agree with me like it used to, so I also add in beef broth (and a littttle fresh lime juice) to cut the acid.
As a
chili pepper grower, you may want to save the seeds
from your current
batch of chili peppers rather than purchase new seeds each year.
I figured everyone will still be full
from Thanksgiving, so I'm going to do 2 big
batches of chili in crock pots — one with meat and one without.