Chili on the grill


 

~Mark~

TVWBB Pro
This month's family cooking challenge is Chili, so here's my rendition of Texas Chili
I started by setting my coal baskets 90 degrees to each other to make a nice hot wall.
Then I seared two and a half pounds of pork chops and stew beef.
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Next I added about two tablespoons of olive oil to my one gallon Dutch Oven. I added two large white onions, and a lot of minced garlic. I sauteed this for about three minutes. I then added the pork and beef to the pot.
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Next I added a box of low sodium beef stock, three Jalapeno peppers, and two green peppers. This cooked for an hour with the lid off. I added a hand full of Jack Daniel's oak chips to the coals.
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Here's a picture of our new girl Daisy. She's a four month old Lab Shepherd mix. As you can see she's very interested in grilling.
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After about an hour I added the seasonings to the pot, and gave it a stir. Once again I added a hand full of wood chips and a few more briquets.
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After another hour I added a can of tomato chunks and two small cans of tomato past. This gets a stir and let it go for about a half hour.
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I pulled it off the grill and used a Pampered Chef's meat masher thing that the wife got for me. It worked very well.
I served it with Oyster crackers, Mexican blend cheese and a spoonful of sour cream, along with an ice cold beer.
It just doesn't get any better than that.
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The combination of larger pieces of meat along with the shredded meat gave this a great texture. Keeping the lid off the whole time infused the chili with a nice light smoke flavor that didn't overpower the dish. It was as smooth as the beers that went with it.
 
That's some good looking chili. Makes me want to get a cast iron pot and grill some up. Nicely done!! Daisy is an absolute cutie!!
 
I told Daisy she's a hit. As for the chili, with just the two of us in the house now I put the rest into two ziplock bags and tossed them in the freezer for those long work days when you just need chili when you get home.
 
She's a cutie! I save tons of soups like that - perfect way to save it. That chili looks good.
 

 

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