Arnaud's Best Chili

Submitted by: Steve Arnaud
6 servings

Ingredients:
2 teaspoons oil
2 onions, chopped (Park Seed Item #5210 Onion Candy Hybrid)
3 cloves garlic, minced (Park Seed Item #13328 Garlic Italian Late)
1 lb lean course ground beef
1 LB beef sirloin or flank steak, cubed
2 cups (16 ounce) diced tomatoes (Park Seed Item #5339 Tomato Beefy Boy Hybrid)
1 can dark beer
1 cup strong coffee
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1 can beef broth
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 tablespoons chili sauce
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon oregano (Park Seed Item #3580 Oregano)
1 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
1 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon salt
3 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans
4 chili peppers, chopped (Park Seed Item #5259 Pepper Jalapeno M)

Heat oil, cook onions, garlic and meat until brown. Add tomatoes, beer, coffee, tomato paste and beef broth. Add spices Stir in 2 cans of kidney beans and peppers. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Add remaining can of kidney beans and simmer for another 30 minutes.

 

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ON A SEED

This was the goal of the leaf and the root.
For this did the blossom burn its hour.
This little grain is the ultimate fruit.
This is the awesome vessel of power.

For this is the source of the root and the bud...
World unto world unto world remolded.
This is the seed, compact of God,
Wherein all mystery is enfolded.
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