Arrington’s Irish Chili

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 4 tablespoons lard or 4 tablespoons oil or 4 tablespoons shortening
• 6 lbs extra-lean beef chuck, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
• 2 lbs extra lean lamb loin, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
• 3 large onions, finely chopped
• 4 celery ribs, finely chopped
• 10 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3 cups rich brown stock (homemade)
• 6 -12 ounces high quality bourbon
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle dark beer
• 3 tablespoons cumin
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
• 3 tablespoons new mexico chile powder, heaped
• 3 tablespoons pasilla chili powder, heaped
• 3 tablespoons crushed quebrado chili peppers, heaped
• 1 teaspoon mace
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• chopped fresh cilantro, for garnish (fresh coriander)

Recipe

• 1 in an 8 quart or larger dutch oven, melt the lard over medium heat. brown the beef and lamb cubes in the fat. transfer the browned meat to a large, low sided stockpot or dutch oven, and reserve the fat in the pan.
• 2 saute the onions, celery, and garlic in the remaining fat until the vegetables are soft and golden but not brown. add them to the meat. stir in the tomato sauce, beef stock, and bourbon.
• 3 pour the beer into a bowl and add the cumin, oregano, nutmeg, sugar, cocoa, chili powder, chili quebrado, mace, salt, and pepper. stir the seasonings into the meat mixture, and simmer the chili uncoverd for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. if more liquid is needed to maintain consistency, add either water, beer, or bourbon. serves about 20.
• 4 *make brown stock with well roasted meat bones, veal, beef, and chicken bones, wings add good flavor. carrots, onion, leeks, celery, bouquet garni, bay leaves and 1/2 onion, browned well to burning.
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