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Quick Beef and Bean Chili with Chipotle

A fast beef and bean chili that tastes long-cooked: chipotles and anchovy bring smoke and savour in place of browning, homemade chile paste gives depth, and a spoonful of masa thickens it in half an hour.

  • YieldServes 4 to 6
  • Hands-on26 min
  • Total56 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 55 gunsalted butter
  • 2medium onions, coarsely grated
  • 2 cloveslarge garlic cloves, minced or finely grated
  • 1 tspdried oregano
  • to tastekosher salt
  • 2chipotle chiles in adobo, finely chopped
  • 2anchovy fillets, mashed to a paste
  • 120 mldried chile paste (or 4 tbsp chili powder)
  • 1 tbspground cumin
  • 130 gtomato paste
  • 900 gboneless ground beef chuck
  • 1 canwhole peeled tomatoes (800 g), drained and chopped into 1 cm pieces
  • 1 canred kidney beans (425 g), drained
  • 240 mllow-sodium chicken stock or water
  • 2½ tbspinstant masa harina
  • 2 tbspwhiskey, vodka or brandyoptional
  • to tastefreshly ground black pepper
  • to tastegarnishes: grated cheddar, sour cream, sliced spring onions, diced avocado, coriander, corn chips or warm tortillasoptional

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Crustacean shellfish
  • Celery
  • Anchovy
  • Shrimp
  • Legumes (any)
  • Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Avocado
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Carrot
  • Oregano
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cumin
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Dutch oven

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Meal prep

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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