gridiron chili

How To Make gridiron chili

• 1

  Gather all dry spices and place in spice/coffee grinder and pulse about 30 seconds. In a dry sauté pan toast spices on medium heat until fragment, about two minutes and set aside.
• 2

  Cut 1 pound of steak into 3/4 inch thick chunks and 1 pound into 1 1/4 inch thick chunks. Dry beef thoroughly with paper towels, then season with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium high heat until just smoking. Brown 1/2 of beef cubes thoroughly on all sides and repeat with remaining meat. Put in Dutch oven or crockpot insert.
• 3

  Add some cooking oil to sauté pan add fresh diced vegetables and sweat vegetable. Add to slow cooker insert or Dutch oven.
• 4

  Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, garlic, and 1/3 spices and cook in slow cooker hi heat 6-7 hours or low heat 9-10 hours. One third of the way thru cooking add 1/3 spices and when 1 hour is left add remaining spice. if cooking in Dutch oven cook simmer pot of chili 3 hours or until meat is tender. Add spices in similar increments.
• 5

  if adding a can of your favorite beans at 15 minutes before serving. At this time add 1teaspoon oregano and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
• 6

  NOTE: leftovers can be refrigerated several days or frozen for several monthes.
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