chorizo cocoa chili
This is very good as is, with or without beans, with chicken or pork or beef... it is a great way to use up some leftovers too... We make it thick or thin and enjoy it always... but if you don't like chorizo, then don't make it with chorizo... I don't care for beef chorizo but love the pork. Tonight.. we had it nacho style on a plate... with cheese on top!
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr 30 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
15 - 20 depending on size of bowl
Ingredients
- 6 sticks celery (chopped small)
- 2 large onions (chopped)
- 1 - each: green and red bell peppers (minced)
- 1 quart water or broth
- 4 pints frozen, home canned (or 4 store bought cans of tomatoes)
- 1 can (12 - ounces) tomato paste
- 1 cup fresh cilantro (including stems) (minced)
- 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon each: chili powder, ground cumin,
- 1 teaspoon each: garlic powder, ground red pepper, black pepper
- 6 cloves fresh garlic (minced fine)
- 1 large lime (zest and juice)
- 1 cup cilantro, fresh (including stems) minced fine
- CHORIZO MEATBALLS
- 2 - tubes pork chorizo
- 1 large onion (minced small)
- 1 - bell pepper (minced small)
- 1 1/2 - sleeves of crackers (crumbed)
- 3 - eggs
- OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS
- - tortilla chips (put on bottom of bowl when serving)
- 1 can each: garbonzo beans, black beans, chili beans, kidney beans
- 1 can whole kernel corn (drained)
How To Make chorizo cocoa chili
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Step 1Bring quart of water to a boil in a very large pot. Add celery. Add onions and peppers. Add tomatoes (not the tomato paste). Cook for 10 minutes before adding remaining ingredients. Turn down the heat and simmer.
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Step 2While soup is simmering, make your meatballs. Mix all ingredients together. Add about a tablespoon of olive oil to a large skillet. Pinch off about a teaspoon (or bigger if you like) of the meat mixture and put it in the skillet. Cook on Medium - Medium High heat. The "meatballs" aren't going to be round like the usual meatball, they will even flatten out a bit after you start cooking them. Be sure not to cook too fast, as they will burn, turn heat down as needed. The meatballs caramelize a bit.
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Step 3Sometimes I add the beans and corn and sometimes I don't. It is good either way. When you add the beans and corn, you get a richer chili (my favorite). My daughter prefers it without beans sometimes. Adding these ingredient bump up the volume of the soup too... more servings!
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Step 4Optional: Put tortilla or nacho chips in the bottom of each bowl and ladle the soup on top.
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