Beef & Bacon Chili

Total Time: 8 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 whole tomatoes, cut in 1/2
• 4 lbs chuck roast, cut into small cubes
• 1 lb bacon, slided into small pieces
• 4 tablespoons liquid smoke
• 1 onion, dices
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 pieces celery, diced
• 2 bell peppers, diced
• 1 (16 ounce) can black beans
• 2 jalapeno peppers, roasted, peeled seeded and minced
• 6 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons thyme
• 4 tablespoons beef base
• 12 ounces dark beer

Recipe

• 1 this step should be done the night before the rest of the preperation. cube the beef roast (small) marinade the beef in the beer, liquid smoke, and beef base (overnight).
• 2 roast tomatoes and peppers, and garlic on a grill, i let the tomatoes on until the skin starts to fall off, the peppers until they are black, and the garlic until it is scortched evently.
• 3 cut up the tomatoes and remove any core parts. then put in a crock pot and mash with a potato masher.
• 4 peel the peppers, remove the seeds and mince very fine. add to the tomatoes.
• 5 peel and mince the garlic add to the tomatoes.
• 6 fry the bacon in the crockpot until crispy. remove the bacon pieces leaving the grease.
• 7 saute celery, onions, and red pepper in the bacon grease. add to the tomatoes.
• 8 saute the roast in the remaining bacon grease. dump the entire contents of the marinade. let it simmer until most of the liquid is gone. add to the tomatoes.
• 9 add chili powder, ground cummin and thyme.
• 10 let simmer throughout the day at least 6 hours.
• 11 add black beans about an hour before serving.