Award Winning Chili

By holly

This recipe starts on the stove top and finishes in a crock pot.

Ingredients

• .5 lb of bacon
• 3.5 lb chuck roast
• 1.5 lbs garlic sausage
• 1 carrot
• 1 sweet onion
• 1 shallot
• 1 bottle of dark beer
• 16 oz beef broth
• 28 oz can of tomato puree
• dash of worstershire sauce
• .5 tsp of cumin
• 4 tsp of chili powder
• 2 tsp chipotle powder
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• salt and pepper
• more or less of the spices to suit taste

Preparation

Step 1

Step 1
Fry bacon in large heavy bottom pot. Crumble bacon and reserve for topping
Grate onion, carrot and shallot or finely chop. Saute in bacon drippings. Remove to crock pot.

Step 2
Cut up chuck roast in 1/2 inch pieces, trimming away any fat. Brown in batches and add to crock pot.
Remove sausage from casing and brown, breaking up into smaller pieces. Add to crockpot.

Step 3
Deglaze pan with beer. Add beef broth, tomato puree and seasonings. Pour sauce into crock pot. Cook on high for 4-6 hours.

Top with crumbled bacon, sour cream and scallions.