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Chipotle Beef Chili With Lime Crema

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Date Added:	February 29, 2008
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Serves:	6
Prep. Time:	0:00
Category:	Soups / Stews, Main Dish

Ingredients:

3     pounds        ground beef
3     cups          chopped onions
6                   garlic cloves
1/2   cup           chili powder
2     cans          beef broth - (14 1/2 oz ea)
1     cup           canned crushed tomatoes with added puree
1/2   cup           stout or dark beer
2     tablespoons   minced canned chipotle chilies
2     tablespoons   yellow cornmeal
2     cans          black beans - (15 1/2 oz ea)
                    Salt
                    Freshly-ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups          sour cream
2     tablespoons   fresh lime juice
1     tablespoon    grated lime peel
                    Corn tortilla chips

Directions: one line for each direction. When saved the lines will be numbered.

Heat heavy large pot over high heat. Add beef; sauté until cooked through, breaking up meat with spoon, about 8 minutes. Transfer to large bowl.
Add onions and garlic to same pot. Sauté until onions are tender, 8 minutes. Add chili powder. Sauté until fragrant, 3 minutes. Add beef, broth, tomatoes, stout and chilies. Cover partially; simmer until chili is thick, stirring often, about 1 hour 10 minutes.
Gradually stir cornmeal into chili Stir in beans. Simmer until heated through. Season generously with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm over medium heat.)
Whisk sour cream, lime juice and lime peel in small bowl. Season with salt.
Spoon chili into bowls. Spoon lime crema atop chili. Serve with chips.
This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.
Comments: A typical chili of the depression years consisted of cheap meat stretched by even cheaper beans. Chili remained modestly popular even when the hard times waned, until Lyndon Johnson boosted its national profile during the 1960s. Now chili is back and bigger than ever. Even with the modern addition of smoked jalapeños (chipotles), the inclusion of black beans and beer, and a stylish drizzle of lime crema, this recipe is a classic-hot, hearty and filling.

Notes:
Recipe from the article "The 20th Century In Food: 1930s"

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Added On: February 29, 2008

* Bon Appétit, September 1999