• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 1-2 hours
• Serves: 10 servings

Protein

• 2 lbs ground beef/turkey (recommended 85%+ lean)
• 1 link smoked sausage
• 1 link chorizo
• 3 cans pinto/blank/red kidney beans

Spices

• 1 cup chili powder
• 1/2 cup smoked paprika
• 2 tbsp cumin
• 1 tbsp mustard powder
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp onion powder
• 6 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp pepper
• Salt to taste

Everything Else

• 1 jalapeno
• 4 serrano
• 2 bell peppers
• 2 cans crushed tomatoes
• 3/4 cup chipotles (canned)
• 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 medium onions
• 4 gloves of garlic
• 2 cups beef stock
• 2 cans double chocolate stout beer

1. Prep the smoked sausage, peppers, onions and garlic.
2. Mix the chili powder, smoked parpika, cumin, mustard powder, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper together into a spice bowl. Set aside.
3. Combine the spice mix thoroughly with the ground beef/turkey, smoked sausage, and chorizo in a mixing bowl.
4. Using a pan, melt some butter and use it to sear the ground meat, making sure to not add too much to the pan at one time. Set aside the seared meat.
5. Using a separate pot that we will use to cook the chili, melt some butter in the pot.
6. Add the onions and the peppers to the pot and cook until the onions are slightly translucent.
7. Add garlic to the pot and cook until fragrant.
8. Place all of the ground meat set aside into the pot, stirring together the ingredients inside the pot.
9. Add the kidney beans, crushed tomatoes, chipotles, sun dried tomatoes, beef stock, and stout beer to the pot.
10. Set your stove to medium-heat and stir occasionally to ensure that the ground meat is thoroughly cooked. This part may take an hour, depending on your stove.
11. Add salt throughout the cooking process, to taste.

• Too watery? Drain with ladle.
• Too much heat? Well, keep cookin'