California Wine Country Chili

We are obsessed with making chili. We have made many types over the years, including this recipe for California Wine Country Chili that we made for a winery chili cook off many years ago.

This makes a large quantity of chili and is perfect for batch cooking. Make sure you have lots of containers on hand so you can freeze for later use. I love to serve chili with fresh cornbread.

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California Wine Country Chili

Ingredients:

6 slices bacon
10 ounces ground beef
10 ounces hot Italian sausage, cut into 1-inch chunks
2 ½ cup red wine
1 small red onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced (I use a garlic press)
1 tsp. dry hot mustard
1 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. kosher salt
15 ounce can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
15 ounce can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
½ cup Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 ½ tsp. black pepper
6 cups Roma tomato, chopped

Procedures:
  • Brown bacon
  • Drain, crumble and set aside
  • Pour off bacon fat, brown ground beef, drain and set aside
  • Pour off fat, cook onion, pepper, garlic over low heat 2-3 minutes
  • Stir in wine and Worcestershire sauce, simmer uncovered 10 minutes
  • Stir in mustard, cumin seed, paprika, salt and pepper, simmer 10 minutes
  • Mash tomato
  • Add mashed tomato and meats to onion mixture
  • Heat to boiling
  • Reduce heat, simmer covered 1 ½ hours, stir occasionally
  • Best if made in advance (at least 1 day) and reheat when you want to eat it
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California Wine Country Chili

Heather Thomas, sloCooking

Ingredients
  

  • 6 slices bacon
  • 10 ounces ground beef
  • 10 ounces hot Italian sausage cut into 1-inch chunks
  • 2 ½ cup red wine
  • 1 small red onion chopped
  • 1 bell pepper chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced (I use a garlic press)
  • 1 tsp. dry hot mustard
  • 1 tsp. paprika
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 15 ounce can kidney beans drained and rinsed
  • 15 ounce can pinto beans drained and rinsed
  • ½ cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tsp. cumin seeds
  • 1 ½ tsp. black pepper
  • 6 cups Roma tomato chopped

Instructions
 

  • Brown bacon
  • Drain, crumble and set aside
  • Pour off bacon fat, brown ground beef, drain and set aside
  • Pour off fat, cook onion, pepper, garlic over low heat 2-3 minutes
  • Stir in wine and Worcestershire sauce, simmer uncovered 10 minutes
  • Stir in mustard, cumin seed, paprika, salt and pepper, simmer 10 minutes
  • Mash tomato
  • Add mashed tomato and meats to onion mixture
  • Heat to boiling
  • Reduce heat, simmer covered 1 ½ hours, stir occasionally
  • Best if made in advance (at least 1 day) and reheat when you want to eat it

 

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