OMG! Just made the best chili I’ve ever made, sooo good! I plan another bowl as a late night snack. This wasn’t even my slow cook chili, but my quick chili. For quick chili I use one of the products like Bushe’s “Chili Magic”. Basically a few beans and spices, add your own diced tomatoes, burger an onion. I normally use chuck, add some fresh garlic, onion and use rotel tomatoes w/chilis. No bad but nothing to write home about but being quick.
Tonight I used a sweet onion, diced a bell pepper and a serrano pepper. I minced a teaspoon of fresh garlic and 1 of fresh ginger root. I sweated about 1/2 of them in a small skillet. I’m finally at the stage of learning to cook when I know what fresh ginger or garlic etc will do for any dish. I thought a little ginger would be good… it was! And I got the heat right by adding only one serrano, not two. It’s easy to over do the heat with serrano peppers. Last time I used serrano's in chili the dog wouldn't even eat it.
I seared the burger good as I browned it with the other half of the onion, peppers, garlic, ginger. Afterwards it all went in the pot w/can of fire roasted tomatoes and about a half can of rotel tomatoes.
The directions say to simmer it for 10min, ready to serve. I add extra water then simmer slowly for about 40-60min. Sometimes I add water twice and let it cook back down… Anyway, this is now my new quick chili. Serrano’s, fire roasted tomatoes and ginger go great together.
