Chili With Spicy Beef Chorizo

Preparation Time:15 min | Cooking Time: 1 hr 45 min  |  Serves: 6

This recipe calls for beef chorizo, stew meat, and ground beef. Ground beef seasoned with Grill Party BBQ® Chorizo Chili Seasoning makes a more meaty and flavorful chili.

STEP ONE: ORDER GRILL PARTY BBQ® CHORIZO CHILI SEASONING

  • You can’t make this recipe without the magic of our custom Chorizo Chili seasoning! Learn more about this blend: https://grillpartybbq.com/shop/chorizo-chili-seasoning/

STEP TWO: COOKIN’ THE MEAT

  • Heat the Dutch oven to medium-high.
  • Preheat the pellet smoker to 300°F.
  • Allow the chorizo, ground beef, and stew meat to come to room temperature…

STEP THREE: CHILI TIME

  • Dice Grill Party BBQ® Chorizo Chili Seasoning, onion, and jalapeno (seeded or unseeded, depending on how spicy you want it) into large chunks.
  • After dicing the vegetables, cut the stew meat into 0.5 x 0.5-inch cubes.
  • Add butter to the Dutch oven once it is hot. The butter should quickly sizzle and melt (if using cast iron, the cast iron should be smoking).
  • Add your stew meat to sear it now. 1 minute on each side
  • Reduce the heat to medium-low and stir in the chorizo chili ground beef…
  • Combine the ground meat.
  • Allow all meat to finish cooking in the fat (DO NOT DRAIN!).
  • Remove the ground beef and stew meat once it has been browned.
  • Keep the fat in the pan!

STEP FOUR: FINAL STEP

  • Now to the fat, add your peppers, onion, and garlic.
  • Mix your veggies in the residual fat from the meat.
  • Allow cooling for 5 to 6 minutes. While the vegetables are cooking, remove the lids from the cans as needed.
  • Combine the Chorizo seasoning with the veggies.
  • Now stir in the broth, beer, beans, and meat.
  • Move to your smoker (uncovered). Cook for 30 minutes to 1.5 hours on the smoker.

STEP FIVE: SERVE IT UP

  • Serve chili immediately, garnished with avocado, cilantro, sour cream, and tortilla chips.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp Chorizo Chili Seasoning
  • 1 pound of ground beef
  • 1 pound stew meat 
  • 1 onion, white
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 3 jalapenos
  • 1 beer (something with good flavor)
  • 1 – 32 oz container of beef broth
  • 2 – 16 oz cans of pinto beans
  • 1 – 6 oz can of tomato paste
  • 1 – 32 oz can regular diced tomatoes
  • 1 cilantro bunch
  • 1 avocado
  • Sour cream
  • Tortilla chips

SUPPLIES

  • Dutch Oven
  • Large Skillet
Chorizo Chili Seasoning

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