Weddings and Chili Oh My
Friday evening we went to see Hammad and Sarah's wedding. It was very nice and the view was great. The ceremony had a nice cloud / sunset backdrop out the window... We eventually headed to the PsiU house afterwards and then went home and i prepared chili late into the night...
Saturday, we got up way too early to go clean the old house for an open house. We got it pretty clean, although it would have been nice to vacuum. Unfortunately, the electric company decided to stop giving us free power, so no luck... Then we went to the new house to rest a bit a grab my chili and KAZ's chili of many meats and then all headed down to the PsiU house. Much chili was consumed and it was all good. The peach chili was especially interesting... Eventually, we returned home and crashed out.
Today, we haven't done much. Unpacked some, un-disastered the kitchen from the chili cooking. Also, the oven stopped working and one of the rooms has no electricity... Woo...
Chile for Cook-off
6 Ancho Chiles
4 Guajillo Chiles
4 Chipotles in Adobo plus adobo sauce
5 dried piquin chiles
2 pounds chorizo
1 pound beef (8% fat)
2 medium yellow onions, chopped
6 cloves garlic
2 TB whole cumin, ground
1.5 TB oregano
0.5 TB whole coriander, ground
1 cup tomato sauce
29 ounces diced tomatoes
4 cups beef broth
3.8 ounces sliced black olives
0.75 cups pearled barley
2 Bay Leaves
0.5 TB salt
Cover chiles with boiling water until soft. Remove seeds and stems and puree with soaking water.
Brown meat, then add onions and garlic and cook about 10 minutes.
Toss everything in slow cooker and cook for an appropriate amount of time.
Saturday, we got up way too early to go clean the old house for an open house. We got it pretty clean, although it would have been nice to vacuum. Unfortunately, the electric company decided to stop giving us free power, so no luck... Then we went to the new house to rest a bit a grab my chili and KAZ's chili of many meats and then all headed down to the PsiU house. Much chili was consumed and it was all good. The peach chili was especially interesting... Eventually, we returned home and crashed out.
Today, we haven't done much. Unpacked some, un-disastered the kitchen from the chili cooking. Also, the oven stopped working and one of the rooms has no electricity... Woo...
Chile for Cook-off
6 Ancho Chiles
4 Guajillo Chiles
4 Chipotles in Adobo plus adobo sauce
5 dried piquin chiles
2 pounds chorizo
1 pound beef (8% fat)
2 medium yellow onions, chopped
6 cloves garlic
2 TB whole cumin, ground
1.5 TB oregano
0.5 TB whole coriander, ground
1 cup tomato sauce
29 ounces diced tomatoes
4 cups beef broth
3.8 ounces sliced black olives
0.75 cups pearled barley
2 Bay Leaves
0.5 TB salt
Cover chiles with boiling water until soft. Remove seeds and stems and puree with soaking water.
Brown meat, then add onions and garlic and cook about 10 minutes.
Toss everything in slow cooker and cook for an appropriate amount of time.