| Margarita Chili |
Posted By:
nikole
On 12/09/2005
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Recipe Description:
chili with tequila - need i say more?
even without the booze its great, you have to make this chili!
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Ingredients:
2 Tbsp oil
1 med/large onion
2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
¼ cup tequila *optional, i suppose...*
2 28oz. cans diced tomatoes
2 15oz. cans kidney beans
2 15oz. cans black beans
¼ tsp ground black pepper
½ tsp crushed red pepper
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp thyme
1 tsp cumin
1 Tbsp chili powder
3 Tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
juice from ½ lime
coarse salt and lime slices *optional garnish*
extra cilantro *optional garnish*
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Recipe Instructions:
Heat oil in skillet and add chopped onion.
Cook until slightly soft, then add garlic, chopped green pepper, chopped red pepper and tequila.
Cook until onion is slightly golden.
Place all of this mixture in the cooking pot and add tomatoes and beans.
Place the pot over a burner at a medium to high heat until the mixture is hot.
Add ground pepper, crushed red pepper, salt, thyme, cumin and chili powder.
Simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally.
After one hour, add the chopped cilantro.
Cook for an additional 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add lime juice and cook for the final 5 minutes.
If you want to get fancy...
To serve, wet rims of bowls, turn bowls upside down on a plate of coarse salt and turn (as if salting the rim of a margarita glass)
Fill the bowls with Margarita Chili and add lime slices and cilantro as garnish, if so desired!
Servings: 5-6
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