quick dinner?

make some chili

GeWilli Chili to be specific!

What ya need on hand:
Cinnamon
Cocoa Powder
Cumin
Chili Molido Powder
Corriander
Salt
Oregano
Garlic
Onion
olive oil
beer (12 oz for chili, couple for the cook)
tomatoes (28oz can of crushed or equal volume of diced fresh toms)
beans (2 16oz cans: Adzuki are best - black or kidney or whatever you have work)
beef (chopped or ground, pork can be used, or venison, or whatever, or make it vegan and just load up on more beans - or some fake sausage crumble).

Cilantro normally but i didn't have any last night on hand.

Brown 1 pound of beef/meat/substitute, get it nice and stuck to the bottom of the pan, add the onions and sweat them down lifting some of the stuff stuck to the pan.

While that is cooking add the chili molido powder (mild chili powder) and the rest of the aromatics except the first two on the list.

Then add the tomatoes and with the heat still on high scrape the bottom of the pot clean with the liquid from the tomatoes.

Add the beer, salt, cinnamon and cocoa powder and olive oil and 3-4 cloves of garlic (i use a press).

Drain and rinse the beans and add them.

Let is simmer and thicken, adjusting for taste. I use more chili powder than anything, and then more cumin than the rest, only a slightly cocoa powder than cumin, and roughly equal parts corriander and cinnamon and oregano. Cilantro gets added at the very end.

Simmer for as long as you can let it, it is good pretty much right away but gets better as it sits.

Serve with Tortilla Chips.

Top with grated cheese, chopped spicy peppers, sour cream or yogurt, cilantro... what ever you want on your chili.

Okay.

I'm hungry now.