Name: Nigella's Homemade Chili Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 195 min
Yield: 12, 12 servings
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 10 (or 5 linked pairs) chorizo sausages ((not the salami sort), approximately 1 1/4 pounds.); 3 ¼ pound boneless beef shank (cut into 3/4-inch cubes); 3 onions ((about 1 pound), peeled); 3 cloves garlic (peeled); 1 fresh long red chile (seeded); ¼ cup vegetable oil; Seeds from 3 cardamom pods; 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp dried red pepper flakes; ¼ cup tomato paste; ¼ cup tomato ketchup; 4 cans red kidney beans ((15 ounces each), drained); 3 cans diced tomatoes ((14 ounces each)); ¼ cup bittersweet chocolate chips; 1 cup water ((swished out in one of the diced tomato cans))

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Nigella's Homemade Chili Recipe

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 12 · 3h 15m total

Servings

Calories

29% of a 2,000 cal day

589KCAL

Protein

47g93% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat25g

32%

Saturated8g

39%

Unsaturated17g

—

Total Carbs46g

17%

Fiber11g

38%

Total Sugars13g

—

incl. Added Sugars3g

Starch22g

—

Sodium840mg

37%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A complex, slow-cooked chili combining beef and sausage with warm spices and chocolate for depth. Feeds a crowd and improves with time.

Ingredients

12 SERVINGS

567 gchorizo sausages — not salami-style, 10
3¼ lbboneless beef shank — cubed
3onions — peeled, 1 lb
3garlic — peeled
1fresh long red chile — seeded
¼ cupvegetable oil
3cardamom pods
2 tspground cumin
1 tspground coriander
1 tspground cinnamon
1 tspdried red pepper flakes
¼ cuptomato paste
¼ cuptomato ketchup
60 ozred kidney beans — drained, 4 cans
42 ozdiced tomatoes — 3 cans
¼ cupbittersweet chocolate chips
1 cupwater

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Method

3h 15m total

Read the method on G-Free FoodieNigella Lawson’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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