Beef Chili with Bacon and Black Beans

Name: Beef Chili with Bacon and Black Beans
Yield: Serves 8 to 10 (Makes 3 quarts)
Cuisine: US & Canada, Southwest (Tex-Mex)
Ingredients: 8 ounces, bacon (about 8 strips), cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 2 , medium onions, chopped fine (about 2 cups); 1 , red bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 6 medium cloves, garlic, minced or pressed through garlic press (about 2 tablespoons); 1/4 cup, chili powder; 1 tablespoon, ground cumin; 2 teaspoons, ground coriander; 1 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon, dried oregano; 1/2 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 2 pounds, 85 percent lean ground beef; 2 (16-ounce) cans, black beans, drained and rinsed; , 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, with juice; 1 , (28-ounce) can tomato puree; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 2 , limes cut into wedges

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2003, America's Test Kitchen TV

Main Courses

US & Canada

Southwest (Tex-Mex)

Pasta, Grains, Rice & Beans

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SERVES8 to 10 (Makes 3 quarts)

TIME3 hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

With the goal of developing a no-fuss chili recipe that would taste far better than the sum of its common parts, we discovered that adding the spices to the pan with the aromatics boosted their potency. For our chili recipe, we added the be...

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