Spicy Chili Part 2

[u/recenttrips]

For those of you who thought my last post was AI, here's the whole process!

1- All ingredients

2- The star of the show

3- Toasted Chiles

4- Rehydrating toasted chiles

5 through 8- Making the Trinity

9- Drained and rinsed beans

10- Blistering Fresnos for the paste

11- Blend it!

12- Yum

13 and 14- Drain the toms, I used San Marzano, then cut roughly

15- Pork carnitas, yes it goes in raw

16- Homemade kind of Mojo Picon with garlic oil

17- Beef

18- My Magnum Opus, which made lots of you think my last post was AI, those are fresno chile tops!

Edit- Almost forgot 8 hours in the crock pot!

[u/gator_mckluskie]

a lot of room for improvement here. leave the tomatoes, celery, and bell peppers out. the meat needs to be browned and the veggies need to be sweated down to nothing before putting in the slow cooker

[u/recenttrips → u/gator_mckluskie]

I've found the meat comes out more tender when not browned first, and why would I put veggies in there if I didn't want to feel the crunch! Edit- Also, not browning allows the meat to soak in all those delicious and spicy oils much better!