Yippee Cayenne Tex Mex Chili

Howdy, y'all!!


For lunch we grilled bison burgers and put onions on it, and made a green salad, and a gorgeous fruit salad for dessert ; pomelo ( our new citrus friend, which tastes like a cross between oranges and grapefruit), oranges, dragonfruit, cactus pear, apple and a bit of banana...very refreshing after the savoury flavours of our bison and salad..
Today's recipe:

Yippee Cayenne Tex Mex Chili!!

1 can black beans ( low or no sodium, rinsed and drained )
1 can kidney beans ( low or no sodium, rinsed and drained )
1 19oz can of corn, drained
2 med. white onions, coarsely chopped
3 cans diced plum tomatoes
1 1/2 lbs top sirloin, cubed small
3-4 cloves garlic, minced

1 1/2 tsp cumin
2 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp dried chili flakes
pepper
1c. water
1 tsp. sea salt

( toast all the dry spices in a dry frying pan, until you can smell the aroma of the spice mixture and it's colour changes to a little darker...the flavours will be more complementary to the chili if you toaast them like this...don't let them burn, if you see any smoke at all get them off of there, and keep them moving as much as you're able while you do this... )
Add the spices to the cup of cold water and mix them before you add to the chili ingredients!!

In a little oil in a heavy saute pan, saute the onion chunks until they start to brown and go clear...add the beef and sear it, don't cook it all the way through...put the onion and beef in a crock pot and add your other ingredients...

Let it all perk away for a couple of hours at least before serving...the meat should be cooked through IN the crock pot, and the smell of awesome chili will fill your house...my 13 year old son came in and said "What smells good?" I showed him the contents of the crock pot and he said "I'll be eating a LOT of that...."

We're serving it with a little grated cheese on top ( not a thick greasy coating, just a sprinkle ) and I also made Super Simple Corn Muffins from Tosca Reno's Clean Eating Cookbook, page 280.  They're yummy and crunchy and a wonderful companion to the chili....I hope you enjoy it...

K, pardners, ah'm off tuh git mah vittles dished out tuh ma cowpoke...yeeeeeee haaaaah!!!