Chuck's Super Chili

This chili is slightly sweet with a touch of heat; the wine gives it a different taste. Everyone in my family loves this chili. Ive won a couple of work chili cook-offs with this recipe and done well in some larger cook-offs as well.

Chuck's Super Chili Ingredients

• 2 pounds hot Italian sausage

• 2 pounds ground sirloin

• 1 large onion, chopped

• 1 red bell pepper, chopped

• 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped

• 1 green bell pepper, chopped

• 8 cloves garlic, minced

• 2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped

• 3 tablespoons chili powder

• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

• 1 tablespoon ground cumin

• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

• 2 teaspoons dried oregano

• teaspoon salt

• teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

• 2 bay leaves

• 2 cups Merlot or other dry red wine

• 2 (28 ounce) cans whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped

• 2 (15 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans, drained

• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce

• 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped

How to Make Chuck's Super Chili

1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in Italian sausage and ground sirloin. Cook and stir until meat is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink. Drain and discard any excess grease.

2. Transfer meat to a large Dutch oven; place over medium-high heat. Stir in chopped onion; add red, yellow, and green bell peppers, garlic, and jalapeno peppers. Cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.

3. Mix in chili powder, brown sugar, cumin, tomato paste, oregano, salt, black pepper, and bay leaves. Cook and stir until fragrant, about 3 minutes more.

4. Stirring constantly, pour in wine, chopped tomatoes and their juice, kidney beans, tomato sauce, and chopped chipotle chiles in sauce. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.

5. Uncover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 30 minutes. Discard bay leaves before serving.

Chuck's Super Chili Nutritions

• Calories: 281.9 calories

• Carbohydrate: 18.2 g

• Cholesterol: 51.8 mg

• Fat: 13.5 g

• Fiber: 5.1 g

• Protein: 18.7 g

• SaturatedFat: 4.8 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 745.8 mg

• Sugar: 6.3 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Chuck's Super Chili Reviews

• I love the flavor of this chili. The red wine adds an interesting flavor and the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce make it awesome And hot...but they are hard to find at the store. When you do find them, use only part of the can (the recipe calls for 3 chilis and there are usually double that in a can) and freeze the rest in a container for your next batch of chili because you will be making this again. I made 1 change to the recipe: I only used 1 pound each of the Italian sausage and the ground beef. I serve it with grated cheddar on top.

• Fabulous

• Super duper Left out the jalapeos so my family would eat it. Great chili

• Great flavor the red wine adds an awesome extra layer of flavor