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Monday, February 14, 2011

Recipe: Beef and Black Bean Chili with Toasted Cumin Crema and Avocado Relish

Let have this recipe, the Beef and Black Bean Chili with Toasted Cumin Crema and Avocado Relish. This recipe takes time to prepare it just a level of intermediate. It just an 30 min. preparation and hour and 15 min. cook. it just have a total of 1 hr and 45 min. and six servings. Making cook as a habit is good for us it is not wasting our time. Cooking is gaining... The ingredients provided below... So just try it and surely you love it... Enjoy cooking with your family and friends...


Ingredients:

* 1/4 cup olive oil
* 2 pounds beef, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 1 large red onion, finely diced
* 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
* 3 tablespoons ancho chili powder
* 1 tablespoon pasilla chili powder
* 1 tablespoon ground cumin
* 1 bottle dark beer
* 5 cups homemade chicken stock, or canned low-sodium or water
* 1 (16-ounce) can chopped tomatoes, drained and pureed
* 1 tablespoon chipotle pepper puree
* 1 tablespoon honey
* 2 cups cooked or canned black beans, rinsed and drained
* 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
* Toasted Cumin Crema, recipe follows
* Avocado Relish, recipe follows

Directions:

Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat. Season the beef with salt and pepper, and saute until browned on all sides. Transfer the meat to a plate and remove all but 3 tablespoons of the fat from the pan.

Add the onions to the pan and cook until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add the ancho powder, pasilla powder, and cumin and cook an additional 2 minutes. Add the beer and cook until completely reduced. Return the beef to the pot, add the chicken stock, tomatoes, chipotle puree, and honey, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, cover the pan, and simmer for 45 minutes. Add the beans and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the lime juice, and adjust seasonings.

Serve with a dollop of Toasted Cumin Crema and Avocado Relish.
Toasted Cumin Crema:

*
* 1 tablespoon cumin seed
* 1 cup Mexican crema or creme fraiche
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Place the cumin in a small saute pan over medium heat. Toast until lightly golden brown. Place in a small bowl. Stir in the crema and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Place in a squeeze bottle.
Avocado Relish:

* 2 ripe Hass avocados, peeled, pitted and diced
* 1/2 small red onion, finely diced
* 1 jalapeno or serrano chile, finely diced
* Lime juice
* Chopped cilantro leaves
* Salt and pepper

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper.

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