Crock Pot Beef Chili With Chili Creme Fraiche

Total Time: 9 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 kg chuck steaks, ground
• 500 g streaky bacon (cut into strips)
• 1 kg onion (chopped)
• 6 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• 4 celery ribs (chopped)
• 4 red chilies, fresh (finely chopped)
• 2 (800 g) cans chopped tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 3 (1 1/4 kg) cans red kidney beans
• 2 tablespoons oregano leaves, ground
• 2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon fennel seed
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder (unsweetened)
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 450 ml beef stock
• fresh coriander (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons frying oil (groundnut)

Recipe

• 1 add the frying oil to a large pan (i use a wok) & fry the ground beef in batches until brown adding each batch as brown to the crock pot.
• 2 add the streaky bacon to the pan & fry until golden.
• 3 with a slotted spoon remove to the crock pot reserving the bacon fat.
• 4 add the onions, garlic, celery, chilies and bay leaf to the pan & fry in the bacon fat for 2 or 3 minutes then add the herbs & spices except the cinnamon & black pepper.
• 5 fry until softened, add to the crock pot.
• 6 add to the crock pot the tomatoes, beef stock, tomato paste, cinnamon, cocoa powder & black pepper. cover & cook on low setting for 8-10 hours.
• 7 30 minutes before the end of cooking, stir in the kidney beans.
• 8 fold in the chopped coriander just before serving.
• 9 serve with rice, baked potatoes or both & drizzle over the chili creme fraiche & if you wish a few chopped red onions.
• 10 to make the chili creme fraiche.
• 11 you will need 400g creme fraiche (sour cream) add to this 1 teaspoon of chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon of cumin, 3 tablespoons of lime juice & 3 tablespoons each of chopped fresh coriander & chopped fresh parsley.
• 12 blend all together cover & refrigerate overnight.