Crimson meat Chili with beans and beans

Writer Notes

Beans, cinnamon, cocoa… they would perchance be clutching their pearls factual now in Texas, but here within the Midwest that is the factor. —jillyp

Ingredients

• 
  3 tablespoons
  
  vegetable oil
  
• 
  3 kilos
  
  ground beef
  
• 
  2
  

  gargantuan onions, finely chopped
  

• 
  2
  

  gargantuan inexperienced bell peppers, finely chopped
  

• 
  5
  

  cloves garlic, minced
  

• 
  3 tablespoons
  
  ground cumin
  
• 
  2 tablespoons
  
  ground ancho chile powder
  
• 
  2 tablespoons
  
  ground pasilla chile powder
  
• 
  2 tablespoons
  
  ground coriander
  
• 
  1 tablespoon
  
  sugar
  
• 
  2 teaspoons
  
  chopped thyme
  
• 
  2 teaspoons
  
  chopped oregano
  
• 
  1 teaspoon
  
  dark pepper
  
• 
  1 teaspoon
  
  cayenne pepper
  
• 
  3 cups
  
  liquid (red wine, beer, broth, water…)
  
• 
  1
  

  gargantuan (1 lb., 13 oz.) can pinto beans
  

• 
  1
  

  gargantuan (1 lb., 13 oz.) can dark beans
  

• 
  1
  

  14 oz. can diced tomatoes with the juices
  

• 
  1-3
  

  diced chipotle chiles in adobo, seeded and finely chopped
  

• 
  1 cup
  
  tomato sauce
  
• 
  ¹/₄ cup
  
  tomato paste
  
• 
  1 tablespoon
  
  cider vinegar
  
• 
  2 tablespoons
  
  unsweetened cocoa powder
  

• juice of 1 lime