Three Chile Chili (Winter Recipe)

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Prep Time: 30 minutes - 1 hour | Cook Time: 2 - 3 hours | Serves: 5

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Chili is wonderful. Chili is good. Chili has been my go to meal to make whenever I'm bored and feel like cooking. It's versatile, easy, and honestly hard to mess up real bad. I like it in the winter the best, especially after a long day of skiing or shoveling snow or fighting off yetis. That does not mean, however, that it isn't made in the summer. NAY! It's wonderful in the summer as well. The different chiles available are a veritable cornucopia of funhouses of candy stores for chili cookers, and as this is titled, I like many chil�s in my chili.

Chili Theory
The way I've been doing chili for the last year has been to mix different chiles in by chili based on the different chile characteristics involved. I've tried a whole slew of combinations: 1 chile, 5 chile, 2 and 4 chile chili for shits. I think 3 has given me the best results.

Here's my theory:
- One chile for sweetness. For this, bell peppers are pretty much ideal, especially red bells.
- One chile to have little pepper discs in the chili. I think it adds a nice culinary touch to have a little slice of chile in the spoon. One should try to have a milder pepper for this. In this recipe, it's red Jalapinos.
- Finally, a chile for raw heat, for that kick to the face of spice to clear the sinuses and wake up the senses. I will settle for nothing less than Habanero. I like my chili to remind people that they're alive. If you survive my chili, you can survive anything.

On to the Chili recipe!

I never make chili precisely. I always go with what feels like the right amount. So I apologize for my vagueness.

Ingredients
About 1 lb of cheap beef
3-6 strips of bacon
1 habanero
4-6 red jalapinos
1 yellow bell pepper
2 cans/ 3-5 tomatoes
2 cans of beans (I like to mix it up, get some variety in the chili)
1 large onion
chili spices
garlic
bay leaf

Not pictured: Black pepper, salt, oil

Hardware
Large pan
Large pot
Cutting board
Knife
Big spoon
(optional) bowls

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