Cha-cha Chili

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground chicken or 1 lb ground turkey or 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground lamb
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 2 poblano peppers, seeded and chopped
• 3 -5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package of mccormicks chili seasoning mix
• 1 -2 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken stock
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed (optional)
• 1 (11 ounce) can corn, reserve liquid
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can tomatoes with juice
• 1 -5 chipotle chile in adobo, chopped (optional)
• green onion, chopped
• shredded cheese
• sour cream

Recipe

• 1 cook meat, add onion, celery and poblano about halfway through.
• 2 you may have to a dd a little oil if it starts to stick.
• 3 add salt and pepper to meat so it will not be bland, we are building flavors here.
• 4 add garlic near the end, be careful not to burn as it will be bitter.
• 5 sprinkle mccormicks (packaged chili mix) and chili powder over meat and veggies and stir well.
• 6 cook over medium heat for a minute or so.
• 7 pour in chicken stock, canned tomatoes with juice and add chipoltles (this is how you control the heat), if using.
• 8 cook down for 15 or 20 minutes.
• 9 add rinsed beans and corn (with juice).
• 10 to make this a soup: add 2 more cans of stock.
• 11 top with green onion, cheese and sour cream.