Fire In The Hole Chili

This recipe was created for a Chili Cook Off at the Christian Alliance Church 10/28/12. Usually I would put pinto beans, lima beans and sliced olives in here also, but frankly, the roaster pan was too full! LOL

This morning at church several people asked me if i thought I'd win and I told them, "I highly doubt it as my chili is probably too hot for most people". But loo and behold, I won!! My hubby is so excited because the prize is tickets to a Browns vs Steelers game. :) He's pretty darn pumped!!

This makes a HUGE batch so beware! I'll try to do the math an cut it back to a more manageable size recipe and post later.

FIRE IN THE HOLE CHILI                                                              

(Batch more than fills a roaster)

3 TB olive oil

2 lg onions, chopped

2 lg green peppers, chopped

6 lg Hungarian Hots Banana Peppers, finely chopped

6 lg jalapeno peppers, finely chopped

5 habanera peppers, finely chopped

¼ cup minced garlic

2, 1lb packages of hot sausage

3 lbs lean ground beef

3, 12oz tomato paste

2, #10 cans diced tomatoes

1 #10 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

1 #10 can black beans, drained and rinsed

4 cups cooked navy beans

4 cups cooked black eyed peas

2, 15oz cans white hominy corn

4 TB (1/4 cup) ground cumin

2 ½ TB Chili Ancho Molido powder

 3 TB zesty or hot chili powder

Sauté veggies in olive oil in large stock pot.

Add the sausage and ground beef stirring to break apart meat.

Continue to cook, stirring occasionally until no longer pink.

Add remaining ingredients, stirring to distribute seasonings evenly.

Remove 10-12 cups of chili for the wimps. Then to the remaining chili add:

8 more diced jalapenos

4 more diced habanera

4 more diced Hungarian hots banana peppers

¾ cup Valentina Salsa Picante (Mexican hot sauce)

4 Cups ChiChi’s medium salsa

2 TB cayenne pepper