Chili & Salsa

Ang's "Cold Weather Days" Chili   2 teaspoons oil 1 yellow or white onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded(or not) & chopped

1 serrano peppers
1/2 lb sausage 1 round steak-crock pot
or 1lb hamburger-cook stove
1 can diced fire roasted tomatoes
1 can diced tomatoes & chilies
1 can (dark or any) beer
1 cup strong coffee
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 1/2 tablespoons chili sauce
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 can kidney beans
1 can chili beans
1 can black beans
1 can pinto beans
(or any 4 cans of beans you like)
1 can corn (optional)

I usually keep my homemade salsa on hand to use in my chili
which means
NO  oil

ONLY 1 yellow or white onion, no red onion
no garlic, no jalapeno pepper, no serrano peppers


Ang's FAST Salsa
2 cans diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
1 can diced Tomatoes with green chili's
 l (big) can crushed tomatoes(Mexican style) & l head cilantro & l Tbsp lime juice
or 1 can of diced tomatoes with Cilantro & Lime juice
and
 1 can of diced tomatoes & garlic or 1 Tbsp minced garlic (or 3 garlic cloves)
 (confused? Basically if you don't want to cut up the cilantro and or garlic or buy lime juice just buy the cans of diced tomatoes with it in it)

1 Tbsp Salt
1 Tbsp Sugar
1 large red/purple onion
1 yellow or white onion (what ever you like better)
l Serrano pepper
l Jalapeno peppers

Cooking Directions Option 1(cook stove):
In a soup pan heat oil. Cook meat till brown then add onions and then garlic. Add tomatoes, beer, coffee, tomato paste.  Stir in 1/2 to 1 quart of water (how ever much is needed) and add the spices and then stir in beans and peppers.   
Reduce heat and simmer for 1/2 hour to a hour

Cooking Directions Option 2 (LARGE crock pot)

Add frozen round steak and sausage.  Add everything else but water.  If it looks like it needs water add only a couple cups till cooked.  I let mine cook all day then add any liquid that it may need, after I stir and make sure the meat is all shredded. 

OR

Place round steak and salsa (or all the cans of tomatoes & both onions)  and 1 can diced fire roasted tomatoes, 1 can diced tomatoes & chilies, beer & coffee, 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste and brown sugar and chili sauce and the seasonings:
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
When you get home shred the meat add cooked sausage and beans!