Gourmet Chili Recipe with Secret Ingredient!

This gourmet chili recipe brings together wonderful ingredients to create a unique and great chili recipe. The smokiness of the paprika, the sweetness from sugar, the heat from the cayenne and the saltiness from the cotija cheese all mixed with the secret ingredient makes this a gourmet chili.

Gourmet Chili (with secret ingredient)

Serves 6-8

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds ground sirloin

1 medium onion, diced

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced

4 cloves garlic, minced

1(28 ounce) can tomato sauce

1(28 ounce) can diced tomatoes

2 teaspoons cumin

1/4 teaspoon coriander

3 teaspoons chili powder

1 tablespoon Mexican oregano

1 tablespoon Worchester sauce

1 tablespoon dried parsley

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon ancho chili powder

1 can mild green chili

2 teaspoons brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon coriander

2 (1.55 ounce) milk chocolate bar (secret ingredient)

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (more to taste

)

1 cup cotija cheese

DIRECTIONS

Sauté meat, onions, jalapeno pepper and garlic until meat is browned and vegetables soft. Drain meat and return to pan. Reduce the heat to low and add all of the remaining ingredients except the cotija cheese.

Cook on stove top on low for 1 1/2 hours.

Serve chili in bowls. Top with cotija cheese.

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