Italian Jack Chili
Description
Your chili won't be boring if you make this one. It's loaded with Italian sausage, Great Northern beans, lots of veggies and wonderful spices and a little bit of whiskey. Yep, whiskey, but feel free to omit it if needed. It will still be amazingly good.
Ingredients
1 lb. sweet Italian sausage
1 lb. hot Italian sausage
2 lb. Great Northern beans (soaked overnight in 2-3x as much water)
1 medium yellow onion, diced small
1 medium red bell pepper, diced small
3 large cloves garlic, minced
29 oz. can crushed tomatoes
6 c. chicken stock
2 T. tomato paste
¾ c. frozen green chile or canned chiles
3 oz. Jack Daniel’s whiskey (could be left out)
1 ½ t. red chile powder
2 t. cumin
1 t. kosher salt
½ t. freshly ground black pepper
½ t.n cayenne pepper
½ t. dried oregano
½ t. smoked paprika
1-2 c. water, if needed
Optional toppings: sour cream, Pepper Jack cheese, and/or chopped green onions
Directions
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De-case, cook and crumble sausage in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. When sausage is mostly browned and crumbled, add in garlic, onion and bell pepper and all spices; saute for about 3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients, stirring to combine.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until beans are tender, about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. If needed, add 1 to 2 c. water, to cover the beans as they cook.
Garnish with Pepper Jack cheese, sour cream and/or chopped green onions.
Serve.
*To freeze: Allow soup to cool completely before transferring to freezer-safe
containers. Soup can be heated in the microwave or it can be thawed and
then reheated on the stove top.