Sunday, October 19, 2008

Pressure Cooker Chili (Alton Brown adaptation)


A few things that really set this chili recipe apart is the pressure cooking, the homemade chili powder, and the corn chips. It's not too hot, just right. But it still may be a touch too spicy for children. This will feed four people easily with everyone getting full.

Start by making a homemade batch of chili powder.

Ingredients
3 pounds stew meat (2 pounds beef and 1 pound pork; you can also use some bacon for some of the pork)
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
12 ounces of chicken stock
1 (16-ounce) container salsa
30 tortilla chips
2 chipotle peppers canned in adobo sauce, chopped
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tablespoon adobo sauce (from the chipotle peppers in adobo)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon chili powder (homemade)
1 teaspoon ground cumin

Directions
Place the meat in a large mixing bowl and toss with the vegetable oil and salt. Set aside.

Heat a 6-quart heavy-bottomed pressure cooker over high heat until hot. Add the meat in 3 or 4 batches and brown on all sides, approximately 2 minutes per batch. Once each batch is browned, place the meat in a clean large bowl.

Once all of the meat is browned, add the chicken stock to the cooker to deglaze the pot. Scrape the browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Add the meat back to the pressure cooker along with the salsa, tortilla chips, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, tomato paste, chili powder, brown sugar, and ground cumin and stir to combine. Fisher cooking tip: Have your souz chef (Cindy) place all the secondary ingredients into little ramekins for easy dumping.


Lock the lid in place according to the manufacturer's instructions. When the steam begins to hiss out of the cooker, reduce the heat to low, just enough to maintain a very weak whistle. Cook for 25 minutes. Remove from the heat and carefully release the steam. Serve immediately.

1 comment:

Pat said...

I totally watched that episode and wondered what that chili tastes like. Was it worth the effort?