Chili With Beans

• 1 pound ground beef or ground turkey
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion diced
• 1 bell pepper diced
• 2 carrots pealed and finely diced(I like mine chopped fine in food processor)
• 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 1 (12-ounce) bottle of beer, preferably a medium or dark ale
• 1 can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 28 oz can of crushed tomato
• 1 table spoon tomato paste
• 15 tortilla chips
• 1 to 2 chipotle peppers canned in adobo sauce, chopped
• 2 tablespoon adobo sauce (from the chipotle peppers in adobo)
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 2 cups of beef stock
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Brown beef in a large skillet over medium high heat, drain fat and set a side.
2. In a large heavy pot over medium heat, heat olive oil and saute onion, bell pepper and carrots until tender about 10 minutes. Add garlic, cumin and oregano and saute for another 1 to 2 minutes. Add beef, beer, crushed tomato, beef tock, tomato paste, tortilla chips, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce and chili powder and simmer over medium low heat for at least 1 hour. Add pinto beans and kidney beans and simmer for another 30 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

ground beef, olive oil, onion, bell pepper, carrots, garlic, pinto beans, kidney beans, tomato, tomato paste, tortilla chips, peppers, adobo sauce, chili powder, ground cumin, oregano, beef stock, salt

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/chili-with-beans-51271431 (may not work)