beef chili + sour cream and cheddar biscuits
Abruptly, and likely surprising nobody more than my husband, I have decided to be a Good Football Wife this year. Finding it impossible to summon any actual enthusiasm for the game but refusing to fulfill the sitcom wife-cliché of grumbling about my husband’s Sunday afternoon routines, in the past, I’ve mostly tolerated it. But with months of cold and/or wet Sundays ahead of us, I finally came to the realization that football season is the perfect excuse to embrace some much-needed Lazy Sundays. A morning bagel, park and farmers market run routine segues nicely into an afternoon of bumming around, or you know, however the person at hand defines it. For Alex, football, with the requisite pre- and post-game Sports Shouting episodes. For Jacob, removing books from the bookcases one by one, then attempting to stand on them to reach higher shelves, so he can remove them too. He naps, we replace the books, he wakes up and starts again. Ah, Sundays.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 18 of 20 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Biscuit | 1 medium (45g) | 166 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Cheddar Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 113 |
| Kidney Bean | 1/2 cup canned (128g) drained | 112 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Green Bell Pepper | 1 medium (119g) | 31 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Oregano | 1 tsp dried (1.8g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Cider | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 large onions, chopped (about 3 cups)
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 carrots, sliced thin (suggested by Gourmet) or in a small dice, as I’d chop them next time
- 3 pounds boneless beef chuck, ground coarse or 3 pounds ground beef
- 1/4 cup chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon crumbled dry oregano
- Dried red pepper flakes, to taste (Gourmet suggests 1 tablespoon; I used 1 teaspoon knowing that my flakes are very hot)
- 2 8-ounce cans tomato sauce or 2 cups fresh tomato sauce or tomato puree
- 1 1/4 cups beef broth
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 3/4 cups or 1 19-ounce can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 green bell peppers, chopped
- Sour Cream and Cheddar Biscuits, below
- Sour cream and pickled jalapeños (optional, to finish)
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
- 1/4 pound sharp Cheddar cheese, coarsely grated (about 1 1/2 cups)
- Drained and chopped pickled jalapeños, to taste (I used about 2 tablespoons)
- 1 cup sour cream