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tnot_john_bosworths_chili.txt (3516B) |
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1 # Not John Bosworth's Chili Recipe |
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2 John Bosworth is an old-school Texan bid-ness [sic] man with an |
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3 infectious southern charm. He's a character in *Halt and Catch Fire*, |
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4 a TV show that follows a colourful cast of characters navigating the |
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5 tides of the early American tech industry. Affectionately known as |
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6 "Boz" in the show, his sweet talking and rugged humor make him one of |
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7 my favorite characters. |
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8 |
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9 Towards the end of the series, Boz makes his famous chili recipe to |
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10 sooth some grieving souls[^1]. The TV food looked delicious enough to |
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11 make me wonder if it were a real recipe. Had "Boz" actually made his |
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12 chili? Or perhaps the recipe belonged to the actor, a director, |
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13 writer, or cast member. I dug but didn't find anything anything about |
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14 this little television culinary artifact. Nevertheless moved by the |
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15 hypothetical food stuff, I decided to make an inspired version of the |
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16 recipe. But there's a twist: the recipe includes the one ingredient |
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17 Bosworth vehemently claims doesn't belong in any chili the world over: |
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18 cinnamon. I added it to tease the old feller! In my imaginary world, |
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19 Boz comes over to my house for dinner, loves my chili, and learns |
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20 about the heretical secret ingredient :) |
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21 |
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22 ## Ingredients |
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23 Toasted spice mix |
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24 - 1 tablespoon cumin |
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25 - 1 teaspoon green peppercorns |
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26 - 1 teaspoon black pepper |
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27 - 1 habanero chili pepper |
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28 - 2 thai chili peppers |
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29 |
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30 Everything else |
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31 - 2 tablespoons animal lard, like bacon fat |
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32 - 5 gloves garlic, minced |
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33 - 1 cup of finely diced onion |
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34 - 1 teaspoon dark cocoa powder |
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35 - 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
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36 - 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder[^2] |
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37 - 1/4 teaspoon sugar |
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38 - 1 teaspoon salt |
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39 - 1 cup black beans, drained |
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40 - 1 cup corn kernels |
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41 - 1 lbs ground beef |
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42 - 1 can of crushed tomatoes (about 750ml) |
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43 - 1 can of 0.5% blonde lager (355ml) |
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44 |
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45 ## Directions |
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46 Toast the cumin, green peppercorns, and black pepper in a pan until |
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47 they become darkened and fragrant. Remove and set aside. Remove stems |
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48 from habanero and thai chili peppers, then toast in pan until they |
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49 become blackened in spots. Remove and add to spice mix. Put both into |
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50 a mortal and pestle or spice blender. Blend. |
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51 |
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52 Heat 1 tablespoon of the lard in a high-sided enamel cooking pan, like a |
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53 Crueset braiser, or a stainless steel pot. (Don't use cast iron, which |
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54 can react with the tomatoes to make a metallic taste.) Add the |
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55 beef. Separate with a wooden spoon, retaining plenty of nice big 1" |
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56 chunks. Cook until the exterior browns and the interior remains red. |
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57 Transfer to a dish. Remove most of the beef fat from the pan. |
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58 |
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59 Heat remaining 1 tablespoon of lard in pan. Add onions and gently |
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60 sweat. Don't let them get browned. When they are shiny and slimy add |
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61 in the garlic and your toasted spice mix. Stir for a minute or |
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62 so. Pour in about a quarter of the beer. Use a pan-appropriate utensil |
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63 (i.e.: silicone or wood in enamel) to scrape the tasty bits from the |
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64 base of the pan. Add remaining beer, then add beef, beans, salt, |
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65 sugar, cinnamon, cocoa powder, chili powder, and tomato. Simmer, never |
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66 boil, partially covered for ~10 minutes. Add in the corn kernels. Let |
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67 everything cook for as long as your appetite has time to spare: as |
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68 little as 10 minutes or as much as an hour. |
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69 |
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70 Before serving taste for adjustments: Too acidic? Add sugar. Not |
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71 enough flavor? Add salt. Missing earthy undertones? Add a wee bit |
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72 (1/8 t or less at a time) more cocoa. |
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73 |
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74 ## Contributors |
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75 - ROYGBYTE |
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76 |
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77 ## Footnotes |
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78 [^1]: Specifically: season 4, episode 8. |
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80 [^2]: You can use any chili powder. I like to use half chipotle and half ancho powder for a nice smokey flavour. |
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