It's Chili Weather!

Some would say it was a travesty that I took this beautiful steak from Nolan Ryan Beef company and made chili from it. It was the last steak I had, and alone it wasn't enough to feed two of us. I needed lean meat to make the chili, because I'm trying to reduce my cholesterol levels (though beef isn't the best way to do that!).

Now, I won that beef in a blogging "contest" for the Texas Beef Council --but I'd buy beef from Nolan Ryan if I could afford it! It almost melts in your mouth. It is certainly expensive, though.

It's getting a little bit cooler here in Texas, so it seemed like chili weather. I assembled the ingredients for Cowboy Beef and Black Bean Chili, substituting that one steak. A true chili connoisseur would never add beans to chili. On the other hand, I have pedestrian taste, so beans are fine with me.

I always change the recipe somewhat, and I reduced it to cook for just two, but I definitely added beer to it. I didn't show it in the picture, and I used a dark ale instead of just a plain old beer. It adds a good flavor. We liked this recipe well enough to do it again, so I thought I'd give you a link.