Green Chorizo Chili

Yield: approximately 12 quarts

Green Chorizo Chili — Canning Batch finished in quart canning jars

Ingredients

  • 8 pounds pork chorizo, casings removed if needed
  • 4 pounds Anaheim chiles, roasted, seeded, skinned and chopped into 1/2-inch squares
  • 8 (16-ounce) jars La Victoria Salsa Verde
  • 16 (14-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 4 large onions, peeled and chopped
  • 4 (14-ounce) cans diced tomatoes with juice
  • 4 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 2 (12-ounce) Keystone beer
  • 13 cups water
  • 12 quart jars and lids, if portioning into jars

Directions

  1. Brown

    Brown chorizo with onion in batches, breaking the chorizo into a ground-meat texture. Drain excess fat.
  2. Build the Chili

    Transfer chorizo and onion to a large stockpot. Add Anaheim chiles, black beans, diced tomatoes, salsa verde, garlic powder and water.
  3. Cook

    Bring to a simmer and cook until the flavors are blended and the chile pieces are tender.
  4. Fill Jars & Process

    Fill jars with stockpot liquid, leaving 1 inch headspace, and process in a pressure canner for 75 minutes at 10 psi.
Canning Safety: This is a 12-quart adaptation of the family recipe, not a laboratory-tested canning formula.