Southwest Chili Seasoning

Southwest Chili Seasoning - This is a chili seasoning that captures the flavors of the Southwest three types of chiles, herbs, spices and cinnamon.  This chili seasoning would go equally good with turkey, chicken, pork or beef or a vegetarian version with peppers, corn, onions and squash.

Spice Ingredients: cornmeal, applewood smoked Pacific seas salt, New Mexican green chiles, chipotle chiles, ancho chiles, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, oregano and cilantro. 

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Southwest Chili Seasoning is available in a 4 oz. spice grinder bottle.

Southwest Chili Seasoning Cooking Instructions

 This chili seasoning captures the flavors of the Southwest and is great with chicken, turkey or pork, corn and beans. 

Ingredients:

1 pound of ½” diced chicken, turkey or pork.

1 tablespoon of cooking oil

3 tablespoons of Southwest Chili Seasoning (ground or left in flake form)

1 can of corn kernels fresh or frozen (drained 15 oz.)

1 can of diced tomatoes & juice (15oz.)

1 can of pinto beans (drained) (15oz.)

1 cup of water or beer (the better the beer the more flavor, but don’t use a seasonal beer that will throw off the flavors)

1 cup cheddar cheese (optional)

Method

1)  Heat a medium size sauce pan to meat high.  Add the cooking oil to the pan and add the meat.  Brown the meat on all sides.  Figure 1.

Figure 1.  Browning the diced pork for the Southwest Chili

2)  Add the Southwest Chili Seasoning into the pan with the meat and stir to coat the meat.  Sauté for 15 seconds.

3)  Immediately add the corn, tomatoes, beans and the water or beer.  Figure 2.

Figure 2.  Southwest Chili simemring.

4)  Simmer for 1 hour covered.  Add some water to maintain some liquid in the pot, as desired.  Some people like their chili a little thick and some like it a little soupier.

 Figure 3.  Southwest Chili with Cheddar Cheese