Chili

by AttilaTheMom


3 lbs ground beef
1 sm onion, diced
2 cans kidney beans (plain)
1 can black beans (plain)
1 jalapeno, diced small, or 1 small can diced jalapeno
1 tablespoon pureed chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (comes in a can and you have to puree it yourself but only use about a tablespoon, freeze the rest)
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 15oz can diced tomatos
32 oz can tomato puree
1 bottle guiness draft
1/2 hershey's special dark chocolate bar or 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

brown all the beef on the stove top with the spices, drain off the grease and put beef in a crock pot.
saute the diced onion (with the salt) in the same pan the beef was browned in until slightly caramelized. 
Add onions to the crock pot.
Deglaze the pan with some of the beer, add to the crock pot with more beer.
Drain the cans of beans and add to crock pot along with the can of diced tomatos and 2/3 the large can of pureed tomato.
Stir in the chocolate pieces

Heat on low heat in the crock pot for 4 hours or overnight, stir often. Add more beer or pureed tomato to adjust consistency.

Serve with shredded chedder or sour cream (optional).