Victorious Nautical Chili

I love a chili that is sweet as well as spicy. I think it's really hard to get the right balance without one overpowering the other.

I have been working on my chili for awhile now. It's been a lot of trial and error, and adjusting but I think I finally got the right balance!!!

Naturally, this chili was slow cooked with craft beer.

I used Ballast Point's Victory at Sea but you can feel free to substitute any darker beer.

I recommend a stout though. I chose this beer in particular because I felt the darker chocolate notes and vanilla would go well with the sweet and spicy notes in the chili.

**You will need a crock pot for this recipe!**

Ingredients:

2 Jars Tomato Sauce (I used 29 oz. cans)

3 Tablespoons Molasses 

1/4 Cup Sugar

2 Tablespoons Honey

1/2 Cup Chopped Scallions

1 1/2 Diced Onions

1/2 Cup Water 

1/2 Cup Victory at Sea 

2 Jalepenos Diced 

4 Tomatos Diced

4 Cans Black Beans 

4 Cans Red Kidney Beans

1 Can Pinto Beans 

Oregano To Taste

Salt To Taste

Pepper To Taste 

2 Cups Corn

1 1/4 Lb. Ground Beef 

1 1/4 Lb. Sausage (I use sweet opposed to spicy)

Basil To Taste

1 Cup Green Pepper

2 Tablespoons of your favorite hot sauce. 

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a crockpot. 

Cook on high for 4 hours.

Turn off crockpot and let cool. Leave chili in crockpot and place in fridge over night.

Return to crockpot 

Cook for another 2-4 hours on low.

Enjoy!!!!!

Thanks for reading, hope it's tasty as $hit! 

Feel free to comment, let me know how things turned out or if you tried something different.

Like I said, experimenting could be very, very fun with this recipe!! 

I'm dying to try this with a milk stout.

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