Loaded Beef and Bacon Chili - Paleo Dish

Ingredients

• coconut/olive oil- for cooking veggies
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 8-10 slices of bacon – or more if desired!
• 1 can diced tomatoes- organic (just tomatoes- look at ingredients)
• 1 can crushed tomatoes- same as above
• 2 package mushroom- quartered into chunks
• 3-4 large carrots- coined
• 3 stalks celery – chopped
• 1 large yellow onion- thickly diced
• 3 zucchini- diced into chunks
• 2 red pepper- chopped
• 6 cloves garlic – minced
• 1 tbsp ground smoked chipotle chilies
• loads of chili powder – add and taste – repeat (to reach desired flavour and colour richness)
• fresh cilantro- chopped for garnish

Prep

• start by browning the ground beef, on medium heat in a frying pan- set aside
• in the meantime, bake the bacon in the oven at 325 degrees, until fully cooked – set aside to cool, then break into chunks
• in a separate dutch oven (large), sautee all the veggies in coconut/olive oil on medium heat, until cooked (softened)
• drain most of the liquid from the veggies, as you don’t want it too watered down
• then take the ground beef and bacon pieces and add both to the veggies in the dutch oven
• next, add in both cans of tomatoes and stir throughly
• then, sprinkle in desired amounts of spices (taste test as you go – we put in lots as that is the way we prefer it!)
• let cook on low-medium heat- stirring occasionally
• dish and garnish with fresh cilantro