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Chile Colorado for Benjamin 



Chile Colorado

Ingredients
Chilli sauce
3 ancho chillies
2 pasilla chillies
3 guajillo chillies
800ml water
½ brown onion
3 garlic cloves
2 tsp Mexican oregano
1kg (2.2 lbs) beef chuck
Sea salt
2 tbsp lard or beef tallow
2 fresh bay leaves
Thinly sliced radish, coriander leaves, toasted corn tortillas, to serve
Mexican rice
30g butter
3 cloves garlic, finely grated
200g (1 cup) longrain rice
1 tbsp tomato paste (tomato puree)
440ml chicken stock

Method
Step 1: Prep the chilli sauce
Remove the stems and deseed the chillies (reserving the seeds if you want some extra heat).
Heat a saucepan over medium-high heat and add the chillies. Dry fry them for 1-2 minutes, until they start to soften and become aromatic.
Pour in the water and add the onion, garlic and Mexican oregano. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and transfer to a blender. Process until smooth, adjusting the heat with reserved seeds if you like.
Step 2: Brown the beef
Trim any excess fat from the beef (reserve this to render down and make your lard if you like). Cut the beef into 5cm x 5cm (2in x 2in) chunks.
Heat the lard or tallow in a large heavy-based saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Season the beef with salt and cook, in batches for 8-10 minutes, turning, until well browned all over.
Step 3: Slow cook the beef
Return all the beef to the pan then pour in the chilli sauce. Add the bay leaves, season with some salt and bring to a simmer.
Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 4 – 4 ½ hours (start checking after 3 hours), until fork tender.
Step 4: Cook the rice
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes, stirring, until fragrant. Add the rice and toast for 1 minute, stirring to coat in the butter.
Stir through the tomato paste until incorporated, then pour in the stock. Mix well and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 10-12 minutes, until rice is fully cooked.
Serve the beef with its sauce, with some rice on the side and radish, coriander and tortillas to serve.
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39 Comments

  6. @JaCk-74264

    Great videos could you please do Mexican burritos but make lots of the the ingredients from scratch

  7. @cv990a4

    Grad school (a million years ago) there was a local place that served a Chile Colorado burrito. Strike that, SUPER burrito. The portions were huge and so were the Hispanic brothers who ran the place. They assembled it in front of you. You'd walk out of there with this massive tube of Mexican goodness, drive home and inhale the thing. OMG it was good.

  17. @niagara6015

    Who wants to see Andy eat that chilli sauce and watch him sweat? 😉🤪 Remember, Andy you said comments matter to you 😜

  19. @unowen7591

    Anyone remember that one guy who kept asking for that Asian dish over and over again until Andy made a long video format of it? Lol

  24. @SouroSekharGhosh-vd9zu

    My mom passed away two days ago(on 7th march). We are from india and we are bengalis. My mom used to always make " Chatur Porota"( Paratha made with filling of sattu- powder of dry-roasted Bengal gram (black chana/chickpeas),which is sauted with chopped onions,coriander powder,cumin powder,salt and red chili powder and needed into balls with water and oil. Then those balls are used as the filling(placed into kneeded pieces of balls made of wheat flour for each paratha,rolled and then fried with a little bit of oil). She used to serve it with indian style egg bhurji(bit overcooked scrambled eggs) and Tok doi(curd). Sometimes she would add butter or ghee on the paratha or with lonkar achaar(pickle made from chili and mustard oil). I want to make people remember my mother as much as possible,if you feature this recipe it would mean the world to me as she was a big fan of your recipes as well. Please ignore my bad english.Thank you.

  34. @pepetheyeetgod

    The region I’m from it’s made from small cut chunks of pork and it’s extremely bright red. The chilies we use are called Chiles colorados

  35. @lilomann1523

    If Benjamin can ask for things, then I am asking for Heinz beans on white toast with butter. By a chef.

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