Chicken Chorizo Sausage and Black Bean Chili

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb (5 sausages) Chicken chorizo sausages (I found that Whole Foods makes chicken chorizo sausages but if you want you could use pork) – meat removed from casings
• 1 large white onion – diced
• 1 large shallot – diced
• 1 red pepper – diced
• 1 orange pepper – diced
• 2 jalapenos – seeded and deveined – finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves – finely chopped
• 1 dried chili ancho – stem removed and finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon chipotle pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 28 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
• 1 14.5 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
• 2 – 15 oz cans black beans – rinsed and drained
• 3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper

1. Heat olive oil in a cast iron dutch oven, add the chorizo, crumble and cook about 3/4 the way thru. Add the onion, shallot, peppers to pot, lightly salt and pepper, saute for about 5 minutes, then add the garlic, saute for another 3minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients, stir to combine and simmer on low for 1 hour. Taste then salt and pepper to taste, remove bay leave and you are ready to serve.
2. Don’t forget the garnishes: which could be cheese, avocado, cilantro, jalapenos, sour cream, tortilla chips.