APALSA Chili Recipe

Make APALSA's award winning chili!

Below is the recipe for APALSA's award winning chili*. Special thanks to our past Vice-President Jennifer Ho and current Treasurer Jerry Hu for making this a great success! And don't forget to check out the photos section for Chili Cook-Off photos!

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: One hour
Eating time: 10 seconds

Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp peanut oil
  • 2 shallots, minced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tsp minced ginger
  • 2 tsp minced lemongrass
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 4 Tbsp Hoisin sauce
  • 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1-2 tsp Asian chili sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp Chinese five spice
  • 3 cups black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1.5 lbs ground beef

    Instructions:

    1. Heat the oil in a pot at medium-high heat. Put the shallots, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, and beef in the pot and brown for two minutes. Pour in the broth.

    2. Once the mixture is boiling, add in the hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, Asian chili sauce, sesame oil and Chinese five spice. Stir in the beans and simmer on medium-high for one hour, stirring occasionally.

    3. For a unique taste, serve over Jasmine rice.

    *APALSA won the SBA Chili Cook-Off in 2007.