More on Haybox Cooking: Chili

A couple months ago, I showed you my homemade haybox (thermal) cooker. As with all things, I’ve had to make a few tweaks to my habits, but otherwise, I’m finding it quite useful. Especially, on days when I won’t be in the house to keep my eye on something. In this post, I’ll show you how I used it to make chili. Chili was kinda easy because all the ingredients were cooked before it went into the cooker. But the haybox worked perfectly for that long slow simmer that melds the flavors in chili and makes it so tasty. Here’s the process start to finish!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 pound ground beef 
• small onion, chopped
• half of a med. bell pepper, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, finely diced
• 1 qt. canned tomatoes 
• 1 qt canned chili beans 
• 1 cup bone broth 
• 1 tsp chili powder 
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp salt 
• 1/2 tsp cayenne

The haybox kept it mouth-burning hot. It was really good. We got two meals out of it with enough left over for Fiesta Cornbread.