Heat the oil in a large saucepan and brown the onions, garlic, diced meat and minced meat for ten minutes. Then add the remaining ingredients (except for the beans) and season to taste - start with less chilli pepper. Cook on a low heat, stirring frequently, for about an hour and a half. Then add the beans and simmer for another 30 minutes, possibly adding a little more stock or beer.
The ingredients may sound strange - cocoa, beer, coffee? The result, however, is a very tangy, dark, thick chilli, which in Texas (and that`s where you know how to cook chilli!) Emerged as the winner of the Statewide Chilli Championship in 1999. This chilli goes well with (US-American) corn bread with honey butter or (European) baguette.
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