What a DELICIOUS chili! I made this chili for my family on Superbowl Sunday and what a hit! Taste even better the second day! Make a full batch because you'll want to be eating this for dinner the rest of the week!

We had to throw out our old chili recipe because this one was so good. The sausage and different onions really adds great flavor and the chiles were perfect. It was spicy, sweet and delicious!

This was pretty good chili.

wonderful recipe. I loved it the first time we cooked it, and the second, and the well you get the picture. highly recomend it to the person who likes things spicy with plenty of flavor. I have forgotten all other chili recipes and will remain faithfull due to the tex-mex inspired flavor. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECIPE......

Alot of effort for so so results, I expected spectacular flavor and was put off by the anise flavor from the spicey sausage...I didn't try but I think ground pork would be a good substitute for the sausage.

Great flavor! I roasted the chiles, removed the stems and seeds and ground them in a spice grinder which gave them a wonderful smokey flavor, also it is much easier. I also used dark beer instead of wine as wine gives an Italian taste more like a pasta sauce. I also used habanero hot sauce which gives it a lot of zing which I enjoy but some won't. Great recipe.

WOW! This is some AWESOME chili! I did make a few changes to it though because I couldn't fins come ingredients. Instead of ancho chilis (believe it or not I couldn't find em) I used canned chipotle peppers, I have used them in other dishes and it ads a great smokey flavor as well as heat. I also used beer to deglaze the pan instead of wine, I agree with the other user that wine has no business in chili =) I plan on making this again for football sunday but this time I am armed with the ancho chilis and am excited about how its going to turn out! Thanks AGAIN for a great recipie!!

I posted years ago that I had won a cook-off with this chili. Well, since then, I've won THREE more!

I loved this chili - so did my daughter who does not like chili. There are so many flavors that develop while you eat it. It is like a gourmet chili. If I owned a restaurant this is the chili I would serve. That being said, my husband and son only rated it a 4 - they loved the fusion but thought it was a little too sweet - they do not like their chili to have any sweetness. I will be making this again!

This chili was a huge hit at a chili cookoff. Of the 30+ pots of chili, mine was gone first. This recipe has taken first place in my list of favorites.

This chili was very good, it was sweet and hot. I liked the meat to bean ratio (fewer beans than meat). If you prefer a lot of beans I would double the beans. Overall a good recipe. My two year old loved it!

My first time making chili and it was very good. I accidentally used Marsala wine, plus I used venision ground meat so the taste was probably slightly different. Also, could not find the right peppers so I just used green chili's. All in all, will make again but with less honey and more Tobasco sauce for a spicier kick.

I have not made the chili and got the recipe from a co-worker who did make it for a few work functions. There was not even 1 bean left in the pot!!! Everyone loved it! I gave the recipe to my Sister last year for a super bowl party. She said people were loading the chili in take home containers!!! It is a big hit! I am going to try my hand at the chili this year! Hopefully I will make it a successful dish!!

Those ancho chilis can be a pain to track down (and prepare), but I'll be damned if this isn't some of the best chili I have ever had. I entered it in a small little friendly cookoff a couple of my freinds were having and I won. Good good stuff. Word of caution, it's very unique but very delicious. If you are looking for "classic" chili flavors this sure isn't it. But it's incredibly delicious.

My guy loved it! It has a very interesting taste which I believe is the honey. This chili is a bit sweet but then pow! A second later the heat hits. This is time consuming to make - but worth it. I cut the recipe in half and the only change I made was to use 3 cans of tomoatoes instead of two. If I had used 2 cans I would have had to stay close to the pot to stir to make sure the bottom didn't burn. With the three cans I was able to stir every hour. Thanks so much submitter!

I am so glad I was enticed to make this. It appeared to be time/work intensive but looked interesting - it is worth every bit of effort and fun to make as well. My chile has always been -well, chili. This is CHILI. I've never used dried peppers before. No problem finding them but only 5 in a bag and with cost in mind I bought only one bag. That amount was actually perfect for my family. I used the internet to define how to make the ancho paste and then winged it because recipe does not clarify for neophite dried pepper users whether to put the liquid the peppers soaked in, in the food processor along with the peppers to make the paste. I made quite a mess doing it too but that will go better next time now that I've done it once. I got 1 lb less italian sausage and when I got home from the grocery store discovered that I had picked up a pkg of hot and a pkg of mild which actually turned out to be excellent. I don't use a lot of sausage of any kind and was afraid it's flavor would overwhelm everything else, it doesn't. I agree with others that 1/4 cup of honey is perfect. My husband said this is the best chili he's ever had. My daughter's fiance said he doesn't care for chili therefore, doesn't eat it often, but he liked this very much and says when I make it again not to change a thing. Lon, you made me into a chili artist. Thanks

OMG! I brought this to my sons' school annual chili cook-off and almost won! If they had a second place, I would have gotten it. It was a tie for the spicy category and the school principal made the deciding taste test and I only lost because the other chili was spicier (too spicey). I omitted the red pepper sauce and maybe I should have left that in. I made it without beans and only half the honey. I got many compliments on this recipe. It's a great one!

The first time I made this it was my first attempt at Chili, and everyone LOVED it. I live in a small town with one grocery store that does not always have the exact ingrediants, so it's a little different everytime I make it but I always have people asking for more. Personally it's my favorite recipe, and I have a lot of fun making it. Thank you for sharing!