Hearty Red Beef and Liver Navy Bean Chili for Full GAPS

This hearty red chili makes eight servings with prepared white navy beans, three pounds ground beef, an optional measured liver branch, homemade chicken meat stock, diced tomatoes, and pure spices.

The optional liver is measured and prepared separately, so it can be used without changing the base chili. The long, partly covered simmer gives the beans and beef time to absorb the cumin, chile, tomato, and cinnamon.

Where It Fits On GAPS

This is a Full GAPS chili. White navy beans complete the current preparation method before entering the pot. Homemade raw-meaty chicken meat stock supplies the measured liquid.

The source offers tomato paste or diced tomatoes but does not establish the small tomato-paste can size. This adaptation uses the exact two 16-ounce diced-tomato branch: 32 ounces total.

Prepare The Beans And Optional Liver

Fully prepare the one-cup dry white navy beans, cook in fresh water until tender, and drain. If using liver, prepare the measured one-half pound under current Tier 0 rules, cook it through, cool, and crumble or dice small.

Build The Beef Base

Melt one-quarter cup butter in the stockpot. Sauté three crushed garlic cloves and one chopped onion for about ten minutes. Add three pounds ground beef and cook about ten minutes, breaking it into small pieces until browned.

Simmer Partly Covered

Add cumin, chili powder, cinnamon, beans, two-and-one-half cups meat stock, diced tomatoes, salt, optional honey, and one-half cup optional cilantro. Cover partially and simmer about one-and-one-half hours.

If the pot becomes dry, add more meat stock in one-quarter-cup amounts. Stir in the remaining optional cilantro before serving.

Storage

Cool promptly and refrigerate covered. Reheat gently on the stovetop, adding a small amount of meat stock only if needed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Liver Required?

No. One-half pound prepared liver is the measured optional branch.

Can I Use Tomato Paste?

This card uses the exact 32-ounce diced-tomato branch because the source does not establish the small-can paste size.

Can I Use Canned Beans?

No. Use completely prepared white navy beans.

Why Add Stock A Quarter Cup At A Time?

Small additions restore moisture without turning the partly covered chili into soup.

Recommended Equipment

• Le Creuset Classic stainless-steel stockpot, 10 quart
• Le Creuset Signature 10.25-inch skillet in Artichaut
• Large glass fermentation vessel
• Fine-mesh strainer
• Flexible silicone spatula

Hearty Red Beef and Liver Navy Bean Chili for Full GAPS

An eight-serving Full GAPS red chili with prepared navy beans, beef, optional liver, chicken meat stock, tomatoes, and pure spices.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Servings: 8 servings

Course: Dinner, Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American, GAPS

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

  

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• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 garlic cloves crushed
• 1 onion chopped
• 3 lb ground beef
• 1/2 lb liver optional; prepared, cooked, and crumbled
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 3 tbsp pure chili powder
• 1 pinch pure cinnamon
• 1 cup dried white navy beans fully prepared, cooked tender, and drained
• 2 1/2 cups homemade raw-meaty chicken meat stock plus more only if dry
• 32 oz fresh or pure additive-free diced tomatoes
• 1 tbsp mineral salt
• 1 tbsp raw honey optional
• 1 cup fresh cilantro optional; divided

Equipment

• Le Creuset Classic stainless-steel stockpot, 10 quart
• Le Creuset Signature 10.25-inch skillet in Artichaut
• Large glass fermentation vessel
• Fine-mesh strainer
• Flexible silicone spatula

Method

 

1. Prepare the dried white navy beans through the current GAPS method, cook in fresh water until fully tender, drain, and measure the cooked result from the 1-cup dry amount.
   
2. For the optional liver branch, use 1/2 pound liver prepared under current Tier 0 rules, cook it through, cool, and crumble or dice small.
3. Melt the butter in the stockpot. Add the garlic and onion and sauté about 10 minutes, until aromatic and soft.
4. Add the ground beef and cook about 10 minutes, breaking it into small pieces until fully browned. Stir in the optional prepared liver.
   
5. Add the cumin, chili powder, cinnamon, prepared beans, 2 1/2 cups meat stock, diced tomatoes, mineral salt, optional honey, and 1/2 cup optional cilantro. Cover partially and simmer about 1 1/2 hours, adding meat stock by 1/4 cup only if dry. Stir in the remaining optional cilantro.

Notes

Full GAPS.

The exact 32-ounce diced-tomato branch is used; the source’s ambiguous small-can tomato-paste branch is omitted.

Optional liver must follow current Tier 0 preparation.

Use homemade raw-meaty chicken meat stock.

Yield: 8 servings.

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More Full GAPS Family Meals

The planned WFLI Full GAPS Dinner Guide will organize prepared-bean meals, meat-stock components, and optional organ-meat branches. Watch the WFLI shop for the release.