Chili Recipes

The key is to undercook the onions. [/kevinmalone]

 

We have this beans-no beans fight every time. It's personal preference. I happen to like beans in mine. Adds some texture. I will not begrudge you if you don't want beans in yours. Can't we just get along on this?

ANYWAY,

My Crock Pot recipe ... don't have the exact measurements in front of me, but it involves:

About a pound and a half of 93 percent lean ground beef
2 green peppers
2 red peppers
2 onions (or one really big onion, like the size of BYH's head)
diced green chiles (one small can)
green jalapenos (one small can)
red jalapenos (one small can, extremely tough to find on the East Coast, but they add a hint of sweetness to the fire)
1 can of diced tomatoes, with the juice
1 can kidney beans
1 can black beans
oregano (preferably Mexican)
chili powder
cumin
salt
Cayenne (go really easy on this, too much will make the recipe way too hot)
One bottle of good beer (no domestic swill, needs to be something microbrewed, I used Red Hook's Longhammer IPA last time I made it).

Serve with sour cream, sharp cheddar and cornbread.

Recipe would be just fine without beans too if you don't like them.

 

My quick recipe:

steak tips
Link sausages, diced
2 cans of salsa
chili beans
chili powder
a can of beer.

Enjoy.

 

I like to make a beef and bean stew with chile peppers.

Screw you, self-proclaimed purists.

All you really have to do is sauté a bunch of onions and garlic; brown hamburger mixed with chile powder (Pensey's Spice is a good online source.); rinse cans of kidney, pinto and black beans (It's important to rinse them.); throw in jalapeños if you like; add tomatoes and tomato sauce until the consistency is right; then either simmer it or slow cook it for several hours.

 

spup had a great chili recipe on the What's For Supper Tonight thread, I think.

PM her for it. It's awesome.

 

14 replies, and not one mention of trouser chili.

I am shocked.

Shocked and hurt.

Go f**k yourself, San Diego.

 

OK.

2 or more pounds of ground beef (none of that one pound crap. I like my chili meaty)
1 can kidney beans drained
1 can chili beans in the sauce
2 cans tomato sauce
1 can of tomato paste (i use the larger cans, but I like it thick)
2 cans diced tomatoes
if you can find it, 1 can Rotel tomatoes

brown meat with salt and pepper. drain and put in a large pot
add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, kidney beans and chili beans
add one palmful of chili powder, 1/2 palmful of ground cumin, 1/2 palmfull of paprika
add habanero pepper for simmering (make sure you remove it when you're done or if someone eats into it, tastebuds gone)
If you'd rather, a couple drops of hot sauce can replace the pepper. I just usually have them in my freezer.
add tomato paste. stir well.
add 2 handfuls of brown sugar. This will give it a sweet flavor, mixed with the heat of the pepper/sauce.

Simmer on low-medium for 30 minutes (or more, if you'd rather).

Top with mexican mix cheese and sour cream.

 

Well said. For someone to come right out and say, there should be no beans in chili is completely asinine.

I would be there are probably more people that eat it with beans than not. (as proof, every one listed on this thread uses beans of some sort).

 

1 pound sausage (hot)
1 can chili beans/starter (sort of a squat looking can)
2 cans great northern beans
2 cans Rotel tomatoes n green chilis
1 large onion
1 large red bell pepper
3-4 cloves of garlic
cilantro
2 cans beer
salt, pepper, chili powder


gather ingredients. open 1 beer, take drink. brown sausage in pan, dump in pot. rough chop onion per how much you like (at least half) and pan fry in olive oil or sausage grease, dump in pot. take drink of open beer.

put pot on heat, dump in all canned ingredients and put garlic through press into pot. take drink of open beer.

open other beer, dump in pot.

rough chop red bell pepper, dump in pot. chop cilantro to taste, dump in pot. take drink of beer.

add salt, fresh cracked black pepper, chili powder to taste. finish beer.

bring it all to a boil, turn heat down to low and let sit for a while to marry all the ingredients.

get another beer.

 

Quick tip I love -- mix your choice of ground beef with Bob Evans Zestu Hot Sausage (the kind that comes in a log). I use about 1 tube for every 2 lbs of whatever beef I use.

 

Has anyone ever seen elbow macaroni in chili? When I lived in Indiana, a couple people would come to pitch-ins proudly carrying their crockpots of chili with macaroni.

Fail.

 

Yes, for some reason people here in the Hoosier state do that. My mom actually used spaghetti noodles. It was good, but I would not call it true chili. I think it may have migrated over from Cincinnati/Ohio where chili-mac and 3- and 5-way chili is popular at Skyline, etc.