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| Chilli please
Posted: 1/30/2008 10:24:02 AM | I made chili last night for supper
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 onion
- 3 stalks celery
- 1 green pepper
- half jalapeño
1 can red kidney beans
1 can white kidney beans
1 can pinto beans( pork and beans in tomato sauce)
1 large can of stewed tomatoes
2 cans crushed tomatoes
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
?? chili powder (didn't measure...just dumped)
I sautee'd the cut up veg until soft add the spices, browned the meat.
added the tomatoes and beans...tasted, added more chili powder.
Put a lid on it and simmered a cpl hours.
Yummmy.
The ground pork adds a nice texture and flavor to the mix. I like having the different beans as well. | |
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| Chilli please
Posted: 2/3/2008 8:03:37 AM | A lady at work mentioned that Johnsonville packages their Hot Italian Sausage as ground meat in addition to their delicious links. I'm itching to make another batch and try that instead of the Tennessee Pride. Ought to bring some interesting flavor to the mix!  | |
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| Chilli please
Posted: 5/15/2008 12:30:16 AM | rsx11s
Did you ever get our bumper stickers designed LOL? I'm ready for my bumper sticker, apron and hoodie now! (well maybe not--it's 100 tomorrow and too hot to sleep tonight so maybe you can hold off on designing the hoodie just yet.)
No more chili recipes in a while?
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Posted: 5/15/2008 2:04:40 AM | Interesting watching the chili debate....
I have participated in several Chili cookoffs....
I always made the traditional chili.... with no beans, and hand cut beef in very small cubes about the size of the tip of ones pinky finger, I would never use chili powder, only the fresh and dried chili's prepared as mentioned above, (set in hot water, then pureed) But... everyone always had a second pot cooking for what we would call "the peoples choice chili" lol...
The first pot was for the judges and your small /or large circle of friends... and the second pot (usually a much larger pot) was chili for the masses, in which we would throw in the extra cut beef and add ground beef, or pork or both... and of course Glorious beans.... my "peoples choice chili" would include three different kinds of beans and I always cooked up some basmati rice on the side for those who liked their chili on rice. At the same cook offs, some of the Peoples choice chili's were prepared using turkey, sausage, or chicken and ALways BEANS. Of course, I never cooked in Texas, but good chili is good chili where ever its prepared!
I learned a very cool trick to use in the cookoff.... right before its time for the judging... take a cut clove of garlic(fresh of course) and lift the lid of the pot and rub the clove around the inside rim of the pot. put the lid back on for a minute and serve... (I also do this at home right before I serve it )
Unfortunately, I have only won second place once (the rest of the times I was third place and the other times in fifth place... ) So I am not by any means an expert. I dont do it anymore because its toooooo much work and I just dont have that kind of time anymore.
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| Chilli please
Posted: 5/15/2008 2:05:49 AM | The sausage to try if you can get it is a soft and gooey real authentic Mexican style Chorizo. Gotta be the gooey kind. Don't bother if it's not.
As far as beans go, when I use kidney beans I use tomatoes. Pinto beans, no tomatoes more of a beefy gravy. | |
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| Chilli please
Posted: 5/15/2008 8:44:40 AM | Im 47 and I've never seen or cooked with "Gooey" chorizo...
Mexican-TEX MEX-chorizo is ground pork, red chilli powder,vinegar, and spices.
Also, I've never heard of it going into chilli con carne. The carne(meat) part of chilli is usually cubed or ground beef.
Now at days, seems like anthing goes...
MOM'S quick stove top chille con carne-
In a saute pan, brown 1 lb. ground beef
add diced onion,garlic,cumin 1 tsp, s&p
when the g beef is brownd=ed nicely, add 2 heaping TBL spoons of dried chilli powder
mix chilli powder with beef mixture untill well mixed
add liquid-beef,chicken, or veg broth or water 16oz...adjust spices
saute for about 20 min, 1o min in add 2 small cans whole pinto beans (not the smashed stuff)
serve with diced onion, jalepeno, chedar cheese and crackers.
ps beans were added to stretch the meal | |
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| Chilli please
Posted: 5/15/2008 1:27:57 PM | I just buy the chorizo in sausage form in the casing. The soft ones are always alot better. I never buy the ones that are dried out like a pepperoni. If you make your own, that's the best. You can create it however you want.
And of course anything goes. Always. That's why we have 3 pages going so far on this. | |
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