I'm making chili tomorrow . Any good recipes or ideas?

[Cotton1]

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[roadmaster]

I make mine about the same way this guy does with a few exceptions. I use real celery finely chopped (not celery salt), all beef no sausage, use a garlic clove chopped, and the beans either fresh or dried that I cook the day before I make the chili. Not a fan of can beans but it may be fine. Sometimes I do it like this, sometimes I make all the sauces depending on time.

[Lummy]

I would like to make chili with roast beef, the fatty kind that falls apart to a fork, and forget the hamburger. I haven't done so yet because I haven't made good pulled beef.

[Lummy]

Are you a "cut-and-paste" chef, roadmaster?

[Lummy]

Black angus is excellent roast. I marinated a black angus roast for about 12 hours, then seared the black angus in preparation for making a pot roast with veggies and so forth. I cut a small piece of the black angus off to taste it and ended up eating the whole roast. Black angus is delicious rare. The vegetables still got the glaze though. O happy day! O happy day!

[Lummy]

I love, love, loves me that black angus beef.

[nathanbforrest45]

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Keep this to yourself. I don't share it with everyone.

The del rio banditos
Proudly presents
Its
World famous

DEL RIO MOUNTAIN RED CHILI

This chili contains no beans or tomatoes

5 lbs ground beef shoulder roast (it is illegal to substitute turkey or any other substance)
1 chopped onion
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1 thsp ground cumin
1 thsp ground Mexican Oregano
2 thsp paprika
4 oz chili powder
2 cups chopped chili peppers
3 thsp chicken bullion
1 cup strong black coffee (is there any other kind?)
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
¼ cup masa harina

For the broth

8 cups beef broth (Swansons)
2 stalks celery
2 carrots
1 large onion (unpeeled)
2 cloves garlic (whole)

combine all broth ingredients and bring to boil. Simmer for two hours. Strain broth.

Brown meat in small amount of oil. Remove from pan. Stir the onions and garlic until soft and light brown. Return the beef to the pot add all other ingredients. Add the broth and bring to a simmer. Add the chocolate and coffee. Simmer for at least 8 hours.

Add two sliced jalapeno peppers to mixture. Simmer for one more hour. Mix the ¼ cup masa harina with ¾ cup water to make a paste. Add to chili and stir until chili mixture thickens.

Although the chili can now be eaten its best to wait a few days to allow the flavors to marry! Serve with corn bread, rice or crackers.

Makes one gallon of chili



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[Cotton1]

Thanks everyone. Im starting a new housekeeper today so I'm going to send her on a run to pick all that stuff up for me. Not that im too lazy to do it myself but i'll never find all of that stuff. I was a bookie from 5th grade thru college so if anyone is interested in the over/under on how much stuff she steals from me once a week let me know.

[jimmyz]

I skip the beans. I use finely chopped potatoes uncooked (the starch thickens the chili). I add raw sweet corn chopped if in season and canned sweet corn if out of season. Ground beef if short on time. Diced beef roast of any variety if I have time for a longer cooking. All the other ingredients are the traditional ones. If I can resit the night I make it, I get into it the next day as it does taste better then.

[nathanbforrest45]

Real chili does not use beans, nor does it use ground beef. Tomatoes were hard to keep on the trail so they were sparsely used. My chili is red because of the chili powder, not tomatoes. The only starch I use is the Masa Harina which is a very finely ground corn flour. If you make my chili exactly as I have laid it out for you I guarantee you will never ever ever eat any other chili as long as you live!

I laugh at the Chili's in the store that claim they are "Chili Con Carne". Well what the hell would they be? Can you imagine a chili without meat?, a chili with just kidney beans? You might as well buy a bucket of chili from Wendy's as eat that crap.

Try it, I guarantee you will love it.