3 Day Chili Recipes

THREE-WAY CHILI

Steps:

• Brown meat and onions (about 3-5 minutes) and drain grease.
• Combine remaining ingredients and mix in with beef and onions.
• Place into slow cooker and cook for 4-5 hours on High.
• Remove bay leaves and garlic clove before serving.
• Serve on a bed of spaghetti and top with grated cheddar cheese.

3 DAY CHILI

Steps:

• Set oven to broil at 500 degrees.
• Roast poblano pepper in oven, turn often until the pepper is charred black.
• Remove pepper from oven and place in brown paper bag to sweat.
• Turn crockpot on low.
• Put first 15 ingredients in crock pot and mix well.
• Heat some olive oil in a large skillet at medium heat.
• Saute garlic, onions, and green bell pepper for 4-5 minutes.
• Add sauteed vegetables to the crock pot.
• Remove poblano chili from brown paper bag, remove the charred skin, chop, and add to the crock pot.
• Dredge the beef in flour and brown in skillet. Add more oil if necessary.
• Add meat to the crock pot.
• Brown italian sausage in the skillet and add to the crock pot.
• Add pulled pork to the crock pot.
• Cook 8-10 hours.
• Let the crockpot cool and place in the refrigerator over night.
• 2 hours before serving, remove the crockpot from the refrigerator, turn crockpot on low, and heat the chili until hot.

THREE BEAN AND BEEF CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in large pot or Dutch oven over moderate heat. Add the onion, bell pepper and carrots, cover and cook, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Add the cumin and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the ground beef; raise the heat to high and cook, breaking up the meat with a spoon, until the meat is no longer pink. Stir in the tomatoes, water, chipotle and adobo sauce, oregano and salt and pepper. Simmer, partially covered, stirring from time to time, for 30 minutes. Stir in the beans and cook, partially covered, 20 minutes longer. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

SPICY THREE-MEAT CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat and add the ground pork, ground bison and ground chuck; using the back of a wooden spoon, break up the meat into small pieces and cook until well browned, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Add the garlic, bell peppers, jalapeno, onion, chili powder, cumin, chipotle, cayenne, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables soften, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato puree, crushed tomatoes and beer, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Stir in the kidney beans and cook for 10 more minutes. Serve hot.

JEN'S HEARTY THREE MEAT CHILI

Steps:

• Cook and stir sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until browned. Drain; place sausage in a pot large enough to hold all ingredients. In same skillet, cook and stir onion with ground beef over medium heat until beef is browned and onions are tender; drain and add to the large pot.
• In same skillet, cook and stir stew beef over medium heat until browned. Without draining, pour stew beef into the large pot.
• Pour tomatoes, beer, and water into the pot with meats. Stir in chili powder, red pepper, white pepper, sugar, and cinnamon. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Simmer until stew beef is very tender, at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally and adding more water as needed. If you prefer a thicker chili, thicken as needed with tomato paste. If using kidney beans, add them 10 minutes before serving, just in time to heat through.

CHILLY DAY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Cook and stir ground chicken in the hot oil until no longer pink and the chicken is crumbly, about 10 minutes. Drain.
• Stir in pinto beans, onions, diced tomatoes, Mexican-style stewed tomatoes, water, brown sugar, chili powder, vinegar, mustard, salt, and black pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer chili until thickened and flavors have blended, about 3 hours. Stir occasionally and add extra water if needed.

THREE-BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute the onion, green pepper, celery and garlic in oil until crisp-tender. Add the tomatoes, beans, beer, chili powder and cocoa. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40 minutes. Serve with cheese.