Big Bowl Chili Recipes

THE BEST BOWL OF CHILI YOU'LL EVER HAVE

Steps:

• In a large frying pan over medium heat, cook the ground beef until brown and cooked through, about 7 minutes. Stir constantly to break the beef into crumbles.
• Add the onion, garlic, chili powder, salt, cumin, oregano, cayenne, and tabasco sauce. Keep stirring until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer the beef mixture into a large pot. Add the kidney beans, tomatoes, tomato paste, jalapenos, sugar, and beer. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low and let the chili simmer for 30 minutes, uncovered. Stir occasionally to avoid scorching at the bottom.
• Ladle the chili into bowls and top with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle generously with cheese.

BREAD BOWL CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook beef and pork over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the beans, tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, chili powder and jalapeno. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes., Serve in soup bowls or if desired, cut the top fourth off of each roll; carefully hollow out bottom, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Cube removed bread. Spoon chili into bread bowls. Serve with cubed bread,, shredded cheddar cheese, sliced green onions and sour cream if desired.

BIG BOWL CHILI

Steps:

• Place oil in large Dutch oven over low heat. Add onion, red peppers, and garlic and wilt about 5 minutes. Remove vegetables and set aside.
• Raise heat to medium and in small batches brown beef seasoned with salt and pepper.
• Return wilted vegetables to pot. Add tomatoes, paste, broth, wine, chili powder, cumin, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Cook partially covered 1 1/2 hours over medium-low heat. Cook uncovered 15 minutes. Adjust seasonings to taste. Remove from heat and add parsley.
• Serve over rice with options to add scallions, sour cream and cheese.

SUPER BOWL CHILI

Steps:

• Warning: this makes a LOT of chili. I suggest using a 12-quart stock pot.
• In stockpot over medium heat, brown sausage or beef, stirring and breaking it up as it browns. Depending on how lean your meat and sausage are, add olive oil if the meat begins to stick.
• When meat is browned, add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add chili powder, cocoa, and cumin. Stir well to incorporate and cook for an additional minute.
• Transfer chipotles to blender or food processor and puree until smooth, adding some water if necessary.
• (Warning: if you aren't familiar with chipotles and aren't a fan of very spicy food, they are VERY HOT. If you aren't sure how much of this you would like in your chili - reserve it for now, proceed with the rest of the recipe, and then incorporate the chipotles, one teaspoon at a time, until your desired hotness level is reached).
• Add (chipotles if you are confident you want all of them in there), molasses, tomato paste, ONE can of crushed tomatoes, and ONE cup of the beef stock. Bring to boil, stirrng well to prevent from sticking to bottom of pot.
• Taste your chili so far. Add salt and liquid smoke to taste - it's a big pot, so you may need to add what seems like a LOT of salt to get it to taste right. A little goes a long way with the liquid smoke.
• Depending on how soupy or tomatoey you like your chili - you may or may not wish to add more stock or more tomatoes.
• The Velveeta may seem like an odd ingredient to add to chili - but it adds a creaminess that makes it all come together. If you're not sure you'll enjoy it - remove about a cup of chili to a much smaller pot, add an ounce of Velveeta and cook, stirring, to melt. Taste it - and compare it to the big pot to see which you like better.
• If you like it - cube the Velveeta and add, stirring well to melt and incorporate into the chili.
• If you have left the chipotles aside until now, and want to add a bit of zing - add them, one teaspoon or so at a time, stirring well to incorporate after each addition.
• If you overshoot and it's spicier than you wanted - the potato flakes can soak up a lot of the spice, and you can add them a little at a time.

BIG GAME DAY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large deep pot over medium-high heat, and stir in the onions, garlic, and bell peppers. Cook and stir until the onions are transparent, about 5 minutes. Add the beef stew meat, sausage, and bacon. Cook until meats are evenly browned. Drain the fat.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, black beans, kidney beans, chipotle peppers with sauce, beef broth, beer, chili powder, oregano, pepper, salt, and chocolate. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for at least 1 hour; 2 hours is preferred.

BISCUIT BOWL CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place two muffin tins upside down; spray bottoms and sides of eight alternating muffin cups. On a work surface, roll or press biscuits into 4-in. circles. Sprinkle both sides with cornmeal, pressing lightly to adhere. Place biscuits over greased muffin cups, shaping biscuits around cups., Bake 11-13 minutes or until lightly browned. Carefully remove biscuit bowls from pans; cool on a wire rack. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until beef is no longer pink; drain. Stir in beans, V8 juice, ketchup and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Serve in biscuit bowls; top with cheese.