Blue Ribbon Award Winning Chili Recipes

BLUE RIBBON AWARD WINNING CHILI

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a very large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add ground beef and Italian sausage, breaking apart as it cooks. Drain excess liquids and grease, return to pot.
• Add all remaining ingredients except garnishes.
• Simmer over very low heat for 1-5 hours, or until chili is thick and becomes a rich burgundy color.
• Serve with cheddar cheese, Garlic Dill Oyster Crackers and sour cream.
• If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!

DEBDOOZIE'S BLUE RIBBON CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the ground beef and the onion and saute for 10 minutes, or until meat is browned and onion is tender. Drain grease, if desired.
• Add the ground black pepper, garlic salt, tomato sauce, salsa, chili seasoning mix and kidney beans. Mix well, reduce heat to low and simmer for at least an hour.

FIRST-PLACE CHILI: OO-HOO'S TENNESSEE TREAT (SUE GRIFFIN'S CHILI)

Steps:

• Brown meat, onion, green pepper, and garlic. Add the rest, cover the pot but leave the lid just slightly ajar, and simmer for about an hour, until you're satisfied!
• The chili is best the next day, so cool it, store in the refrigerator, and simmer another hour before serving the next day.
• Serves 6-8.

MY TRIPLE COOK-OFF WINNING CHILI

Steps:

• 1. Saute hamburger, green pepper, red bell pepper, jalapenos in a pan. Add 1 teaspoon (each) of salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Add 1/2 tsp black pepper.
• 2. Drain the grease.
• 3. Into a large stock pot or Crock Pot, add the sauteed hamburger meat. Then add the rest of the ingredients.
• 4. Stir all and bring just to a low simmer. Reduce heat and cook for at least 1 1/2 hours on low. Stir gently and occasionally. You can do this on the stove or in a large Crock Pot. Either way works.
• 5. Thick, rich, slightly sweet/slightly hot chili! Very unique! Enjoy!! :D

EDDIE'S AWARD WINNING CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to broil (500ºF) Set an oven rack at the top, directly under the broiler. Spread the chiles out on a low-sided oven tray and roast for 15-20 minutes, turning peppers with tongs every five minutes, until their skins are about 60-70% blackened on all sides. Put the hot peppers directly into a paper bag. Roll down the top of the bag so they're tightly contained. Let them sit and steam for 15-20 minutes until the skins are loosened and easy to peel off. Peel off skins, remove seeds and membranes, and chop.
• Add the bacon grease and oil to a large heavy pot or Dutch oven (6-quart), over medium-high heat. Add the chopped chiles, red bell peppers, jalapeño peppers and onions. Cook for 5 minutes or until the vegetables just start to become translucent. Add garlic and cook 1 minute longer. Transfer all the sautéed vegetables to a bowl and set aside. No need to wash the pot, you'll use it to brown the meat.
• Add the cubed beef chuck to the pot and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned on all sides, about 4 minutes. Add the ground beef and sausage and cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring to break up the sausage and ground beef, until the meat is no longer pink. Return the cooked vegetables to the pot along with the reserved bacon.
• chili powders, cayenne, coriander, cumin, granulated garlic, granulated onion, paprika, salt and black pepper. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute, until fragrant.
• Add the tomato sauce and paste. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes, to combine. Add beer, chicken stock, kidney beans with their liquid and pinto beans with their liquid. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer, and cook for 2 hours, uncovered.
• Ladle chili into bowls. Top with garnishes or put garnishes into small bowls for self serve.

BLUE RIBBON CHILI

Steps:

• brown first five ingredients and drain fat to your liking.
• add beef stock and beef bullion cube and enough water to cover beef mixture by one inch. simmer for an hour.
• in a separate bowl mix together all dry spices.
• add tomato sauce and 1 chicken bullion cube as well as half of the dry spice simmer one hour.
• add remaing chicken bullion cube and spices stir and simmer for final hour.\.
• serve and enjoy.

SUPER BOWL AWARD WINNING CHILI BEANS

Steps:

• 1. Drizzle about a Tbsp. of olive oil or canola oil in a large stock pot on the stove and heat to med-high temp. Saute onion, jalapenos, and garlic until onions are almost clear.
• 2. Mince lean ground beef and cook with the onion mixture. Salt & pepper to taste. Add Mexican oregano and stir to blend.
• 3. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, green chiles, including the liquid from the tomatoes. Stir to incorporate.
• 4. Drain the liquid from all of the beans. Pour beans into the chili mixture and stir well. If you have time to tend to the beans you can leave them in the stock pot. Let the chili beans simmer for 1-2 hours. Make sure to stir periodically. Otherwise, put the chili mixture & beans into a slow cooker for 4 - 6 hours on low, then on warm until ready to serve.
• 5. Optional: Serve with corn bread, Fritos scoops, shredded cheddar/jack or mexican blend cheeses, and sour cream.
• 6. * DIRECTIONS IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE A SLOW COOKER OR CROCKPOT: Steps 1 , 2 & 3 are done in a large skillet or large saute pan instead of a stock pot. Pour the ingredients into slow cooker or crockpot and continue with steps 4 & 5.