Curt S Five Alarm Touchdown Chili Con Carne With Beans Recipes

TOUCHDOWN CHILI

Steps:

• Place the ground beef, onion and garlic in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring to crumble the beef, until the beef is no longer pink and the onion is tender. Drain off the fat and return the pan to the stove. Combine the chili powder, cumin and basil; sprinkle over the beef. Cook and stir to coat the meat and toast the spices a little.
• Pour in the tomatoes, green chilies, tomato sauce, beer and vinegar. Bring to a boil and stir to loosen any bits that are stuck to the bottom of the pan. Mix in the brown sugar, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 3 hours. Remove the lid for the last 30 minutes of cooking.

CURT'S FIVE ALARM TOUCHDOWN CHILI CON CARNE WITH BEANS

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a heavy pot till crisp and the fat is rendered.
• Remove and reserve bacon.
• Pour off most of the bacon fat into a heavy cast iron skillet, leaving a small amount in the pot.
• Brown the meat and garlic in the skillet.
• Saute onions in the fat remaining in the pot until soft.
• Add the meat, bacon, ground chilies, dried spices, the sauces, green chilies, Jalapenos, chipotle, beer and tomatoes.
• Simmer for two hours.
• Add remaining seasonings and sauces during cooking, as you check and stir.
• Make sure last ingredients are added with at least one hour of cooking time remaining.
• Allow the chili to sit in the refrigerator for 24 hours to give the spices a chance to intensify.
• It is okay to serve it right off the stove, but it is almost always better as leftovers.

FIVE BEAN FIVE ALARM CHILI

Steps:

• Combine chorizo and chicken in skillet and cook over medium-high heat until sausage is cooked through and chicken is no longer pink. Meanwhile prepare the peppers, onion, and garlic; drain and rinse the beans.
• Drain chorizo and chicken mixture of excess grease and put into extra large cooking pot. Combine with beans, peas, tomatoes, spices, vegetable stock, beer, peppers, onion, hot sauce, and garlic. Stir until ingredients are well mixed.
• Bring chili to boil stirring frequently. Once brought to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer 1 hour covered stirring occasionally. Serve in bowl with sour cream and shredded Monterey Jack cheese.

FIVE MEAT CHILI CON CARNE WITH BEANS

Steps:

• In a large pot brown meat in stages, about a 1/4 at a time.
• Remove meat.
• Add onion and garlic and cook until translucent.
• Return meat to the pot, add the tomato juice, and 1/2 the spices.
• Cook about 1 hour and add the tomato sauce and the rest of the spices.
• Let simmer about 2 hours; add the beans and simmer about 30 more minutes, then enjoy.
• I like mine served with corn bread and grated cheddar cheese.