Firecracker Chili Recipes

EASY FIRECRACKER CINNAMON CHILI

Steps:

• Drain and rinse beans, add to crockpot or large soup pot. Brown and drain ground meat, add to crock or soup pot.
• While meat is browning, measure out all spices and place in small bowl, stirring to blend. Set aside. Pour diced tomatoes and tomato sauce over brown meat and beans. In same pan you browned meat, over medium heat; add butter, once melted add diced onions and sauté until soft and caramel colored. About 6-7 minutes. Or swap and brown your onions and spices ahead of the beef, cooking the beef in the spices.
• Add garlic and sauté 1 minute until fragrant. Add bowl of spices to the browned onions and garlic, stir around until spices are fragrant. Toss in bay leaf and cinnamon sticks and stir around, remove from heat and pour onion and spice mixture on top of tomatoes. If using, add shredded zucchini, carrots and/or pumpkin puree, mix in well. Empty can of olives into crock along with juices.
• Cover and cook on low for 4-8 hours (if longer needed, stir in ½ cup water) or high 4 hours (be sure to add a little extra water). Serve hot with desired toppings.

FIRECRACKER CHILI

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet, cook the sausage or beef until brown. Drain off fat. 2. In a 3 1/2 to 5 quart slow cooker, combine cooked meat, beans, celery, onion, sweet pepper, and jalapeno peppers. Add undrained tomatoes, vegetable juice, tomato paste, garlic, chili powder and cumin. 3. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 8 to 10 hurs or on high heat setting for 4 to 5 hours. Ladle into bowls. Pass cheese and sour cream with chili.

FIRECRACKER CRACKERS

Steps:

• Whisk the canola oil, crushed red pepper flakes, ranch dressing mix, and chili powder together in a bowl.
• Divide the saltine crackers evenly into 2 1-gallon-sized sealable bags. Pour the oil mixture evenly over the crackers. Seal the bag and flip to allow the oil mixture to run over the crackers for 5 minutes; flip again. Repeat the flipping every five minutes to evenly coat the crackers for about 1 hour. Remove the crackers from the bags and spread onto large platters. Allow to sit overnight before serving.

FIRECRACKER CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the beans, chili powder, cumin and salt. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Arrange tortillas over the top. Combine soup and tomatoes; pour over tortillas. Sprinkle with cheese. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

FIRECRACKER CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the ground beef with the onion in the hot skillet until completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes; drain any excess fat. Stir the black beans, chili powder, cumin, and salt to the beef mixture; cook and stir until hot, about 5 minutes. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Arrange the tortillas atop the beef mixture.
• Mix the tomatoes with green chile peppers and cream of mushroom soup together in a bowl; spread over the tortillas. Top with the Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and the cheese is melted completely, 25 to 30 minutes.

FIRECRACKER CHILI PEPPER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Blend together the Marinade ingredients to form a marinade. Pound the chicken breasts on both sides to tenderize the meat, but do not flatten it, then add to marinade and stir to coat well. Let marinade for 1 hour.
• Prep Sauce Mix by combining the soy sauce, sugar, rice wine, Chinese vinegar, sesame oil, water, 267 Tequila Infusion Chili Pepper and cornstarch in a bowl, stir and set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium, add chicken and fry until it is cooked through then transfer to a plate, cover with aluminum foil, and put in a low (180°) oven.
• Rinse out the skillet and heat the remaining 3 tablespoons oil in it over high heat, add the chili peppers to the hot oil and stir them until fragrant. Increase the heat to medium high, add the garlic, ginger, and green onions, stir to combine, add the nuts and stir well. Increase the heat to high and add the sauce mixture, stir quickly and cook until the sauce thickens, and remove from heat.
• Slice the cooked chicken and fan pieces on a warmed serving platter or individual plates. Spoon the sauce on the top.

FIRECRACKER BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Heat the sesame oil on medium-high in a skillet for about a minute, or just until it starts to smoke.
• Add the broccoli and cook until it's shiny and bright green, stirring frequently (about 1 minute).
• Add the veggie stock and salt and cover.
• Turn to medium and cook about two minutes; the broccoli should be slightly tender but still crunchy.
• Toss with Sweet and Hot Garlic Sauce and remove from heat.
• Serve hot, warm, at room temp, cold -- Enjoy!