First Place Chili Oo Hoos Tennessee Treat Sue Griffins Chili Recipes

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.

BEST DAMN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, bell pepper, Anaheim pepper, jalapeno peppers, and garlic in the hot oil until softened.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; add Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder. Crumble bouillon cubes over beef and add beer. Continue to cook , scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet, until liquid is hot, about 3 minutes. Stir beef mixture into pepper mixture.
• Stir crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and wine to the beef mixture. Season with chili powder, 2 tablespoons cumin, brown sugar, pepper sauce, basil, paprika, salt, oregano, and black pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until meat and vegetables are very tender and flavors have developed in the chili, about 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Mix kidney beans into beef and vegetables. Continue to simmer until beans are hot, about 30 minutes more.
• Blend sour cream, cilantro, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin in a food processor until smooth. Serve sour cream mixture with chili.

NICK'S FIRST PLACE CHILI

Steps:

• 1. Saute beef in oil. Fry sausage till done and drain well. Put beef, sausage and one half can of Beef Broth in your favorite chili pot and bring to slow simmer.
• 2. Add 8 oz. can of Tomato Sauce, Snap-E-Tom, 6 ozs of Beer, 6 tablespoons of Chili Powder,1 teaspoon of Garlic Powder, 1 tablespoon of Onion Powder,1 teaspoon Tabasco Pepper Sauce and beef broth.
• 3. Simmer slowly for about an hour and 30 minutes or until meat is tender.
• 4. Add the remaining 5 tablespoons of Chili Powder, 1 tablespoon of Cumin,1 teaspoon Tabasco Pepper Sauce. Simmer for 30 minutes, Salt to taste.