Four Alarm Firehouse Salsa Recipes

SMOKY FOUR-PEPPER SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat.
• Rub tomatoes with oil and grill for 10 minutes, turn. Place poblano, Anaheim, jalapeno chiles, and the green pepper on the grill. Grill 5 to 7 minutes per side, being careful not to let them burn. The skins should blister and brown. Remove tomatoes to a separate bowl. Place the chiles and pepper in an airtight container to let them steam while they cool so they're easier to peel.
• Peel tomatoes and drain excess liquid. Peel and seed peppers.
• Place the tomatoes, chiles, green pepper, cilantro, vinegar, onion, garlic, and salt in the container of a food processor. Pulse 4 or 5 times. Add liquid smoke and more jalapenos if desired. Pulse until salsa is as chunky or smooth as you like.

FIREHOUSE SALSA

Steps:

• Put the first 9 ingredients into a food processor along with just the juice from the canned tomatoes. Process on low for about 10 seconds, until mixture is evenly chopped and mixed well.
• Add the tomatoes and process them into the salsa. This should take about 5 seconds at low speed.
• Pour salsa into a bowl and serve with tortilla chips.

FOUR ALARM FIREHOUSE SALSA

Steps:

• Add onion, garlic, cilantro (stems removed) to food processor, spin until finely chopped. (adding a little of the tomatoe at this time may help).
• Prepare peppers, by coring and quartering to make them more uniform (remove seeds and veins if desired). Add to food processor and spin until finely chopped.
• Add the drained Whole tomatoes, and puree.
• Combine all with diced tomatoes in a large mixing bowl and chill.

FIRE HOUSE SALSA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

MICAH'S 4 1/2-ALARM CHILI

Steps:

• Combine ground beef and onion in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Pour off excess grease.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain and cut into pieces.
• Combine beef mixture, bacon, kidney beans, baked beans, tomatoes, brown sugar, barbeque rub, chili powder, hot sauce, and garlic powder in a large pot. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring every 30 minutes, until bubbling, 2 to 3 hours. Remove chili from heat and let cool, about 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate chili, 8 hours to overnight.
• Reheat chili over low heat, stirring every 30 minutes, for at least 4 hours before serving.