Joe Coopers Chili Con Carne Recipes

CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• If you are going to use the oven method, preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Chop up the onions and garlic in the food processor and fry in some olive oil until softened. Add the chili powder and cumin and a little seasoning.
• Chop up the meat in the processor and add to the pan, cooking it until slightly browned.
• Place the sun-dried tomatoes and chile in the processor with the oil and blend to form a paste. Add these to the beef with the tomatoes, cinnamon stick, and a wineglass of water. Season a little more, if need be.
• Bring to the boil, cover with greaseproof paper and a lid, then either turn the heat down to simmer and cook for 1 1/2 hours or transfer the pan to the oven for about 1 1/2 hours.
• Add the red kidney beans 30 minutes before the end of cooking time.

AWARD WINNING CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook green pepper, and onion, until softened. Add the ground beef and cook until browned. Crumble over bouillon cubes, and stir in wine; continue to cook for a few minutes. Stir in chopped tomatoes, garlic, and tomato paste. Season with paprika, chili powder, cayenne pepper, basil, oregano, and parsley. Stir in salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium low. Cover, and simmer for 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in kidney beans, and hot pepper sauce. You can add the reserved tomato juice if more liquid is needed. Continue to simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, corn meal, and water until smooth. Stir into chili, and cook for a further 10 minutes, or until chili has thickened up.

JOE COOPER'S CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Cut the meat into quarter-inch cubes. Heat the oil in a large kettle and add the meat. Cook, stirring, until the meat loses its raw, red look.
• Add the four cups of water and bring to the boil. Cover and let Simmer one and one-half to two hours.
• Add the bay leaves, chili powder, salt, garlic, cumin, oregano, pepper flakes, black pepper, sugar and paprika. Stir and cover. Cook 30 minutes.
• Blend the flour with the cold water and stir in the corn meal, using enough liquid to prevent lumping. Add this, stirring, to the chili. Cook, stirring often, about five minutes.

CARNE CON CHILIES

Steps:

• Slice pork chops into strips, and season with pepper, garlic powder and seasoning salt. Squeeze lime juice over pieces.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add fat, and cook, stirring until pan is coated. Remove fat, and put the seasoned meat in the pan. Fry until browned, about 5 minutes.
• At the same time, make the green sauce. Combine the tomatillos, tomato, jalapenos, and dried chilies in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook until soft. Drain excess liquid, and transfer to a blender or food processor along with the garlic and salt. Blend until smooth.
• Pour sauce over the meat in the pan, and simmer for 15 minutes to blend all of the flavors. Taste, and adjust salt and pepper if necessary.

MARGO KNUDSON'S CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Saute onions and garlic in oil about 3 minutes.
• Add Gebhardt's and regular chili powder.
• Mix well.
• Brown beef in another pan, a pound at a time, adding pepper to taste while browning.
• Add meat to onions and spices, using a little broth to keep from sticking.
• Saute sausage and green chili pepper together 2 minutes.
• Add to the pot along with meat and onions.
• Cook 15 minutes.
• Add New Mexico chili powder, cumin, coriander, tomato sauce and remaining broth.
• Mix well and cook for 30 minutes.
• Add oregano tea.
• Cover and cook over low heat about 2 hours or until meat is tender, stirring occasionally.
• During the last 20 or 30 minutes add salt, pepper, cayenne and Tabasco, if needed.

SPICY CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Place oil in a large saucepan and cook the onions and garlic until soft.
• Add the beef, stirring with a fork to break it up until it looses its pinkness.
• Add all the ingredients - EXCEPT the beans. stir and simmer on low heat for 1 hour.
• Drain kidney beans, add to the beef and cook for a further half hour.
• Serve either in a bowl with crackers or with either rice or salads as an evening meal. Great to freeze.

JOHN'S CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/ gas 3. Heat a large cast-iron pot or saucepan over a high flame, pour in the oil, then drop in the onions, chillies, paprika and thyme. Cook for 5 mins until the onions soften. Add the celery, give it a stir and crumble in the stock cube. Stir again and cook for another 5 mins
• Add the beef, stir well, then colour for a few mins to coat the meat with the spices. Add the flour and coat everything with a more few stirs, then add the remaining ingredients, along with 1 tsp salt.
• Let it come to the boil, then put a lid on, place in the oven, reduce the temperature to 140C/120C fan/ gas 1 and cook for 4 1 /2 hrs.
• Take the pot out of the oven and remove the carrots, chop them into small chunks, then put them back in. I like plenty of sauce, but you may want to remove some if you don't want it too saucy - be sure to keep it, it's great on toast when cold. Remember to remove the chillies before you serve. Finally, scatter with coriander, if you like

C. V. WOODS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Simmer chicken pieces in water for 2 hours.
• Strain broth and reserve.
• In 2 qt saucepan combine celery, tomatoes and sugar and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
• Boil chilies 15 min until tender, remove seeds and cut in 1/4" in squares.
• Combine oregano, cumin, MSG, pepper, salt, chili powder, cilantro, and thyme with beer and whisk until all lumps are dissolved.
• Add tomato mixture, chilies, beer mixture, and garlic to chicken broth.
• Render suet.
• Brown 1/2 of cubed pork chops in 1/3 of suet drippings. Repeat for other 1/2 of cubed pork chops.
• Add browned pork to broth mixture and cook slowly 30 minutes.
• Brown flank steak cubes in remaining 1/3 of suet drippings about 1/3 at a time.
• Add to pork mixture.
• Return to boil and simmer slowly about 1 hour.
• Add onions and green peppers.
• Simmer 2 1/2 hours longer, stirring with wooden spoon every 15-20 minute.
• Cool 1 hour then refrigerate 24 hours.
• Reheat chili before serving.
• About 5 minutes before serving time, add cheese.
• Immediately before serving, add lime juice and stir with wooden spoon.