Just Your Good Ol Chili Recipes

JUST YOUR GOOD OL' CHILI

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef in a very large heavy soup pot, drain off fat and return beef to pot.
• Add all the remaining ingredients and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally so beans do not scorch.
• Cook, stirring every 15 minutes, for 2 hours.
• Add cilantro leaves and serve, or portion out and freeze.

NOT THICK, BUT NOT TOO THIN, GOOD OLD ORIGINAL CHILI

Steps:

• Chop all of the onions, peppers, and celery and defrost the beef.
• In a deep bowl, squash the whole tomatoes until they are coarse, but still retain their chunkiness and set them aside for use later.
• In a separate pan, place the beef.
• Cook the beef until it is at a medium--medium-well.
• Drain all of the fat out of the meat pan.
• In the desired soup pot, cook the chopped peppers, onions, and celery.
• Add the meat to the vegetables.
• Add the chili powder and cumin to the meat and vegetables.
• Cook until all of the ingredients have been covered with the chili powder and cumin, or until they take on a red color.
• Add the previously squashed tomatoes to the soup pot.
• Mix well, then add the beans and all of their juice.
• Finally, add the tomato juice.
• Bring to a boil, and then simmer for about 2 hours (this could be less time, if desired, but keep in mind the longer the simmer, the better the taste).
• Serve, but be careful because it's extremely hot!

JUST PLAIN OL' CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add ground beef; cook and stir until meat is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease.
• Heat olive oil in a soup pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir green pepper in the hot oil until it starts to soften, 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat to low, stir in garlic, cumin, and chili powder, and season with salt and black pepper to taste.
• Mix cooked ground beef and tomatoes into green bell pepper mixture, breaking up tomatoes with a spatula. Add 4 cups of water or enough to cover the ingredients, reduce heat to low, and simmer at least 2 hours to blend flavors.

JUST GOOD CHILI

Steps:

• Brown beef in skillet with onion till done.
• Drain meat and put into crock pot.
• Add rest of ingredients to crock pot and mix well.
• Cover and cook on LOW setting for 8 to 10 hours.