Midwinter Chili Recipes

EASY MILD CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, sausage, and onion in the hot skillet until beef and sausage are completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Stir stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, light red kidney beans, dark red kidney beans, mild salsa, chili seasoning mix, and garlic powder into the beef mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the flavors meld, 90 minutes to 2 hours.

MILD-MANNERED CHILI

Steps:

• Lightly coat the inside of a slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground turkey in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Transfer ground turkey to the slow cooker.
• Stir crushed tomatoes, black beans, kidney beans, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, chili powder, black pepper, salt, and garlic powder into ground turkey.
• Cook on Low for 3 hours.

MIDWEST CHILI

Steps:

• In a dutch oven, brown the ground beef with onion and celery and drain any excess fat from the meat.
• Add remaining ingredients (tomato paste through 4 cups of water) EXCEPT macaroni.
• Simmer for at least 3 hours.
• Prepare the macaroni according to package directions (cook in additional salted water).
• Drain macaroni and add to chili.
• Simmer this mixture for an additional 15 to 30 minutes.

MIDWEST BEST CHILI

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef in chili pot over medium heat.
• Drain excess fat.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• cook on medium high heat until it simmers.
• Stir about every 15 minutes, for 2 to 3 hours.
• Remove from heat and rest 15 minutes before serving or cool immediately then reheat tomorrow for better yet.

SUPER EASY MILD CHILI

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in (preheated) large skillet with a little water.
• Drain and rinse beef in a colander.
• MUST RINSE IF YOU WANT IT LOW FAT!
• Leave the colander in the sink.
• Put beef in a stock pot.
• Rinse kidney beans in the colander.
• Mix them with the beef.
• Add all other ingredients.
• Cook over med-low heat for about an hour.
• Stir once in a while.
• DON'T LET IT BURN!
• Serve hot.
• Great with Tortilla chips and shredded cheddar cheese.
• Note: For the best Nachos EVER, Spread finished chili over tortilla chips, top with shredded Monterey Jack cheese.
• Place in preheated 400°F oven for 10 minutes.
• Sour cream on the side.
• You can make this into 2 layers also.
• Just add more chips, then chili, then cheese again.
• Same cooking time if layered.

MIDWINTER CHILI

Steps:

• Cook the ground meat along with the garlic.
• In a slow cooker add the tomatoes, beans, onion, celery, red bell pepper,worcestershire sauce,lime juice, spices and brown sugar.
• When the ground meat is cooked add to the slow cooker.
• Place 1 cup of water and the bouillon cube in the pan you cooked the ground meat and bring to a boil.
• Place the resultant broth in the slow cooker.
• Cook the bacon, drain the grease and add to the slow cooker.
• Boil remaining half cup of water in the bacon pan and again add the broth to the slow cooker.
• Cook on the high setting until vegetables are tender.
• Enjoy.