My Family Chili Recipes

FAMILY-FAVORITE CHILI

Steps:

• Cook beef in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until brown; drain.
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.

MY FAMILY'S FAVORITE CHILI

Steps:

• Ina large pot, brown the beef, onions and garlic for about 8-10 minutes.
• Drain fat and add the remaining ingredients.
• Cook for one hour over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
• Serve in individual bowls and top with desired garnishes.

MY BEST KID-FRIENDLY CHILI

Steps:

• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Place green bell pepper on the prepared baking sheet.
• Broil bell pepper in the oven, turning every 5 minutes, until skin is blackened and bubbling, about 20 minutes. Transfer roasted pepper to a resealable plastic bag; seal and set aside.
• Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and ground sausage in the hot Dutch oven until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Transfer ground meat to a bowl.
• Heat olive oil in the same Dutch oven over medium-low heat; cook and stir onions and garlic in the hot oil until onions are translucent, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Carefully remove roasted pepper from the plastic bag and peel off the blackened layer; chop the pepper. Add chopped bell pepper, ground meat mixture, chili beans, coffee, green chiles, cocoa powder, cumin, and chili powder to the onion mixture; stir well. Simmer, stirring frequently, until warmed, about 5 minutes.
• Stir crushed tomatoes and water into chili; season with salt. Bring to boil. Cover Dutch oven, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors have blended, at least 30 minutes. Remove cover and simmer until chili is thickened, about 30 more minutes.

MY FAMILY CHILI (NO BEANS)

Steps:

• Toss the cubed chuck roast and pork shoulder with the oil and salt.
• In batches, sear the cubed meat in a high sided sautee pan over med-high heat. When there is a brown crust on the outside, transfer to a bowl or to your crock pot. Don't crowd the pan, the goal is to get a good brown crust on the meat to build some flavor.
• Cut the skins on the brauts and place in the pan that was used for searing the meat. Add the ground beef and crush up all the meat, making sure to scrape the the bottom of the pan to get all the flavor bits off. I like to use a flat wooden spatula and a potato masher for this.
• Once all the meat is evenly ground, take a few good swigs off one of those beers and pour the rest in the pan with the meat. Let it simmer until most of the liquid is gone.
• Add the ground meat to the cubed meat and put it all in the crock pot.
• Add the rest of the ingredients to the crock pot and turn it to a low setting.
• Let it slow cook for about 8 hours.