Not Quite Chili Recipes

BOB'S LITTLE KNOWN, LESS CARED ABOUT CHILI

Steps:

• Cook bacon and onion together in a large pot over medium heat until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef, garlic and cumin to the pot; cook and stir until the beef is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir kidney beans, diced tomatoes, water, chili powder, liquid smoke, salt, black pepper, and hot pepper sauce into the beef mixture; bring to a simmer and cook until thick, about 1 hour. Skim excess grease if desired.

CINCINNATI CHILI I

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 6 minutes.
• Add beef, in batches if necessary, and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until browned.
• Add chili powder, cinnamon, cumin, allspice, cloves, bay leaf, chocolate, beef broth, tomato sauce, cider vinegar, and red pepper. Stir to mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• It is the best if you now refrigerate overnight.
• Remove the bay leaf. Reheat gently over medium heat. Serve over hot, drained spaghetti. Top with shredded cheddar cheese.

THE ULTIMATE CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef until evenly browned. Drain off grease, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• In a slow cooker, combine the cooked beef, kidney beans, tomatoes, celery, red bell pepper, and red wine vinegar. Season with chili powder, cumin, parsley, basil and Worcestershire sauce. Stir to distribute ingredients evenly.
• Cook on High for 6 hours, or on Low for 8 hours. Pour in the wine during the last 2 hours.

NOT YOUR ORDINARY CHILI

Steps:

• Combine chocolate syrup, tomatoes, French onion soup, kidney beans, beef broth, chili powder, molasses and raisins in a large stock pot and simmer.
• Meanwhile brown the ground beef, in a medium saute pan, over medium-high heat. Once browned, drain grease and add salt and pepper.
• Add browned beef, tomato juice and cola flavored carbonated beverage to soup mixture and simmer for an hour.

NOT HOT CHILI

Steps:

• Brown beef in skillet.
• In another skillet, saute peppers, onion, celery and garlic.
• Mix veggies with beef, put into crockpot.
• Add beans, tomatoes, chili powder and cumin.
• Cook on low 6 hrs or high 4 hours.

TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until translucent and starting to brown at the edges, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Use a fork to fish the tomatoes out of the can and add them to the pot, leaving behind the juice for now. Season with salt and cook the tomatoes, breaking them up with the wooden spoon and stirring occasionally, until jammy and their liquid has reduced significantly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir in the chili powder and cook until fragrant, just a few seconds. Add the ground turkey, season with salt and stir to combine, breaking up the meat with the spoon. (Don't worry about browning or cooking it through here, as it will do so when it simmers.) Stir in the reserved liquid from the tomato can.
• Use the fork to fish out as many chipotle peppers from the can as you would like, starting with two or three, and add to the pot, breaking them up with the wooden spoon, along with all of the adobo sauce. The more peppers you use, the spicier your final chili will be; if you like spice, just add the entire can. (Store any peppers you don't use in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week and in the freezer for up to 2 months.) Fill the empty chipotle can with cold tap water, swish it around and add to the pot. Stir to combine.
• Bring the chili to a simmer over medium-high heat - you should see occasional small bubbles breaking the surface of the mixture - then cover the pot and reduce the heat to continue simmering over medium-low, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has reduced and the tomatoes have broken down, about 20 minutes. The chili should look thick and shiny, but not too thick that you couldn't ladle it into a bowl. (If it's too watery, then simmer with the lid off for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.) Taste and add more salt if desired. Serve with cheese, sour cream and cilantro, if using.

NOT QUITE SO WHITE CHICKEN CHILI (NO TOMATOES)

Steps:

• Brown cut up bacon pieces until crisp. Remove from pan, set aside and reserve bacon drippings.
• In another pan put 2 cups of chicken broth, bay leaf and chicken breasts and poach for 10-15 minutes. Undercook, since you will be simmering chicken again in a later step. Let chicken cool in broth. Reserve poaching liquid. When cooled either shred or cube chicken.
• Saute onion and garlic in bacon drippings until translucent. Add spices (cumin, chili powder, thyme, cayenne, salt and pepper). Cook a minute more.
• Now add reserved broth plus 2 more cups of broth, drained beans, undrained beans and undrained green chilis. Cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Add dried instant milk powder and mix; simmer a few minutes more.
• If you want a thicker chili add cornstarch mixed with water and cook til thickened. Serve. Top with crisped bacon pieces.
• NOTE: You do not have to poach chicken. You could use leftover chicken. Another possibility is to brown cubed chicken breast in bacon drippings and continue leaving out the poaching part and go to sauteeing onion and garlic and add 4 cups of broth as noted above.
• Other garnishes/condiments/sides: tortillas, tortilla chips, sour cream, shredded cheese, chopped cilantro, diced red/green peppers.

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!

NOT QUITE CHILI!

Steps:

• Brown beef, onion, green pepper, and garlic.
• Drain.
• Stir in chili powder, cumin, tomato sauce, corn.
• Heat til slightly reduced (to a texture you like).
• Sprinkle with cheese and cover until melted.
• Serve alone or with fritos or tortillas.