Wild West Chile Con Carne Recipes

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.

WILD WEST CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown bacon and the beef or venison; drain. Add the seasonings; cook and stir for 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, celery, onion, carrots and green pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40 minutes. Stir in beans; cook 30 minutes longer.

WILD WEST CHILE CON CARNE

Steps:

• Place a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the oil and lightly brown the meat. To avoid overcrowding the skillet, brown the meat in 3-4 batches.) Transfer the browned meat to a large dutch oven. Discard all but 3 tbsp of fat from the skillet.
• Reduce the heat under the skillet to medium and add the garlic, onion and diced jalapeno pepper. Saute for 2 minutes stirring often.
• Add the cumin, bay leaf, coriander, chili powder, paprika, oregano and sage to the skillet, stirring well to coat the onions etc with the spices. Continue cooking for another minute, stirring frequently for avoid scorching.
• Add the bell peppers, celery, crushed tomatoes and roasted chiles. Stir well with a wooden spoon, scraping the bottom and sides to loosen bits stuck to skillet. Transfer contents to the dutch oven.
• On medium high heat, add the beans, beer and beef stock, stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours. To thicken the chili, stir in corn meal or masa harina and simmer.

SOUTHWESTERN CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add peppers and onions and cook until slightly tender. Add the ground beef and spices and cook until browned. Skim off excess grease. Add the diced tomatoes and soy black beans and simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• To serve, garnish chili with cilantro. If desired, top with shredded Cheddar or Jack cheese, sour cream, and sliced scallion tops.

CHILE CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a saucepan and add the onions, garlic and green pepper. Cook, stirring, until wilted.
• Add beef and cook, chopping down with the side of a heavy metal spoon to break up any lumps. Cook until the meat loses its raw look. Add chili powder, cumin, oregano, coriander seeds, hot red pepper flakes and bay leaf. Stir to blend.
• Add tomatoes, salt, pepper and vinegar and bring to a boil. Partly cover and let simmer, stirring often, about 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf and serve.

GRANDMA W'S CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Cook onions in olive oil until tender.
• Brown beef; drain fat.
• Blend all ingredients in a large pot; bring to simmer and cook slowly for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.