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OT: Making Chili

LongTimeSooner

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Apparently winter is over, and I feel ripped off because ice storms killed power during prime chili making cold weather. I want to catch up for lost time, so please furnish me your best chili formula.

Surely some of you widebodies know how to cook chili good. Share some details, please.

He is my favorite, so far:

4 slices bacon, 1/2-inch pieces
1 yellow onion, diced small
2 garlic cloves all minced up
1⁄2 lb ground pork, Blue & Gold works fine
1 lb beef round steak, cut into 1/2-inch strips
1⁄2 lb beef chuck, coarse grind
1 cup green chilis
1 tablespoon hot red chili pepper
2 tablespoons mild red chili peppers. (Paprika isn't a substitute, you fairy)
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons cumin
1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
12 ounces tomato paste
3 cups water
16 ounces pinto beans, soaked overnight
1 can red kidney beans

DIRECTIONS

Fry bacon in a large, deep heavy pot over medium heat.
Remove the bacon, but keep the fat in the pot
Add the onions and garlic to the bacon fat and cook until the onions are translucent.
Add the pork and beef to the pot.
Break up any lumps with a fork and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the meat is evenly browned.
Stir in the remaining ingredients except the beans and the bacon.
Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 2 hours.
Stir occasionally when your remember and need to look busy for a minute.
Stir in the beans and the bacon, and simmer for 1/2 hour longer.
 
In Texas beans are unacceptable in chili.
In Oklahoma beans are perfectly acceptable in chili.
 
The Sand crab is spot on. Chili does not have beans in it!
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Shuttup and post improved recipes.

Although, if beans are bad, I don't want to be good.
 
Wife likes beans in the chili, me, not so much. So... whoever makes the chili makes it their way. She hasn't made chili in years and as a consequence she stopped making the cornbread too.

I had to learn to make cornbread. ;)
 
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I looked at the past 5 International Chili winners and compared their recipes. Here's the commonality/average/essentials from all of them.

3 lbs of cubed Tri-Tip Sirloin (brown, drain fat, and rinse with water)
1 large can of beef broth
1 large can of chicken broth
1 8oz can of tomato sauce

Spices
1 Tbsp Cumin
9 Tbsp of Chili Powder / Paprika
- 1 Tbsp Paprika (if desired, if not, use 9 Tbsp chili powder)
- 8 Tbsp combination of hot, medium and mild chili powders
- New Mexico Chili Powder is a must
- Gebhardt and Texas chili powders are favorites
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
1 Tbsp Onion Powder

Directions:
Brown, drain and rinse the cubed beef.
Add broths, tomato sauce, and about 1/2 of the spices. Simmer covered for 2-2.5 hours while stirring occasionally.
Add the other 1/2 of the spices and simmer an additional 30 minutes.
1 tsp of salt and some Tabasco for taste just before serving (or let the eater salt and Tabasco their portion)

Other Notables:
Add either minced serrano or pierced jalapeno to boiling broth at the beginning (in case of whole jalapeno, remove after the 2 hours of simmering) for extra kick.
Beef/chicken granules
Brown meat in Crisco to start
 
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I looked at the past 5 International Chili winners and compared their recipes. Here's the commonality/average/essentials from all of them.

3 lbs of cubed Tri-Tip Sirloin (brown, drain fat, and rinse with water)
1 large can of beef broth
1 large can of chicken broth
1 8oz can of tomato sauce

Spices
1 Tbsp Cumin
9 Tbsp of Chili Powder / Paprika
- 1 Tbsp Paprika (if desired, if not, use 9 Tbsp chili powder)
- 8 Tbsp combination of hot, medium and mild chili powders
- New Mexico Chili Powder is a must
- Gebhardt and Texas chili powders are favorites
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
1 Tbsp Onion Powder

Directions:
Brown, drain and rinse the cubed beef.
Add broths, tomato sauce, and about 1/2 of the spices. Simmer covered for 2-2.5 hours while stirring occasionally.
Add the other 1/2 of the spices and simmer an additional 30 minutes.
1 tsp of salt and some Tabasco for taste just before serving (or let the eater salt and Tabasco their portion)

Other Notables:
Add either minced serrano or pierced jalapeno to boiling broth at the beginning (in case of whole jalapeno, remove after the 2 hours of simmering) for extra kick.
Beef/chicken granules
Brown meat in Crisco to start
ok...marks this down as I am willing and able to have a bowl of great chili. The wife makes it like soup which is good...buttttt
 
Interestingly, I made chili tonight and my version has most of the ingredients listed above. I do the meat separate from everything else, as my daughter is a vegetarian and she puts her own meat-substitute (or nothing) into the mix after we divide up the chili base. Tonight I tried white chili beans and they were quite tasty... Lately, I've gotten used to also putting in some cinnamon for a Cincinnati-type flavor - don't need to put it over spaghetti though - just add some shredded cheese and sour cream. Wonderful on a cold (or warm) winter evening.
 
Interestingly, I made chili tonight and my version has most of the ingredients listed above. I do the meat separate from everything else, as my daughter is a vegetarian and she puts her own meat-substitute (or nothing) into the mix after we divide up the chili base. Tonight I tried white chili beans and they were quite tasty... Lately, I've gotten used to also putting in some cinnamon for a Cincinnati-type flavor - don't need to put it over spaghetti though - just add some shredded cheese and sour cream. Wonderful on a cold (or warm) winter evening.

I thought it was interesting that all of the championship winning recipes are way easier than most people's home recipes. When people post their recipes, they look similar to LongTimeSooner's with lots of fresh vegetables and things that would 'sound' good. I do the same, and my chili is admittedly pretty sorry. The championship winning recipes were simply canned broths, tomato sauce and powders only. Amazingly easy to cook. The only thing they had to cut was the tri-tip sirloin into cubes. It's piqued my interest, and I'm definitely planning a batch of this stuff in the near future.
 
I do chili in a pretty easy way. Usually less than 30 minutes.
Whatever chili powder in a flat container. Usually McCormick's.

two pounds of ground beef.
one mild, one original McCormick's chili powder
One can of tomato sauce. Pick your brand.
One can of ranch style beans.

Pam on the pan or skillet
brown the meat. Pour out the liquid fat
mix in the powder, then the tomato sauce, then the beans.
Bring to a boil on the top of the stove.
lower the temp and cover for ten minutes on the top of the stove
And when I serve it, I put at least a table spoon of white vinegar on the chili
I prefer my chili on a decent stack of spaghetti. But either with or without is fine

The only chili I like without beans is what I put on my hot dogs
 
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