Darn Good Chili Recipes

DARN GOOD CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or stockpot, cook ground beef, onion and red pepper until beef is browned. Drain off excess fat.
• Stir in the chili powder, garlic, bay leaf, diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, salsa and taco sauce. Lower heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Stir in beans just before serving and heat through.

BEST DAMN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, bell pepper, Anaheim pepper, jalapeno peppers, and garlic in the hot oil until softened.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; add Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder. Crumble bouillon cubes over beef and add beer. Continue to cook , scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet, until liquid is hot, about 3 minutes. Stir beef mixture into pepper mixture.
• Stir crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and wine to the beef mixture. Season with chili powder, 2 tablespoons cumin, brown sugar, pepper sauce, basil, paprika, salt, oregano, and black pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until meat and vegetables are very tender and flavors have developed in the chili, about 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Mix kidney beans into beef and vegetables. Continue to simmer until beans are hot, about 30 minutes more.
• Blend sour cream, cilantro, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin in a food processor until smooth. Serve sour cream mixture with chili.

RICH BROOKS' DAMN GOOD CHILI

Steps:

• Chop the onions, peppers, celery stalk, jalapeno, and mince the garlic clove.
• Heat the vegetable oil on med-high heat and saute the onions, peppers, celery stalk, jalapeno, and garlic until they are soft and onions are translucent.
• Add the beef and continue cooking until the beef is no longer pink, adding salt and pepper to taste.
• When finished cooking, spoon any excess oil from beef mixture and transfer the beef mixture to a soup/chili pot.
• In a separate bowl, mix the chili powder, cumin, garlic salt, hot sauce, salt and pepper, and the beer. Let it sit for a few minutes.
• Add the chili powder mixture from the bowl to the beef mixture in the soup pot.
• Next add the water, stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced green chilies, and bay leaf to the pot.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
• I serve it with shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream. It's also good with Fritos, crackers, or as just plain chili!

CHILI, PLAIN AND SIMPLE BUT DARN GOOD

Steps:

• In a large pot brown the ground beef with onion and green bell pepper until no longer pink; drain all fat.
• Add in garlic, oregano and chili flakes; cook stirring until browned (about 12-15 minutes, for the best flavor the meat must be slightly browned).Add in chili powder and cumin; cook stirring for 2 minutes.
• Add in stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce and seasoned salt; bring to a boil over medium heat stirring.
• Reduce heat to low and cook uncovered for 1-1/2 hours stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the beans with their liquid and continue to cook for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

DARN GOOD HOMEMADE CHILI

Steps:

• 1. In large soup pot, brown ground chuck, stirring to break meat up, add chopped onion and garlic while meat is browning. Once meat has browned, add spices, green chilies, tomato paste and beans; mix well until paste is incorporated. Add stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce and V8 juice; mix well. Let simmer over low heat with lid ajar until desired thickness is achieved. Stir occasionally so the chili doesn't stick to bottom of pan.
• 2. I let simmer for 3-4 hrs while I'm on justapinch, mixing it up with my JAP friends. The longer it simmers the better it will taste.

DARN GOOD CHILI

Steps:

• In the bottom of a big pot heat some olive oil, just about 2 tbsp if that, and saute onions until translucent over med-high heat. Add some chili powder and paprika to the onions as they cook. Add bell peppers and continue cooking until they soften. Add garlic, turn down the heat and cover so you sweat the veggies. Stir often, adjusting the heat if the veggies start to stick. Brown the meat in a skillet with a little garlic and onion, adding all of the above spices to the meat while it's cooking. While meat is cooking, put the beans in a strainer and rinse them. Add beans to the pot along with 1 can of tomato sauce and canned tomatoes. I added another layer of seasoning to the pot after adding beans and tomatoes. I taste my cooking as I go along so adjust your seasonings to what you like best :) Drain meat and stir the pkg of chili mix and remaining can of tomato sauce into the meat and cook for a few mins and then add that to the pot. Mix well, turn the heat to low (if not already) and continue cooking until desired consistency. I thought mine needed a little more liquid so I added the cup of water. Cook for a little bit longer and serve over rice, top with cheese and sour cream and enjoy! You can also add chopped onions, chips, crackers... whatever you like to add as a topping!