Hearty Tex Mex Chili Soup Recipes

SPICY TEX-MEX CHILI SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or heavy pot cook the ground beef, sausage meat and onion until no longer pink; drain fat.
• Add in garlic, chili pepper flakes and jalapeno pepper/s; cook stirring until meat is browned (this may take about 10 minutes).
• Mix in the taco seasoning mix and chili powder and stir for 1 minute.
• Add in all remaining ingredients except the salt and black pepper; stir to combine.
• Simmer uncovered over low heat stirring occasionally for about 1-1/2 hours (the longer you simmer this soup uncovered the richer and better it will be).
• Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
• Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese then a dollup of sour cream if desired.
• Delicious!

TEX-MEX CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown beef in oil in batches. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Transfer to a 6-qt. slow cooker. , Stir in the beans, tomato sauce, tomatoes, water, tomato paste, salsa verde and seasonings. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender. Garnish each serving with toppings as desired. Freeze option: Before adding toppings, cool chili. Freeze chili in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary. Garnish with toppings as desired.

HEARTY TEX-MEX CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in the tomatoes, water, juice, coffee and chili seasoning., Transfer to a 4-qt. slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours to allow flavors to blend.

HEARTY TACO CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook and crumble beef over medium-high heat until no longer pink, 8-10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer beef to a 5-qt. slow cooker., Rinse and drain beans and hominy. Add to beef, along with canned tomatoes and green chilies, tomato sauce, onion, the dressing and seasoning mixes and pepper. Puree green chilies and remaining diced tomatoes in a covered blender until smooth; stir into beef mixture., Cook, covered, on low until flavors are blended, 6-8 hours. Serve with toppings as desired., Freeze option: Freeze cooled chili in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary.

TEX MEX CHILLI BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil, add onion and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add celery, pepper and garlic, cook for a further 5 minutes.
• Add herbs, spices and stock, tomato puree and tomatoes.
• Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add kidney beans and sweetcorn, and simmer for 10 minutes.

MEXICAN CHILLI SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the grill to a high heat. Toast the whole chillies, turning often to avoid burning (blackening). Remove the chilli seeds and stems, reserving them in case you want to increase the heat of the soup later. Soak the chillies in 1 cup of the stock for 10 minutes then blend the chilli and stock mixture until smooth in a food processor or blender.
• Char the onion slices and whole garlic clove all over. Peel the garlic clove after cooling a few minutes. Char the tomato slices then chop roughly.
• Blend the onion, tomato and peeled garlic clove with 2 cups of the stock until smooth and add to the chilli mixture.
• Heat the tablespoon of olive oil in a pan then fry the chopped bacon. After a minute or two, add the mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes. Blend the bacon and mushroom mixture with the ricotta in the remaining cup of stock. Combine with the rest of the soup in a large pan and reheat for about 5 minutes. Serve garnished with the fresh coriander.

TEX-MEX CHILI

Steps:

• Saute onions and garlic in oil.
• Add ground beef and brown. Drain.
• Add taco seasoning and cumin. Mix well.
• Add remaining ingredients, salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook 20-30 minutes.
• Serve hot with garnishes of your choice.
• NOTE: For FRITO PIE serve over a bed of fritos and topped with grated cheddar.