Pappys Chili Recipes

HAPPY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Combine sausage, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, white kidney beans, red kidney beans, dark red kidney beans, onion, celery, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, oregano, sugar, and cayenne pepper in a large pot; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

COPYCAT ZIPPY'S CHILI RECIPE - (3.6/5)

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat 2 teaspoons vegetable oil and brown beef; break up beef into its smallest components. Pour into bowl and reserve. Heat remaining vegetable oil and fry onion over medium heat, until limp and golden. Transfer beef to pot along with pureed tomato sauce, pinto beans, red kidney beans, chili powder, beef base, brown sugar and garlic salt. Bring to a boil, then turn heat down to medium or medium-low and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in mayonnaise and heat through. Taste and correct seasonings.

PA-PAW'S CHILI

Steps:

• Spice Mix:.
• Place the cumin seed in a skillet and toast on medium heat until aromatic.
• Grind half the cumin seed in a mortar and pestle or in a blender later with other spices. Leave half the cumin seeds whole.
• Chili:.
• Cook ground meat until just gray and drain.
• Add onion and garlic and cook until soft.
• Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, beef broth and 1/3 of the spice mix.
• Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add Beans and 1/3 of the spices and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add remaining spice mix and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add water if needed to adjust consistency.
• Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Note: If desired, substitute 2 ancho or 3 pasilla dried peppers for the chile and chili powder. Heat the broth to boiling and add the peppers to soak for about 5 to 10 minutes. Add spices and blend to make a spice puree. Use this as you would the spices.

BIG PAPPY'S POSOLE VERDE WITH TOMATILLOS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place tomatillos and poblanos into a roasting pan and drizzle with olive oil, tossing to coat.
• Roast in the preheated oven until poblanos are blackened, about 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.
• Remove skins from poblanos and place them into an electric blender with tomatillos. Add water and blend until smooth.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute chicken and onion in the hot oil until onions soften and show color and chicken is browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add blended poblanos and tomatillos, chicken broth, serrano peppers, garlic, cumin, chipotle powder, and salt.
• Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and let simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and flavors have melded, about 1 hour. Stir in cornmeal to thicken.

ZIPPY'S CHILI

Steps:

• Brown beef, onion and bacon – drain.
• In large pot combine beef mixture with rest of ingredients.
• Simmer at least 30 minutes.
• NOTE: I simmered for a couple hours…and of course it’s better the next day!