Snowy Day Chili Recipes

SNOWY DAY CHILI

Steps:

• Saute onion in olive oil until translucent. Add to slow cooker, along with tomatoes and beans.
• Brown beef in same pan, adding a little salt to season.
• Drain beef and add to slow cooker. Add a little beer to the pan to deglaze and get all the good crispy bits. Pour into slow cooker and add rest of the beer.
• Stir in seasonings and cook.
• An hour before serving, taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Add a little flour if it is too thin.

MR. HANDY'S ALL DAY CHILI

Steps:

• Coarse chop onions and sauté in 4 tbs olive oil until caramelized in a 6 quart cooking pot.
• While onions are cooking coarse chop peppers and celery and place in bowl.
• Remove onions from pot (leaving oil) to bowl with peppers/celery; set aside.
• Add 2 tbs olive oil to pot.
• Combine chili powder and flour in small bowl and once well blended add to oil in pot.
• Add 2 tbs Worcestershire sauce and stir until smooth.
• Add Beef and Sausage to pot and stir until combined and well coated with sauce.
• Continue cooking over medium heat until browned.
• Add both cans of tomatoes to meat in pot and bring to light boil over medium heat.
• Add beans, pepper/celery/onion mixture, garlic, and all seasonings to pot and stir.
• Cover and reduce heat to lowest setting.
• Cook over low heat for at least four hours or up to 8 hours.
• In final hour of cooking remove cover and increase heat slightly to reduce liquid.
• Once chili reaches desired consistency replace cover and reduce heat back to low.
• Serve with side bowls of sour cream and shredded cheese (cheddar, or a good mix) and crackers.

CHILLY DAY CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onions and bell pepper in vegetable oil for 1-2 minutes; add ground beef and cook until browned; drain fat.
• Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, ketchup, chili powder, salt, and pepper; simmer, uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add beans and continue simmering for 15 minutes longer.