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Whoami

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, we've done roasts and chickens....how about chili?

Mom is wanting chili now. She used to make a great pot of chili, but her memory isn't all that great any more. She's wanting me to put in hamburger, chili beans, onions, peppers and stewed tomatoes.

I started firing off questions to her, and I think I overdid it, cause she sort of shut down and just started saying "I don't know." I guess she gets kind of a sensory overload thing or something, and just can't handle a lot of questions. So I thought, "hey! I just know my TVCH buddies will have some great recipes!"

So...I figure I won't just use a can of pre-made chili (of course). I should use a can of chili beans? I can remember Mom using those small square packets of chili powder, but I don't think I'd use that with chili beans that already have chili sauce in it, would I? The other thought is, could I use dry beans and make it that way (with the chili powder)? And if so, then what constitutes the sauce part of the chili? Water/broth or does the moisture from the stewed tomatoes make enough? Also, what type of dry beans would I get? Or maybe it is just easier to use a can of chili beans.

As for other ingredients...when Mom said, "maybe peppers." I asked "green peppers?" She said, "yeah, or maybe jalapeños." OK, so are there canned jalapeños I can get? Or fresh? Do I even know what a fresh jalapeños looks like? Does my store even carry them? And.....how much/many do I use? We like spice that has a nice little nip to it, but we don't want hot-hot fire racing down our throats to our bellies. Do I really put green peppers in too? Or did she say "yeah" cause I was getting her kinda confused by then with all those questions?

So, I guess I'm just looking for a good recipe, and suggestions. I'm looking to cook this in the crockpot overnight too.

Luvmom

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi Whoami,

This is my chili recipe.My family loves it.It's up to you if you'd like to try it.

Beef Chili

2TSP Oil
2 LBS Lean Groud Beef
3 Cups Green Bell Peppers Chopped
1 cup Chopped Celery
1 TSP of onion powder
1/2 TSP Chili pepper(or Cayene Pepper)
1 garlic clove(minced)
2 TBSP Chili Powder
11/4 TSP ground Cumin
1 TBSP Brown Sugar
11/2 TSP Ground Oregano
1/2 TSP Salt
1(28 Oz)can diced tomatoes undrained
1 (12 OZ) can Tomato Paste
1 (12 OZ) bottle of Beer
2 (15 OZ) can Kidney Beans,drained

Heat TSP of oil in large pot.Add meat.Cook until brown.Remove from heat and drain.Set aside.

Heat TSP of oil in large skillet.Add bell pepper,celery,onion powder,chili pepper,and garlic.Cook until veggies are tender.Add chili powder and cumin.Cook and stir for 1 minute.Add meat,sugar,oregano,salt,tomatoes,tomato paste and beer.Bring to boil.Cover,reduce heat to medium and simmer for 45-55 minutes.Add beans reduce heat to medium/low and simmer, uncovered for 40
minutes. Serve with sour cream and cheese if you desire.

Herckleperckle

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am so impressed with the recipe above that I may try it myself. But, in case you're feeling lazy here's the HP way, which my family loves:

1. Buy a McCormick's Original Chili Seasoning packet (or 2)

2. Follow directions on back of packet, but be sure to use Whole Tomatoes, and not Tomato sauce. Also, I do not use turkey; I use ground sirloin.

That's it! Yum Yum!!

Reader234

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
On one of the food network shows they said another secret for chili was to add... hershey kisses, dont ask me why, but they did add a very small amount of hershey choclolate kisses (I think only 2)!! FOUND IT!!

Tom Haye's Chili with Chocolate Recipe Courtesy of Tom Hayes
Ingredients
2 pounds ground beef
2 medium onions, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 (8-ounce) cans tomato sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 to 4 milk chocolate kisses
2 (15-ounce) cans of kidney beans, undrained
Garnish with shredded cheddar cheese

Directions
Cook first 3 ingredients in olive oil, in Dutch oven over medium heat. Stir until ground beef crumbles, then drain. Return mixture to Dutch oven and stir in the chili powder, tomato sauce, and chocolate kisses. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Add kidney beans and cook until throughly heated. Garnish if desired.

This is so very similiar to the recipe I use, I wanted to try it, we also add beer and tomato paste to our chili!! Never green peppers (lol) and we use the can of Brooks Chili Beans, not kidney... Have fun... GOOD LUCK!!

Reader234

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HP, another recipe that I hear is famous is to go thru the Wendy's Drive thru, order their chili, take it home put it in a pan and serve!! *G

Melfie1222

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami, here is a reaaallly easy crockpot chili recipe that I like. I use a can of chili beans instead of pinto beans, and still use the chili powder. I sometimes add another can of beans.. black beans, kidney, whatever, and a can of sliced black olives. For the tomatoes you can use Rotel, but I think their cans are smaller so you might need more... plus that way you can choose how spicy you want it since Rotel comes in different heat levels I think. I also top with sour cream.

1 lb ground beef
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 tsp minced garlic
1 (15 oz) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 oz) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
3 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
2 Tbsps brown sugar
1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tbsps chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin

Coat a large saucepan with cooking spray and place over medium heat. Cook beef in pan until browned. Stir in onions, bell pepper and garlic and cook 5 minutes more. Transfer the mixture to your crockpot, stir in the beans, tomatoes and remaining ingredients, cover and cook on low 5 to 6 hours.

Rslover

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Try these sites!

http://dmoz.org/Home/Cooking/Chili/


http://www.cooksrecipes.com/soups/chili_recipes.html

Rslover

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And to go with your chili- (although I never made this bread) it sounds delicious. I think you could bake it in a 9" square too.

World's Best Cornbread

1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal (stone ground is
better)
1 2/3 cups sifted flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons melted butter
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup milk
2 beaten eggs
Tobasco to taste
4 ounces warm corn kernels
3 ounces grated cheddar cheese
1/4 cup chopped scallions
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro (or parsley)


Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees F.
In a bowl combine the first 6 ingredients.

In another bowl whisk together the melted
butter, buttermilk, milk, beaten eggs, and
Tabasco to taste.

Add the dry ingredients and stir to just
combine. Then fold in the warm corn kernels,
grated cheddar cheese, chopped scallions,
and chopped cilantro.

Pour the mixture into 10 mini buttered loaf
pans 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3 inches, filling them
2/3 full.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until bread is
golden brown and a skewer inserted in center
comes out clean.

YIELD:

10 mini loaves.

Rslover

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here are chili crockpot recipes

http://southernfood.about.com/library/crock/blchili.htm

Landi

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i do reader's version of chili... add sweet onions and good cheese (theirs is awwwwwful!)

Whoami

Monday, December 29, 2003 - 4:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for all the input!

Chili is sitting in the crockpot as we speak. I put in:

1 lb hamburger
1 onion
1 green pepper
1 28oz can diced tomatos
2 15oz cans "hot" chili beans
2 15oz cans "regular" chili beans
1 15oz can black beans
1 4oz can jalapenos
1 small packet chili powder

browned the meat, threw the whole shebang in the crockpot, added a bit of water.

Well, we'll see how this whole mess turns out in the morning! It looks good anyway. I just hope I didn't over season/spice it!

Goddessatlaw

Monday, December 29, 2003 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Speaking of chili - does anyone know where it is possible to get some Consumer's chili powder and chili spice? My grandma had the swingingest recipe for chili, but the secret was the Consumer's brand spices and powder. We have been unable to find it since she died 20 years ago. Any help would be appreciated more than I could possibly express.

Faerygdds

Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I could give you my famous chili recipe, but it's a family secret.. soI could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you . :)

j/k

I actually can't tell you because it's an "add the sipce until it's enough" kind of recipe. :)

Reader234

Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So who, what's the "rest of the story"?? Did anyone eat the chili? Did you need gallons of milk and bread? (I hear milk and bread put out the heat of the spice!!)

Whoami

Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The chili came out great! Just enough to nip the tongue, but not enough to put us on fire. The longer it cooked, the better it tasted. I put it in the crockpot at 2am, and we ate the next day about 10pm (Mom's a bit of a night shifter these days).

Wish I knew about the Consumer's chili powder. I tried to Google it, and it came up with no hits at all!

Allietex

Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 1:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Faerygdds, you are a person after my own heart. I make a great pot of chili. It was my son's favorite meal while they were growing up, but whenever I try to tell anyone else how to make it, it never comes out the same. Mine is a put in the ingredients and taste it until it tastes right. My ingredients usually consist of

Hambuger meat
chopped onions
chopped green peppers
Del Monte stewed green tomatoes
tomato sauce
chili pepper (perfer gebherts red)
salt
pepper
wochestershire sauce
sometimes I add a can of Ranch Style Beans

brown the meat, onions, and green peppers. Add wochestershire sauce, salt, pepper and cook until brown. Add other ingredients. Cook the Hell out of it. Serve it with hot corn bread, chopped onions, and shredded cheese.

Faerygdds

Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mine is :

ground beef
Cumin
Onion powder
Garlic
Cavendar's Greek seasoning
red pepper
chili powder (I too prefer Gebharts)
salt
pepper
a touch of flour to thicken
Ranch style beans

Very Tex-Mex! Goes with everything... hot dogs, frito pie, on tamales, or even all by itself! :)

Jagger

Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just made a batch of chili yesterday, but like so many others mine is just a throw the spices in until it tastes right.

I use ground beef, onions, chilli beans, kidney beans, black beans, green pepper home grown frozen tomatoes that I grind up in the blender, tomato paste, usally a store bought packet of chili seasoning, 1 packet per pound of hamburger, little bit of cinnamon, about 1/4 cup of sugar and chili powder. After initial cooking I start to add other spieces to suit my taste. I really like the sugar because it seems to still allow the bite from the chili powder but cuts down on the acidy taste from the tomato products.

I usally make a huge container so I can eat for several days and still have plenty to save for freezing.

Reader234

Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 2:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah but isnt anyone brave enough to put 2 hersheys kisses in that pot?? hmmm hmmm???? Food Network says it tastes good!!



Melfie1222

Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 7:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I put cocoa powder in mine, that is as close as I'll get to adding hershey's kisses...

Hippyt

Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That sounds like Mole,a Mexican dish that has chocolate,and a chili-like base. It tastes really rich.

Teachmichigan

Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 9:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love white chili. My easy version:

1/2 lg. onion diced
1 1/2 quarts water w/ 6 or so chix. boullion cubes
1 large can chix
2 cans rinsed and drained northern beans
1 can chopped green chilies
2 Tb ground cumin
1 1/2 tsp. seasoned salt
1 Tb oregano
1 tsp parsley
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

I saute onion in about a tsp. of oil. Then add rest of the ingredients. Bring to a boil. Simmer 20 - 30 minutes (get those seasonings mixed). Just before serving, I thicken it a bit by mixing 1 Tb. corn starch w/ cold water to make paste, then adding to hot chili. Stir 2 - 3 minutes to thicken.

If you're being good...eat chili plain. VERY healthy! If you want comfort food...add shredded pepperjack cheese as a "topper" and eat w/ tostitos.

With the exception of the thickening, this can be put in a crock pot and left all day. It makes the house smell wonderful!

Tabbyking

Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 9:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmmm.
i use ground beef, onions, green peppers, celery, canned tomatoes with the juice, a spitload of spices--cumin, mexican oregano, chili powder, garlic, etc.-- chopped jalapeno, kidney beans and a shot of jack daniels.

i also put some jack in the chili.

sometimes i make this with strips of steak and fresh mushrooms rather than ground beef and kidney beans. saves all those carbs! sautee the mushrooms til shiny in PAMy LOL before adding to stew. they don't 'wrinkle' as much.

don't forget the jack!

if you use a little chocolate, don't forget a teeny pinch of freeze-dried coffee to bring out the chocolate. that's what i do for chocolate chip cookies, too.


chili makes our house smell wonderful, too. about 2 hours later.

Faerygdds

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmmm... am I the ONLY one who uses no tomato products in thier chili???

Is that wierd???

Oh well.. who cares... still tastes awesome! :)