Best Braggin Rights Chili Recipes

GRAND PRIZE CHILI

Steps:

• In large pot, sear meat in a small amount of oil.
• Add onion& garlic, cook until tender (do not burn).
• Add tomato sauce, paprika, cayenne pepper, bouillon cubes and enough water to cover.
• Simmer 1 1/2 hours.
• Add cumin, garlic powder, oregano, pepper and chili powder.
• Add salt to taste.
• Cook another 30 minutes or until meat is tender.

THE BEST CHILI

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until just browned, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly golden, about 10 minutes.
• Add the jalapeno and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add the chili powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the tomato paste. Cook, stirring frequently, until coated and fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir in the beef broth and crushed tomatoes and bring to a boil over high heat. Stir in the cooked ground beef and any accumulated liquid, then reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer the chili, partially covered, until the beef is tender and the sauce is slightly thickened, about 30 minutes.
• Stir in the beans and their liquid and simmer uncovered until the beans are softened and the chili is thickened, about 30 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.
• Top with sour cream, Cheddar and scallions. Serve with tortilla chips.

GUY'S TEXAS CHILI

Steps:

• Remove the stems and seeds from the dried chiles and tear them into large pieces. Toast the chiles in a large skillet over medium-high heat until they start to change color, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and add hot water to just cover the chiles. Cover and let steam for 15 minutes. Place the chiles and liquid in a blender and puree until smooth. Set aside.
• In a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, combine the olive oil, onion, garlic, bell pepper, Fresno chile and Anaheim chiles and cook until the onion is translucent, 6 to 7 minutes. Add both kinds of beef and cook until browned and cooked through, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Add the flour, chili powder, cumin, black pepper and cayenne and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Deglaze the pot by adding the beer and scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Add the stock, blended chiles and salt and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a low simmer.
• Partially cover the pot and simmer until the beef is tender and the chili has thickened, about 2 hours. Remove from the heat. Stir in the cilantro, cover and keep warm until serving. Serve with toppings.

BRAGGIN' RIGHTS -- CHILI

Steps:

• I prepare this in a large 6 to 8 quart soup pot, or distribute everything equally between two crock pots (Ladling contents back and forth for consistency). You could also reserve a considerable amount of the beans until the ingredients and liquids cook down some. The beans need only to be heated. You could add additional beans to stretch, as the contents get used.
• In soup pot or crock pot add the two large cans of Tomatoes and the canned Beans drained and rinsed, in colander and start to heat.
• Fry up Hamburger and lightly Salt and Pepper and add 1 tablespoon of Chili Powder. Chop Hamburger leave somewhat coarse and chunky. When 2/3 cooked add coarsely diced onion. When cooked scrape hamburger to side, tilt pan and ladle off excess fats. Most will be juices.
• Add cooked hamburger to pot. Add 1/2 cup water to fry pan and scrape drippings from fry pan and add to pot. Stir occasionally. If crock pot is too full ladle off some of the contents and reserve. Things will cook down.
• Add seasonings and diced "mild" Jalapeno pepper slices (If not mild use less): Then 1 tablespoon Chili Powder, 2 teaspoons Cumin, 1 teaspoon Salt and 1/2 teaspoon Pepper.
• Stir contents and taste. Again, I prepare Chili mild so 5 and 6 year old's can eat it, as well as all of those that indulge.
• Note: To add "heat" to individual servings provide: Tabasco Sauce, additional hot or medium Jalapeno slices, Cayenne Powder, additional Chili Powder. You could offer chopped onion and shredded cheese on side.
• Note 2: To add additional "heat" I provide my special dried and ground hot Chilis/Pepper powder, consisting of 7 to 9 varieties of hot peppers. 1/10 teaspoon of it will heat a bowl of Chili to a nice warm average person's heat preference. The "Braver Souls" can heat it just as much as they can endure. See my "Drying and Grinding of Hot Chilis/Peppers". It provides a depth and range of flavors.
• Note 3: To transport Crock Pot contents I ladle off two quarts into quart jars and seal, turn crock pot lid upside down for safer transportation, then add back when I arrive at my destination.