Best Freds Red Hot Chili Con Carne Recipes

AWARD WINNING CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook green pepper, and onion, until softened. Add the ground beef and cook until browned. Crumble over bouillon cubes, and stir in wine; continue to cook for a few minutes. Stir in chopped tomatoes, garlic, and tomato paste. Season with paprika, chili powder, cayenne pepper, basil, oregano, and parsley. Stir in salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium low. Cover, and simmer for 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in kidney beans, and hot pepper sauce. You can add the reserved tomato juice if more liquid is needed. Continue to simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, corn meal, and water until smooth. Stir into chili, and cook for a further 10 minutes, or until chili has thickened up.

GOOD OLD CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Place a large casserole over medium-high heat, and add 1/4 cup olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions, garlic, carrots, celery and red bell peppers. Stir, and add chili powder, cumin, cinnamon and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Stir every 30 seconds for about 7 minutes, until softened and lightly colored.
• Add the garbanzo beans, kidney beans, tomatoes and ground beef, stirring to break up the meat. Fill one of the tomato cans with water and then add the water to the pan. Coarsely chop the cilantro leaves and refrigerate until needed. Finely chop the stems and add to the pan. Add balsamic vinegar and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Simmer, partly covered, for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. Transfer to a warmed serving bowl or individual bowls, and garnish with cilantro leaves. If desired, serve with basmati rice, crusty bread, baked potato or couscous, accompanied by yogurt, guacamole and slices of lime.

CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp, 6 to 8 minutes per side. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate and let cool, then crumble and set aside. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon drippings from the saucepan (reserve the drippings). Increase the heat to medium high, add the beef and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate using a slotted spoon; wipe out the pan.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the reserved bacon drippings in the saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and 1 teaspoon salt and cook 2 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin, paprika, oregano and tomato paste and cook, stirring, until the tomato paste is brick red, about 6 minutes (add a splash of water if the mixture begins to stick). Add the beer and simmer until almost completely reduced, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the beef and any juices from the plate; add the cocoa powder, tomatoes, beef broth and beans and bring to a simmer over low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chili thickens slightly, about 1 hour, 30 minutes.
• Stir the hot sauce into the chili and season with salt. Add some beef broth if the chili is too thick. Ladle into bowls and top with the crumbled bacon, cheese, scallions and/or sour cream.

TEXAS- RED CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Brown meat in a large, heavy bottom pot, and drain off grease.
• Add garlic, onion, bell pepper, celery, jalapeno, cumin, oregano, chili powder, black pepper, salt, and paprika.
• Add 2 cups water, and let simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add tomato paste, diced tomatoes, and beer.
• Cook for 30 minutes or until desired consistency is reached.
• According to Bob, DO NOT ADD BEANS OR RICE!
• This is considered a felony offense by many Texans!
• Beans may, however, be served on the side, if desired.

CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes; crumble beef. Drain and set aside. , In the same pot, heat oil; saute onions until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the green pepper, salt, chili powder, bouillon, cayenne, cinnamon, cumin and oregano. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring until combined. , Add tomatoes and browned beef. Stir in water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for about 1 hour. Add beans and heat through. If desired top with sour cream and jalapeno.

CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Pat the meat dry with a paper towel and season with the salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large stew pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear the meat, in small batches, until well browned, adding more oil to the pan if needed. Transfer meat to a bowl and reserve.
• Discard all but 2 tablespoons of the oil from the pan. Saute the onions over medium heat for 10 minutes, scraping up the browned bits with a wooden spoon from the bottom of the pan. Add the garlic and saute for 2 minutes more. Stir in the chili powders, cumin, and oregano and cook for 2 minutes. Whisk in 5 cups of the stock. Add the meat and any accumulated juices to the pot. Bring to a gentle simmer. Season the chili with salt and pepper to taste, and stew the meat with a cover slightly ajar until almost tender, about 3 hours.
• In a food processor or blender puree half of the beans with the remaining stock. Add the bean mixture to the chili along with the whole beans. Simmer for 1 hour more or until the meat is tender. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with rice and selections of condiments, like sour cream, chopped cilantro, shredded cheddar, minced fresh or sliced pickled jalapenos.

RED CHILE CON CARNE

Steps:

• Trim the meat of any visible fat and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place roast in the skillet and brown quickly on all sides. (This step can be skipped if cooking from frozen, or if you're short on time.).
• Transfer the meat to a crockpot and add all of the remaining ingredients except for the green chilies and hot sauce.
• Cook on low for 8 hours.
• One hour before done, shred the roast with a fork and stir in the green chiles and hot sauce to taste.
• Serve with grated cheddar cheese in a warmed tortilla.

NOT FOR SISSIES RED HOT CHILI - CROCK POT CHILI

Steps:

• Brown bacon and add to crockpot.
• Brown ground beef in bacon drippings.
• Add beef, beans, crushed tomatoes,tomatos paste, onions, chili powder, cayenne pepper, and beef broth in the crockpot.
• Puree jalapeno, garlic and tomatoes in food processor, then add to crockpot.
• Stir all ingredients, then cook 10-12 hrs on low, or 5-6 hrs on high.

SUPER HOT CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Brown beef mince in a heavy based sauce pan, transfer to a fine mesh sieve to drain excess fat.
• Add half the oil and sauté onions till soft and translucent, then add the fresh chillies and turn up the heat to get some colour on the onions.
• Turn down the heat and add the remaining oil and dryry ingredients except for the oregano, cook for around 30seconds.
• Add the chopped tomatoes, garlic, oregano, dried chilli and drained mince. Cook over a medium heat till the mixture looses some of it moisture,around 10mins then re-hydrate with some the beef stock, add salt and pepper to taste and simmer with the lid on for ideally 45-60mins. Stirring every 10mins, if the chilli become too dry just top up with beef stock.
• Cook basmati rice to packet instructions.
• Then add the kidney beans to the chilli and continue to cook with the lid off for a further 10mins or untill the chilli is to the consistency you like.
• Serve with basmati and topped with some jalapeño slices and grated cheddar.