post your award winning chili recipe

[Sho'Nuff]

Sweet n Low? Seriously, instead of sugar?? You're going to add beer... and you're worried about a packet's worth of sugar? (Or is there another reason?)


"Drain all grease" - or, in other words, use leaner meat that has less grease. Eliminate it in the first place, or eliminate it later.

I didn't create the recipe. Don Ingerski (now deceased) did.

Yes, you could use leaner meat.

Yes, you could use sugar instead of sweet and low. I think the point is to take away some of the acidity from the tomatoes, but I honestly don't know. Just posted the recipe verbatim.

Haters gonna hate, but Don won many juried (i.e., professionally judged) Chili competitions in Texas with his recipe.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

this is tomato soup. not chili.

Are you the same m'fer that called my general Tso's chicken recipe a bastardization of the food because it was not fried?

Try the recipe. Guaranteed you will like it. And you will damn well think it is chili.

If you want Chili Soup, I have recipe for that too. Basically vegetable soup but seasoned like chili. Its delicious and almost meatless.

 

[dougp]

No respectful chili cook-off in Texas would allow a chili with beans to win.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

3 parts bone in short rib
1 parts dried chiles of various types
some garlic
some mexican oregano
comino (fresh toasted and ground is best)
6 pack firemans 4
tallboy of lone star

crack open a firemans 4, pour into glass, and consume.

remove stems/seeds from chiles, reconstitute in warm water, run them through a food mill to get rid of remaining seeds/inedible skin bits.

that was hard work, so open another firemans 4.

brown meat in batches in a dutch oven. ddrain off most of the fat between batches. don't forget to salt and pepper. when you're done, brown the garlic (less than 1 minute, stuff burns easily) with the comino, then add the meat and chile paste back in. cook until done. if you need liquid, add lone star. walla, chili.

drink a couple more firemans 4 while watching football.

serve with fritos, chopped onion, shredded cheese, pickled/fresh jalapenos, and the remaining firemans 4.

Spiced short ribs /= chili.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

it has half a gallon + of tomato juice/liquid in it. the tomato flavor is going to dominate all those other ingredients.


if i was being a chili snob i would have bolded way more in that recipe than i did.

Tomato definitely does not dominate after its been simmered for 2-3 hours. Flavor is slightly sweet and smokey at first with a nice chili overtone, and then the heat kicks in.

 

[zinfamous]

if i added 5 different types of beans to cioppino would you think had cioppino?

I sometimes add a Chiptole burrito to my chili recipe.

hmm, chili!

 

[QueBert]

No respectful chili cook-off in Texas would allow a chili with beans to win.

I'm a member of the International Chili Society, they won't even acknowledge chili if it has with beans in it. October 24-26 in Vegas is the ICS world chili cook-off. Going to be thousands of chili's, non with beans. I'll be there and it'll be HEAVEN!

 

[ElFenix]

Are you the same m'fer that called my general Tso's chicken recipe a bastardization of the food because it was not fried?

nope. i don't think i've ever expressed any opinions on general tso's chicken ever. don't normally order it.

Try the recipe. Guaranteed you will like it. And you will damn well think it is chili.

i won't think it's chili because it's not chili. i don't normally disparage the dead, but don ingerski seems like an asshole if he was passing that concoction off as 'chili.'

Spiced short ribs /= chili.

you've already demonstrated your ignorance of what constitutes chili in this very thread. i don't come up to your part of the country and tell you how to cook your traditional foods. don't tell me how to cook mine.

 

[meltdown75]

I sometimes add a Chiptole burrito to my chili recipe.

hmm, chili!

That sounds soooo good

 

[meltdown75]

I'm a member of the International Chili Society, they won't even acknowledge chili if it has with beans in it. October 24-26 in Vegas is the ICS world chili cook-off. Going to be thousands of chili's, non with beans. I'll be there and it'll be HEAVEN!

Omg... I did not know this! I always think of beans in chili. Maybe it is a regional or family thing

 

[Fritzo]

You use a lean cut of meat? BLASPHEMY!

I'm guessing you chunk it instead of going with ground?

Yeah. I also mix it with ground beef.

 

[mcurphy]

I've never tried Bacon in chili before, but it sounds great. I would be worried about the texture of the bacon once it's been in the pot too long. Won't it get chewy?

 

[Carson Dyle]

I've never tried Bacon in chili before, but it sounds great. I would be worried about the texture of the bacon once it's been in the pot too long. Won't it get chewy?

I'd be more concerned if it wasn't. I don't really think any ingredient in any chili that I've ever eaten could be called "crunchy". Personally, I think I'll pass on trying bacon in a chili.

 

[Fritzo]

I've never tried Bacon in chili before, but it sounds great. I would be worried about the texture of the bacon once it's been in the pot too long. Won't it get chewy?

I think I would render the bacon first, then crumble it up. Place the bacon in a hot pan then add 1-2 ladels of water on it. When the water boils away the bacon will fry up extra crispy.

 

[BrokenVisage]

beans

add lots of beans

then it ceases to be chili

 

[El Guaraguao]

I do a basic as fuck chilli. Ground beef and kidney beans, still learning. I came in this thread hoping to get some ideas, but came in to a bunch of chili snobs arguing about what type of meat you should use in a chili recipe.

 

[MongGrel]

My sister-in-laws chili kicks mine badly and I used to think I was good at it, I'll have to read through the thread and get into competition again

I usually mooch off her for some when she makes it, but I need to get in the mood again

 

[MongGrel]

I do a basic as fuck chilli. Ground beef and kidney beans, still learning. I came in this thread hoping to get some ideas, but came in to a bunch of chili snobs arguing about what type of meat you should use in a chili recipe.

Hey, that's part of it.

:thumbsup:

First ya have to prep you meat.

Sorry had to borrow that from here

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2403421

 

[Howard]

Spiced short ribs /= chili.

Not sure if you're being facetious or just stupid, but beef and chile peppers/paste together is the purest form of chili.

 

[ElFenix]

I do a basic as fuck chilli. Ground beef and kidney beans, still learning. I came in this thread hoping to get some ideas, but came in to a bunch of chili snobs arguing about what type of meat you should use in a chili recipe.

use pintos, not kidneys. pinto is the bean of tex-mex.

oh, and you need chiles. no chiles = not chili. so, you need meat and chiles. chili powder has the basic spices so you could just follow the instructions on a bottle of gebhardt.

if you add chocolate, you've got some sort of mole, not chili. if you add cinnamon, you've got greek meat sauce, not chili. if you add tomatoes, you've got pedernales chili. if you add beans, you've got a holy war.

 

[Ksyder]

I just won the neighborhood chili cook off with this recipe last weekend.

Used Dos Equis Amber beer and added more than what is listed in the recipe, added some tomato paste, also I added a bit of liquid smoke flavoring, and a decent amount of honey. Cooked it the day before and simmered it more the next day, also added more salt, and accidentally used too much sweet paprika.

I used grass fed beef because it was on sale at the supermarket. I had no expectation of winning but I did and I felt bad because most of the chilis weren't getting touched and everyone ate all of mine first. Some people made oddball chili's like chicken chili and such. And too many canned beans and things like that.

 

[Iron Woode]

I make a fine chili that's fairly basic but gets great reviews.

Ingredients:
2 lbs lean ground beef
1 very large can (or whatever depending on amount required) of crushed tomatoes
2 large cans of kidney beans
1 medium yellow onion
1 green/red/orange/yellow sweet pepper
5 jalapenos ( or more depending on heat level needed)

Spices:
chili powder
7 spice Italian
cumin
garlic powder
salt
pepper

Directions:
I use a large 2 gallon pot for this.

Slice onions and peppers (keep seeds intact for increased heat) and soften them in the pot.

Then add the ground beef and cook thoroughly.

Add crushed tomatoes. I used a 2.74 L can.

Stir and add the spices listed above in any quantity you feel necessary.

Add the cans of beans, drained.

I also add 1/2 cup of prepared yellow mustard.

Stir occasionally on low for 4 - 6 hours.

This turns out great and is just spicy enough to please those who like the heat.

It also makes a great dip for corn chips.

 

[Ns1]

Not sure if you're being facetious or just stupid, but beef and chile peppers/paste together is the purest form of chili.

:biggrin:

 

[El Guaraguao]

use pintos, not kidneys. pinto is the bean of tex-mex.

oh, and you need chiles. no chiles = not chili. so, you need meat and chiles. chili powder has the basic spices so you could just follow the instructions on a bottle of gebhardt.

if you add chocolate, you've got some sort of mole, not chili. if you add cinnamon, you've got greek meat sauce, not chili. if you add tomatoes, you've got pedernales chili. if you add beans, you've got a holy war.

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I do use chili powder with a "couple" dabs of sriracha or tapatio in it to spice things up a bit. I rarely cook with veggies, so trying out different types of chili peppers that can make or break a bowl of chili is whats awesome about making this stuff.

 

[wabbitslayer]

LOL at the whole thread. For anyone else who came in late, let me catch you
up:

"This is chili"
"No, this is chili"
"No it isn't"
"Yes it is"
"Is not"
"Is too"
"Your meat is fat"
"Your meat is skinny"
"Is not"
"Is too"
"MOM!!!"

In only slightly related news, it turns out that opinions are like assholes...everybody has one and everybody thinks theirs is better than everyone elses..

Going to go search Google for chili recipes...unless someone wants to tell me how much better and more authentic Bing is...