Chili recipes

This is our old standby:

2# Ground Beef
2 Medium onions
2 Cloves Garlic
1/4 Cup Chili Powder
1 Tablespoon Cumin
1 Small can Tomato Paste
1 Large can Brooks Chili Beans( hot or mild )
2 Small cans Red Kidney Beans ( drained )

1 Quart of Beef Broth
Salt and Pepper to taste.
 
Originally posted by RokJok
According to a Texan:
1. beef
2. chilis (Or was that chiles? Hard to tell with his accent.)

Nice 'n simple. ;)
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Hey man! That sounds more like New Mexico Chile to me(pronounced "chee-lay"). New Mexico chile usually has lots of dried red chile peppers (usually strung in big rows called ristras), some type of meat (hamburger), garlic, onion, lime juice, flour, cilantro and a little water. My wife's family is from New Mexico and that is what they call chili! They pour it on top of eggs or beans or put it in posole or just eat it in a tortilla. I was quite surprized! It was great, but it ain't what a Texan would call chili!

Texas chili has beans (in it!) and tomatoes. Usually it's a little spicier than normal Yankee chili. It's always served with mass quantities of beer to douse the flames!!!

Imagine this: the smell of Bar-B-Q in the air, the sounds of a Jerry Jeff Walker tune floating by, a beautiful warm Texas day, a pretty senorita on your arm enjoying the sights... you walk up to a man with a 10 gallon hat with a HUUUUGE pot in front of him (and a belt buckle to match). He pours you up a generous helping in a bowl and tops it with onions, cheese and jalapenos. You head to the bar and order a Shiner Bock then walk to the nearest picnic table. You and your senorita sit across from each other and share a smile knowing that it's gonna taste great! You dip a spoon in and take a big bite - KAPOW! an explosion of flavor like no other... now THAT'S Texas chili.

:D :D :D
 
Hola, Ant!! Love your description. It's like I was there with ya, mi Hermano.

I spent a year in Albuquerque & had the best ever chile there. Went to a parking lot cookoff of folks making what was called chile stew. Yup, that's with an "e".

Usual recipe is to fry a few strips o' bacon in an iron skillet & cut the meat into pieces, then cook up a mess o' onions in the drippings. Take a roasted pork shoulder picnic (yeah I know, that's redundant) and shred up a bunch o' the meat into a pot. Then add in the bacon, onions, a couple chunked up potatoes, and as much Hatch NM chiles as will fit in the pot, along with some magic spices that are (of course) some old family secret. Proceed to cook it for a couple hours or overnight, as near I could tell.

But this fella had used elk meat instead of pork shoulder. It was heaven in a bowl!!! :D :D
 
Wow, RokJok that stew sounds great! Man, that made me hungry!

Albuquerque is so beautiful. I wish I could live there! The weather is nice most of the time and the food is excellent. That is where most of my wife's family lives so we visit every once in a while.

I'm going to have to try that recipe sometime, but I'd have to use the pork instead of elk... Not too many of those around here! Hey, did New Mexico peppers seem hotter to you, or is it just me? I ate a lot of fresh jalepenos in New Mexico and they were a LOT hotter than the ones I get in Texas. The green chiles seemed to be a lot more flavorful too. Maybe New Mexico soil's just right for growing peppers? Hmmm, sounds like it's time to make another trip over there!
 
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