Survival Chili

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I call this my ‘survival’ chili because it’s made up of ingredients from my long-term food storage. Gotta rotate it through. If you haven’t tried the Yoders canned products, they are pretty good. The bacon actually comes out of the can looking and tasting like bacon, the ground hamburger, well, not so much. But it tastes great, especially done up in this recipe. I get the Yoder's from www.mredepot.com, but pretty sure other places carry it as well.

‘Survival’ Chili

1 can Yoders Canned Ground Beef
1 can chopped green chilis
¼ can Yoders Canned bacon
1 can chili style diced tomatoes
1 diced onion
2 tablespoons chili powder
Black Pepper to taste

Throw it all in a pot and let simmer for 30 minutes to an hour depending on how hungry you are, mostly to soften the onions and blend all the flavors up. All the ingredients are already cooked except the onion.

What could be easier? Taste damn good, too.


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Anyone else have recipes they make from canned, MRE's or backpacking food? When I was in the service, we had all kinds of concoctions we made out of the different MRE pieces. Haven't touched that stuff for almost 20 years. :barf: I think they are better now.
 
mmmm... looks good man...:thumbup: i made a big ol' pot of turkey chili on monday, we'll be eating the left overs tonight...:)
 
Excellent thread. I have been eyeing the dried stuff at Gander Mtn recently. I want to start stocking up on this sort of food too. Any other items you have tried and recommend? Eggs?
 
Rockywolf said:
Excellent thread. I have been eyeing the dried stuff at Gander Mtn recently. I want to start stocking up on this sort of food too. Any other items you have tried and recommend? Eggs?
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The only eggs I have tried are in the Mountain House freeze dried products, I take them backpacking sometimes. They are really good. But I don't have too discerning a palate, if it is salty or spicy enough, I'll eat it. Hunger is the best sauce. :p
 
Rockywolf said:
Excellent thread. I have been eyeing the dried stuff at Gander Mtn recently. I want to start stocking up on this sort of food too. Any other items you have tried and recommend? Eggs?
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Buy in bulk and can or dehydrate yourself. The store bought stuff is quick an easy, bu it's usually packed with sodium and more expensive than you can do at home.

I dehydrate chili, gumbo, stew, and other thick "soups."

With some dehydrated ground beef, corn, or other veggies you can actually make a pretty healthy meal for the trail or SHTF scenario. With enough spices on hand you can cook it all right up.

As we speak I'm eating some dehydrated macaroni and chicken pieces. I added a packet of low sodium "cup of soup" to the mix for flavor and some black pepper. I make it thick...it's tasty and sticks with you. Total cost, probably less than $2.
 
TFin04 said:
Buy in bulk and can or dehydrate yourself. The store bought stuff is quick an easy, bu it's usually packed with sodium and more expensive than you can do at home.
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That's a fact. The canned and freeze dried stuff is expensive, and if you have high blood pressure, just looking at the package is enough to kill you from all the sodium. If you are talking canned, take a walk down your local supermarket aisle, and you can find some great deals on similar things.
 
TFin04 said:
Buy in bulk and can or dehydrate yourself. The store bought stuff is quick an easy, bu it's usually packed with sodium and more expensive than you can do at home.

I dehydrate chili, gumbo, stew, and other thick "soups."

With some dehydrated ground beef, corn, or other veggies you can actually make a pretty healthy meal for the trail or SHTF scenario. With enough spices on hand you can cook it all right up.

As we speak I'm eating some dehydrated macaroni and chicken pieces. I added a packet of low sodium "cup of soup" to the mix for flavor and some black pepper. I make it thick...it's tasty and sticks with you. Total cost, probably less than $2.
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Excellent idea. I'm all about saving on food and getting multiple meals out of stuff. I will go out and look into dehydrators.
 
mapper66 said:
That's a fact. The canned and freeze dried stuff is expensive, and if you have high blood pressure, just looking at the package is enough to kill you from all the sodium. If you are talking canned, take a walk down your local supermarket aisle, and you can find some great deals on similar things.
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The absolute cheapest and easy meal for me:

Venison from a deer me or a buddy took.
Sweet corn from a local farmer who charges next to nothing for me to grab a few ears.
Home grown onions
Home grown beans
Spiced to your taste

Make a stew out of it, put it on the dehydrator and it becomes your own freeze dried meal. Add 1 part boiling water, let sit in pot or ziplock bag for 10 min, and you have stew again!

Total cost....probably less than $.25 a meal. A lot of time invested, though, but I enjoy all of it so it doesn't count! :D
 
Rockywolf said:
Excellent idea. I'm all about saving on food and getting multiple meals out of stuff. I will go out and look into dehydrators.
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Depending on your view on wal mart, they sell a basic dehydrator for $30 that I have used and abused with great results. It even comes with jerky spices......mmmmm jerky.

www.freezerbagcooking.com is a great source for dehydrated meals. It's geared toward the backpacking crowd but it fits very well in WS&S.

I've got gumbo dehydrating right now!
 
Properly dehydrated and stored, a long time. Couldn't tell you for sure. I cook all the meat before hand and don't use items like fish or shrimp (though I do buy canned tuna in bulk).

I dehydrate my meals, bag it in a food sealer, and store in a freezer. Overkill, yes, but I would have no problems eating these meals 5-10 years down the road.

My oldest meals are probably a year old. I rotate them consistently but they taste the same a year old or a day old.
 
Rockywolf said:
Excellent thread. I have been eyeing the dried stuff at Gander Mtn recently. I want to start stocking up on this sort of food too. Any other items you have tried and recommend? Eggs?
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I've tried freeze dried scrambled eggs & bacon from Mountain House and it is GREAT. :thumbup: Macaroni & Cheese and Chili Mac not bad either.
 
Everything I've had from Mountain House has been good. I think I've had almost their entire line. Again though, the sodium content is sky high. I just looked at a package of chicken and noodles and it has 51% of your daily sodium in one serving. Sodium robs the body of needed energy and nutrients under physical activity. Not something you want while hiking or beating around in the bush.
 
I haven't eaten any of the meals but I used some of their components to make up my own dinners. Also bought a bunch of their olive oil and hot sauce packets:thumbup:

I used their red beans and dehydrated beef along with cayenne, masala, and curry and chili powder to make some chili in Oct hiking.

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Hey HD,

What's the story on the light coloured spot on your stomach? Is that from all the cayenne, curry and chili powder??? :confused:

Doc
 
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