Award Winning Chilli

[moviedad]

Pete's Chorizo Chili

Ingredients:

1 lg. Stock Pot
2 lbs. Ground Beef
1 lb. Chorizo Sausage
2 Cans Red Kidney Beans
2 Cans Dark Red Kidney Beans
1 lg. Onion (chopped)
2 sm. Cans Hunt's Tomato Paste
4 tbl. spoons Chili Powder
1 Palm Full of Ground Red Pepper
Salt


Cook ground beef in a large skillet until brown. Drain excess fat and grease and put aside.
Remove casing from sausage and cut into small pieces. Cook in skillet. Drain fat and grease, set aside.

Fill stock pot 1/2 full with water. Add all ingredients except salt.

Cook on medium heat for 1 hour, stirring every 10-15 min.

Check constistancy. If thin, cook down checking every 20-30 minutes. If thick, add water until you reach desired consistancy.

Salt to taste.

Serve with your favorite bread. Enjoy!

Any questions just ask.

[Mark B.]

Wife wants to make chili this weekend. Might just try this. Thanks. We usually use a crock pot. Would I have to change anything if we do so?

[Cubfan]

Any questions just ask.

Want some chili with those beans??? :icon_lol: Holy crap that sounds like a lot of beans. Especially for somoene who doesnt put bean in their chili at all.

[moviedad]

Mark B. - I have never done it in a crock pot before. I don't think any thing would change other than pre cooking the meat to drain the grease and fat.

Cub fan- THey are normal size cans but there is also ALOT of meat to counter balance. I am not a big bean fan myself and I hardly notice them because of all the meat.

[wolfmanyoda]

Especially for somoene who doesnt put bean in their chili at all.

Dude, that's not right. :crazy:

[moviedad]

I am experimenting with a mostly if not all meat chili which my friends and I have dubbed "Barn Yard Chili". It will contain pork, beef and chicken. For the pork, the chirizo is the best. Chicken, we are using all white meat from the breast. Still have not found the right beef yet. trying to get a very tender beef without being too expensive.

[Cubfan]

Still have not found the right beef yet.

Oh that is easy, boneless chuck roast. For the pork, pork shoulder/butt is tops in chili IMO. When I smoke pork shoulder for pulled pork, I freeze some extra for my chili.

[moviedad]

Thanks for the suggestion. For pork I prefer the chirizo for it very spicy nature.

[CuppaJoe]

this bean loaded chili looks good! will try recipe this weekend but i'll probably skip the ground beef for course ground pork

[moviedad]

Very cool. Let me know how you like it.

If I have not mentioned it before. This is a very spicy chili. Enjoy!

[Mark B.]

Used a lot of Moviedads ideas for chili yesterday. I think the sausage was the key. I used hot Italian sausage (1lb.) to 2 pounds of beef. 2 cans of red kidney beans and no onion. The wife would not budge on that one. It does have a better kick to it for sure. I found the sausage in ground up form at the market so I did not have to peel the sausage links too. Have enough left over for a couple of lunches. Thanks!

[moviedad]

I am glad you enjoyed it.

[Electriclime]

Sounds good, I'll have to try the chorizo next time.

Try adding a can of refried beans towards the end of cooking, gives it an awesome texture.

[DadRAC77]

Actually that seems about right from a bean standpoint... when I make it, it's usually 2 cans to each lb of meat, so that's about right. So, that with some cornbread sounds great.

[Hockeyfan]

For the pork, pork shoulder/butt is tops in chili IMO. When I smoke pork shoulder for pulled pork, I freeze some extra for my chili.

That is a good idea my friend. I didn't give you enough credit. :chugchug: I think that would be great. That yummy smokey flavour. I'm going to cook my chili today.

I use ground turkey, green pep, kidney, pinto, black and garbanzo beans and so other stuff. It's always good. I don't think my kids would touch it if I made it really hot like this other one. I wouldn't mind a bit of kick though. I can season mine to taste I suppose. After lunch I will go shopping.

Anyways, good idea CF. Thanks. I'll surely hold onto some of mine for that. I have a butt in the freezer right now as well as a turkey. One of them needs to be eaten. Hmmm....

[Cubfan]

Wow I got a compliment from Hockeyfan?!?!

Dude, smoked pulled pork in your chili is amazing.

I want to smoke some shoulder pretty soon. One of these weekends coming up Ill brush the snow off the smoker!

[Hockeyfan]

Did you forget to add tomato to that chili recipe? For mine I add 2 cans of diced tomatoes and perhaps a tin of paste. That is pretty beany. LOL. Oh and those are large cans! The sausage sounds good as well.

Anyways....making chili as I type. Put on some French bread in the bread machine an hour or so ago. Should be ready right at dinner time. Cut up some strawberries to make shortcakes later. Oh mama. Can't wait.

[Jeff Dad]

For my recipe I cook it on a very low heat for 3 hrs. The beans get so soft and their flavors get blended with everthing else that it's hard to tell the beans are there (until the next day, lol) It takes 12 herbs and spices, chopped green peppers, chopped onions, garlic...it's a long recipe, long prep time but worth it. I use ground beef. I have a vegetarian version with raisins and walnuts - the texture is like ground beef. I'll post it later.

[feedthemachine]

I love chili,my wife makes some good chili.She actually puts a can of guinness in her recipe.Now,i don't drink beer,but man its good in her chili.