10-23-2011, 05:36 PM
It feels like fall here in NC today, so I made a pot of chili. I made mine with one pound of ground venison (left from last year's hunt) and one pound of lean ground beef. (venison is deer meat to clarify for Maggot.)
The way I make chili is to lightly brown meat, onions, peppers, chili peppers and garlic in a heavy pot for about 10 minutes, add the seasonings and stir well before adding a some canned tomatoes. Let cook for an hour or so and add beans. After adding the beans to the pot I usually transfer the chili to a Crock-pot to hang out until we are ready to eat.
Today I used a combo of whole peeled and diced tomatoes and will be adding red and pink kidney beans, because it is what I have in the house.
I know the purists say that chili does not have beans. But we happen to like them.
My seasonings are:
a lot of chili powder (normal commercial "red" variety)
a bit of chipolte chili powder
a bit more of ancho chili powder
roasted ground cumin (I buy whole seeds and roast and grind).
oregano
salt & pepper
brown sugar
bittersweet chocolate
I can give a recipe if anybody is interested. I don't cook by recipe but a handful of this and a pinch of that. Like witches brew...
So now that I started this thread and rambled on for 10 minutes or so...do you and how do you make chili? Beans or no beans? Ground meat or not? Beef only or other kinds of proteins??
The way I make chili is to lightly brown meat, onions, peppers, chili peppers and garlic in a heavy pot for about 10 minutes, add the seasonings and stir well before adding a some canned tomatoes. Let cook for an hour or so and add beans. After adding the beans to the pot I usually transfer the chili to a Crock-pot to hang out until we are ready to eat.
Today I used a combo of whole peeled and diced tomatoes and will be adding red and pink kidney beans, because it is what I have in the house.
I know the purists say that chili does not have beans. But we happen to like them.
My seasonings are:
a lot of chili powder (normal commercial "red" variety)
a bit of chipolte chili powder
a bit more of ancho chili powder
roasted ground cumin (I buy whole seeds and roast and grind).
oregano
salt & pepper
brown sugar
bittersweet chocolate
I can give a recipe if anybody is interested. I don't cook by recipe but a handful of this and a pinch of that. Like witches brew...
So now that I started this thread and rambled on for 10 minutes or so...do you and how do you make chili? Beans or no beans? Ground meat or not? Beef only or other kinds of proteins??