Chili!

[cath]

I stole this from an old thread. It even had Robert's, but I didn't want to steal his thunder.

My veggie chili really is Tom tested and approved.


1 small onion
1 carrot
1 stalk of celery
2 cans of black beans
1 can of pinto beans
1 can of salsa verde
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 jar of marinated artichoke hearts
1/2 salsa (I hate to admit it, but I used mild)
dash of cinnamon
3/4 cup wine (I used white, but merlot is good too)
3 TBS olive oil

Chop the onion, carrot and celery and saute in the olive oil. When the veggies are partially cooked, pour in the wine and scrape up the good stuff stuck to the bottom of the pot, cooking until it is reduced. Add some of the oil from the jar of artichokes. Add the diced tomatoes and black beans (do not drain the can). Puree the pinto beans in a food processor and add to the cooking chili. Add the artichoke hearts and salsa. Dash in cinnamon.

Of course, you meat eaters might want to throw in some elk, chicken, rattlesnake, .....but I leave that mess out

It's also good served over rice..

[Doug1]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm meat, Chili without carnage is just spicy beans

Sounds good, I just made Killer fried rice cleaning out the TG leftovers

[YouFoundUs]

with or without meat sounds good... but my wife won't let me have any more chili after Her last batch... EVER!

Justin

[Rick O]

Yeah baby. Now here's a thread I can get into. Throw some meat in there and we're all set.

[cath]

cornbread and Yummmmmmmmm Actually, I have a great recipe for chili rolled up in bread dough and baked. When you serve it, top it with salsa

Hehehe, Doug. My dad said about the same thing, but he ate a huge bowl just the same

Uhoh, Justin! It's your wife's fault

[VWD]

Thanks Cath,
I always like to try and cook something new, I will give it a try

[skeety]

you guys are all the most food obsessed bunch I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.


ALWAYS food...food...food.

ALWAYS making me hungry!

[Doug1]

Its all Spanky's fault, sitting out there on that hurricane magnet has taught him to eat like every meal might be the last

[Phishnoob]

Yummy chili...we buy chili powder, oregano and cumin in those big restaurant sized containers around here.

[Twitterbait]

Looks like a good recipie, now we just need to add a little steak and were set.

[Linda]

Can I drink the wine while I'm making the Chili? Sounds great, thanks....my recipe was getting tiring. This sounds yummy.

[motorslave]

Okay here we go!
1 to 1/12 lbs sirloin either chili grind or cubed
1 full head of garlic
5 or 6 shallots
1 white onion
1 purple onion
1 yellow onion
chives to tase (optional)
1 habinaro pepper ( to taste as this is a somewhat nuclear pepper!)
1 to 2 Jallapenio (to taste)
1 yellow wax pepper
1 green pepper
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
1 can black beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can white beans
1 can pinto beans
All spices to taste...
Cumin (a must)
Chili powder
Celery seed and Celery salt
Salt
Course ground black pepper
Sugar

Start the beans on low heat. Add half the head of garlic to beans after crushing the garlic cloves.
in olive oil (or what ever you prefer) sautee the onions and set aside, then do the same with the bell peppers and half of each hot pepper. I add the remianijng hot peppers near the end to adjust the heat depending on my mood or stomach condition!
I start adding seasoning to the beans a little at a time to flavor adjusting as I go!
Brown the meat and add about an hour before completion and add all the onions and peppers at the end so the individual flavors dont dilute too much. I do this after all the seasonings have had a couple house or so to co-mingle with the beans and meat and have been adjusted to taste. The last thing is to check my gut and see how bold I am feeling and add the rest of the hot peppers to tase and then simmer for an hour or so.
The grate a ton of extra sharp chedder and dice up onion of chopice to top! Oh and I also add a bit of regular sugar at the end to adjust for any over indulgence of heat!
As you can see there is no exact amount here as I make it to taste every time. All the ingrediants are important to the overall taste but there is plenty of room for personal adjustment!!

Robert

[Casey]

Sorry Cath since the new T, I eat my chilli with meat.

[cath]

hehehe! I just knew it, Casey

[rangerfan]

ok if yall want the ultimate chili recipes go to this site, it is the official site for the world chili cook off held to the west of me in wonderful terlingua, texas. it is quite an event and if you want to come down to texas for a cultural experience, good music and the best chili in the world then this is the place. please no one take this the wrong way im not trying to offend anyone but chili isnt supposed to have beans in it, i have had chili with beans and it is good, beans are jsut rather strong and take away from the slow simmered flavor, but that is my opinion. my personal fav is axis chili, you just got to be able to get axis as it is an exotic african deer not indeginous to the us, only lucky me has a buddy that has a ranch with axis yea. here is the link go all the way down to the bottom and click on recipes.


http://www.chili.org/terlingua.html