Caribbean Chili Food

CARIBBEAN DREAM CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic until soft, about 2 minutes. Stir in pork and sirloin; cook and stir until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain excess grease from the pot.
• Crush tomatoes by hand and add them to the pot with their juices. Pour in beef broth. Stir in black beans, raisins, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, salt, allspice, and cloves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until raisins are soft, about 30 minutes.
• Stir green olives and almonds into the pot. Simmer until flavors combine, about 30 minutes.

JAMAICAN ME CRAZY CHILI

Steps:

• Place ground round in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
• Coat a large Dutch oven with cooking spray, and place over medium-high heat. When pan is hot, cook the onion and garlic in olive oil until the onion is tender. Add the yellow pepper, and cook until tender. Season with cumin, paprika, chile powder, sugar, salt, and cloves. Stir in the stewed tomatoes, kidney beans, black beans, and cannellini beans. Pour in water to cover. Bring to a boil, then stir in the meat and tomato paste. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in the vinegar and serve hot topped with fresh cilantro.

CARIBBEAN CHILI-STUFFED MUFFINS

Steps:

• For the chili: Set a large pan over medium-high heat and add some coconut oil. Add the pork, beef, garlic, habanero and onions and cook until the meat is brown, about 5 minutes. Season with the chile powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, allspice, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Add the tomatoes and a splash of Worcestershire sauce, bring to a simmer and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Add the beef stock and continue to simmer for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Add additional salt and pepper to adjust the seasoning if needed. Mix in the chopped cilantro and mangoes.
• For the muffins: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Mix the butter, milk and eggs in another bowl and whisk until combined. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until well combined; mix in the jalapenos.
• Fill each cup of a 12-cup muffin pan halfway with the muffin batter. Place some of the chili mixture on top of the muffin batter in each cup. Finish by filling up each cup with some of the remaining muffin batter. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 25 minutes.

CARIBBEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Season meat with salt and pepper.
• In a large Dutch Oven brown ground meat (If using lean meat put in a Tbsp of vegetable oil to prevent sticking). While meat is browning drain and rinse beans.
• Add chopped bell pepper and onion. Cook until onion is translucent.
• Add beans and cook for a about 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and salsa.
• Bring to a simmer and add spices, start out small until you reach the amount of kick you like. Depending on the heat in the salsa and the tomatoes you use, the amount of spice varies.
• Cook at a low simmer for about 30 minutes.

CARIBBEAN CHILE SPICE RUB

Steps:

• Combine everything in a spice (coffee) grinder, pulse until it's as finely ground as you want it.
• Let sit at least an hour before using.
• Store in a tightly closed jar in a cool place.

CHILI -CARIBBEAN STYLE

Steps:

• You will need a large skillet and a dutch oven or a crock pot.
• Saute the onion, peppers, and celery in oil until just browned. You may need to do in batches. When done, dump it in the dutch oven.
• Brown the meat, chopping fine, drain and put in dutch oven.
• Add remaining ingredients to the dutch oven and simmer on low for at least an hour. You can also use a crock pot in place of dutch oven and simmer all day long on low.

CARIBBEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Drain beans. Place in a large pot with 8 cups water and bring to a boil. Add peppers, ginger and bay leaf. Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove from heat and remove bay leaf. In a separate pot add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, chili powder, oregano and tomatoes. Simmer on low heat for 1/2 hour, stirring frequently.
• Combine bulgur wheat with 1/2 cup boiling water n a seperate bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
• Take one cup of the cooked beans, along with some cooking liquid and puree. Pour this back into the bean mixture along with tomato mixture, bulgur wheat, and salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes. Serive over rice.

CARIBBEAN RED BEAN CHILI WITH PORK

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan, over medium heat; add sofrito (or onion) and cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and garlic and cook for 10 minutes; stir in white wine (or beer), and broth.
• Stir in the lentils, thyme, cumin, soy sauce, chili, spices and oyster sauce, if using.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until lentils are tender and flavors develop, about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally; if lentils dry out, add water.
• Stir in kidney beans and sugar (or Splenda) and cook for 10 minutes more.
• Season with salt, if desired, stir in pork to heat through.
• Serve over rice and corn.