Chicagoland Chili Mac Food

CHILI MAC

Steps:

• In a large pot, boil pasta until al dente.
• Meanwhile, in a big, deep pot, brown beef in oil over medium high heat. Add onions, peppers, and garlic. Season meat mixture with chili powder, cumin, cayenne, and salt. Cook together 5 minutes, stir in beer or broth, and reduce liquid by half, 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Drain pasta. Add hot pasta to chili pot and stir to coat pasta evenly. Remove from heat and garnish big bowlfuls of chili mac with chopped scallions.

CHICAGOLAND CHILI MAC

Steps:

• In a large pot, brown the beef in the oil, stirring to separate it; drain excess fat.
• To the meat, add in the tomatoes w/ juice, onions, garlic, salt, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, cumin, marjoram, pepper, sugar, bay leaf, and 1 cup tomato sauce; partially cover and simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, and adding additional tomato sauce to keep the chili nice and moist, but not too soupy.
• Add in the kidney beans and Tabasco to taste; cook 10 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, cook the macaroni in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente; drain and toss with butter.
• Combine the macaroni with the chili; serve in bowl, topped with grated cheese and oyster crackers on the side.

SHARON'S AWESOME CHICAGO CHILI

Steps:

• Place the ground beef in a large pot and cook over medium heat until evenly brown. Drain off the excess fat.
• Mix in the kidney beans, diced tomatoes, beer, chili sauce, onion, garlic, chili seasoning, black pepper, garlic powder, onion, cayenne pepper, oregano, sugar, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 4 hours, stirring occasionally.