Cincinnati Five Way Chili Food

CINCINNATI CHILI 3, 4, OR 5 WAY

Steps:

• In a large pan brown ground beef along with onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic, breaking up meat as it cooks.
• Drain any accumulated fat.
• Add rest of ingredients to pan, mixing well.
• Bring to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for 1 1/2-2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Adjust consistency with water as needed.
• Serve your chili as follows (items for the 3,4, and 5 way listed in ingredients- others may require items not listed).
• 3-Way: chili, spaghetti, and cheese.
• 4-Way: a 3-Way plus onions or beans.
• 5-Way: spaghetti, chili, onions, beans and cheese.
• Chili spaghetti: spaghetti with chili.
• Cheese coney: hot dog, bun, mustard, chili, and cheese.
• Chili cheese sandwich: a coney minus the hot dog.
• Cincinnati burrito: chili beans wrapped in a tortilla, topped with chili, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and black olives.
• Cincinnati potato: baked jacket potato topped with chili, diced onions, beans and shredded cheddar cheese.
• Chili-cheese fries: french fries topped with chili and shredded cheddar cheese.
• Low-carb Coney: 3 small hot dogs (about 1 1/2 regular) in a bowl covered with chili and cheese.
• Serve oyster crackers and hot sauce on the side (crackers doused with sauce) or as a topping, if desired.

CINCINNATI FIVE-WAY CHILI

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients; set aside.
• In a large pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• Add in ground beef; cook until meat is browned, breaking up into small crumbles with a wooden spoon.
• When the beef is browned, add in onion, garlic, spice mix; stir/saute 1 minute.
• Add in tomato sauce, water, BBQ sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, chocolate, and bay leaves.
• Bring mixture to a simmer, stirring occasionally.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour (it should look more like a thick sauce than the chili most people are used to).
• Remove bay leaves.
• To serve five-way: distribute spaghetti among 8 bowls; spoon chili over spaghetti.
• Top chili with cheddar cheese, onion, and kidney beans.

CINCINNATI CHILI

Steps:

• In a medium, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat, add the ground beef. Cook, breaking up any lumps, until the meat is just beginning to brown. Drain off any excess oil. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the garlic, cocoa powder, chili powder and cinnamon, and stir and cook for another minute. Season with salt and pepper. Add the broth and vinegar, bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Reserve 1 cup for another use, such as Round 2 Recipe Chili Tostada.
• To serve, divide the spaghetti among 4 bowls. Top with the chili and then add the cheese (3-way), onions (4-way) and beans (5-way).
• In a medium, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat, add the ground beef. Cook, breaking up any lumps, until the meat is just beginning to brown. Drain off any excess oil. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the garlic, cocoa powder, chili powder and cinnamon, and stir and cook for another minute. Season with salt and pepper. Add the broth and vinegar, bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Reserve 1 cup for another use, such as Round 2 Recipe Chili Tostada.
• To serve, divide the spaghetti among 4 bowls. Top with the chili and then add the cheese (3-way), onions (4-way) and beans (5-way).

CINCINNATI CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat. Add half the chopped onions and the garlic and cook until soft, stirring, about 5 minutes. Add the chili powder, paprika, cumin, allspice, coriander, cinnamon, cayenne and cloves. Cook, stirring, until fragrant. Add the beef and cook the mixture, stirring, until the beef is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon salt.
• Add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, bay leaf and 1 1/2 cups water; simmer the mixture, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until slightly thicker. Add the chocolate, vinegar and Worcestershire and cook until the mixture is thickened but still soupy, about 15 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Cook the spaghetti according to the package directions. Drain well.
• Discard the bay leaf and season the chili with the freshly ground pepper. Divide the spaghetti among bowls and top with the chili, beans, remaining onion and cheddar. Serve with the oyster crackers if desired.