Curts New Years Eve Chili Food

CURT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE CHILI

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a heavy pot.
• Remove and reserve bacon.
• Brown the meat and garlic in the bacon fat. For best results, move to a cast iron skillet.
• Saute onions in stock pot until soft.
• Add the meat, bacon, chilis, spices, sauces, jalapenos, beer, tomatoes and paste.
• Simmer for two hours.
• Add remaining ingredients during cooking, as you check and stir.
• Make sure last ingredients are added with at least one hour of cooking time remaining.
• For best results, allow chili to sit in the refrigerator for 24 hours to give the spices a chance to intensify. It is ok to serve off the stove (suggest a bread bowl!), but it is almost always better as leftovers.
• Caution: freezing and reheating will effect the quality. It will still be good, but not the same.

NEW YEAR'S CHILI

Steps:

• 1. Brown the sausage and ground beef together. Rinse in hot water to remove excess fat. If you like your meat to be finer, process in food processor. Otherwise, place in crock pot.
• 2. Add chili beans with liquid to crock pot. Rinse black eye peas and place in crock pot with tomato sauce. Add chili powder to taste.
• 3. Heat in crock pot until thoroughly hot. Serve over cooked pasta(we use angel hair pasta), Fritos or with crackers. Have grated cheddar cheese, sour cream, sliced black olives, and jalapeno peppers to dress your pasta up! Enjoy for good luck in the New Year!