Dads Chili Food

DAD'S CHILI (WENDY'S COPYCAT)

Steps:

• In a frying pan, brown the ground beef; drain.
• Put the drained beef and the remaining ingredients into a 6-quart pot.
• Cover the pot; let it simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes.
• Serve over fresh rice.

DAD'S CHILI

Steps:

• Scramble fry ground beef, drain fat.
• Add in crushed tomatoes and seasoning. Stir until well mixed.
• Place onions and peppers in the bottom of the crock and add in all ingredients including beef mixture.
• Cook on low for 8 hours, stirring occasionally.

DAD'S CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in the ground beef and ground pork. Cook and stir until the meat is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink. Drain and discard any excess grease. Set meat aside. Melt the butter in the pot over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, bell pepper, and onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the cooked meat, pinto beans, tomatoes, parsley, chili powder, pepper, monosodium glutamate, salt, and cumin. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour.

DAD'S BEST CHILI

Steps:

• In a large 6-8 quart stock pot, brown the sausage and ground beef together, adding the diced green pepper and onion in the last 5 minutes or so.
• Add the bouillon cubes, garlic, diced chili pepper (if used), tomato paste, and all seasonings EXCEPT bay leaves. Stir well until completely mixed.
• Stir in the diced tomatoes (including liquid), canned diced green chilis, ale or stout (if used), and the bay leaves. Then carefully mix in the kidney and black beans being careful not to mash the beans.
• Simmer on low for at least 45 minutes, up to 2 hours. Be careful not to burn the bottom.
• Serve with crackers and shredded cheddar cheese; add a splash of pepper sauce if you like it HOT.
• This recipe makes about 6 quarts of chili that tastes even better the second day, and withstands freezing very well.
• NOTE:.
• If using dried beans, adjust the recipe as follows:.
• 1 lb. + 1 cup dried kidney beans.
• 1 cup dried black beans.
• 3 Tblsp sugar.
• 1½ Tblsp salt ADDITIONAL to recipe.
• Dried beans must be soaked overnight and PRECOOKED BEFORE being added to chili (simmer black beans for 45 minutes, kidney beans for 1 hr 45 minutes.

DAD'S SUPER-BOWL CHILI

Steps:

• Brown beef in large skillet then drain fat.
• Chop peppers and onions into"thumb size" chunks.
• Combine all ingredients into 10 Quart pot.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour stirring often.
• If you like your chili thinner than this, add beer to thin, not water.
• (When serving, we like to garnish with sharp cheddar or sour cream and crackers or cornbread.).

DAD'S HOMEMADE CHILI

Steps:

• Chop onion and jalapeno.
• Saute onion and jalapeno in butter.
• While onion sautes brown the beef and sausage, drain.
• To a large stock/soup pot over low heat add beans, green chilis, and tomatoes.
• Add onion and jalapeno when tender to pot and add meat when brown.
• Add chili powder, garlic, and cumin.
• Cook for approximately 45 minutes over low heat, stirring frequently.