Grandma Jarretts Chili Chili Con Carne Food

CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• 1. Brown ground beef in skillet and drain fat.
• 2. Add chili powder and cook for a few minutes.
• 2. Add all remaining ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes.

GRANDPA JOHNSON'S (WARD) CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• 1. Brown meat in Dutch oven over medium high heat. Drain and put meat back into pot. Add remaining ingredients.
• 2. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer, uncovered, until the sauce is as thick as desired, or about 3 hours. Add water as needed or desired.
• 3. Add a few shakes of Tabasco sauce to taste, if any (be careful!).
• 4. Serve with crackers, shredded cheese, chopped onions, etc. (whatever suits your fancy).

CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Add Pork and Beef to pan and brown meat.
• Then add onion, garlic, water, tomato sauce and tomato paste.
• Mix Cocoa, chilli powder, salt, cumin, oregano and add to pan slowly, mixing in well.
• Cook on low for 1-2 hours or until meat is tender OR pile ingredients into crockpot and cook on LOW for 8-10 hours.
• This dish is quite unique as it uses cubed meats rather than mince.

OLD JOHN'S CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in frying pan add one onion, the ground chuck, the 3 sliced cloves of garlic, 1 teaspoon each of cumin, paprika, tumeric and 1 tablespoon chili powder, saute until beef is browned and drain off the liquid/oil.
• Place drained beef and onion mixture into a large stock pot over medium heat. Add the remaining onion, the diced clove of garlic, the drained kidney beans and the tomato sauce and stir well.
• If the mixture is too thick, thin it with the reserved bean liquid or add another can of tomato sauce.
• Add the tomato paste, another TBSP each of the cumin, paprika and tumeric, 2 TBSP of cocoa powder and 2 to 4 TBSP of the chili powder. (sometimes, I'll use the entire jar) Cook until the onion is tender, stirring occasionally and thinning as desired with the reserved bean liquid.
• Add enough tomato ketchup to correct for the acid balance (see note above).
• Serve with grated cheddar cheese and sour cream if desired.

AWARD WINNING CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook green pepper, and onion, until softened. Add the ground beef and cook until browned. Crumble over bouillon cubes, and stir in wine; continue to cook for a few minutes. Stir in chopped tomatoes, garlic, and tomato paste. Season with paprika, chili powder, cayenne pepper, basil, oregano, and parsley. Stir in salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium low. Cover, and simmer for 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in kidney beans, and hot pepper sauce. You can add the reserved tomato juice if more liquid is needed. Continue to simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, corn meal, and water until smooth. Stir into chili, and cook for a further 10 minutes, or until chili has thickened up.

CHILI CON CARNE (COOKS COUNTRY)

Steps:

• Add the can of tomatoes and the chipotle chiles to a food processor and pulse until smooth.
• Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp. Transfer the bacon to paper towel-lined plate and reserve 3 tablespoons bacon fat.
• Pat the beef dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the reserved bacon fat in empty Dutch oven over medium-high heat until just smoking. Working in batches, brown the beef on all sides (use a second tablespoon of the reserved bacon fat for the second batch). Be sure not to overcrowd the pan or the beef will steam and not brown. Transfer the browned beef to a bowl and set aside.
• Add remaining tablespoon of bacon fat, onion, and jalapeno to empty Dutch oven and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in chili powder, cumin, oregano, and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in water, pureed tomato mixture, bacon, browned beef, and sugar and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
• Remove cover, skim fat from the surface and continue to simmer uncovered until meat is tender, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Ladle 1 cup chili liquid into medium bowl and stir in muffin mix; cover with microwave-safe wrap/waxed paper. Microwave until mixture is thickened, about 1 minute. Slowly whisk mixture into chili and simmer until chili is slightly thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper before serving. Garnish with avocado and cheese if desired.
• The chili can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.

$20,000 PRIZE-WINNING CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• In large saucepan or Dutch oven, brown half the meat; pour off fat. Remove meat.
• Brown remaining meat; pour off all fat except 2 Tbsps.
• Add onion, garlic; cook and stir until tender.
• Add meat and remaining ingredients except flour, cornmeal and warm water. Mix well.
• Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer covered 2 hours.
• Stir together flour and cornmeal; add warm water. Mix well.
• Stir into chili mixture. Cook covered 20 minutes longer.
• Serve hot.

GODDEN'S WORLD-FAMOUS CHILI CON CARNE WITH BEANS

Steps:

• Put beef broth or buillon on low heat to simmer.
• While broth heats up, brown ground beef and drain excess fat, add to broth.
• While beef is browning, chop onion, add to broth.
• Add tomato paste, chili beans to broth.
• Add garlic, chili powder, oregano, basil, cumin.
• Add red peppers, salt, pepper, if desired.
• Simmer at least 2 hours.
• Serve with grated cheese on top.
• You can omit the red pepper and/or change the chili powder to teaspoons, if you like yours milder.

GRANDMA W'S CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Cook onions in olive oil until tender.
• Brown beef; drain fat.
• Blend all ingredients in a large pot; bring to simmer and cook slowly for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.