Kahlua Chili Food

KAHLUA CHILI

Steps:

• Simmer the peppers, onions, and mince garlic cloves in chicken broth for 10 minutes. (use enough broth to cover vegetables).
• Add canned tomatoes, tomato paste, and raw ground turkey then heat to almost boiling. Simmer another 10 minutes. (Add more broth, if needed, to simmer turkey in).
• Add oregano, cumin, salt and chili powder. Mix well and heat until boiling, stirring often.
• Add kidney beans and ¼ cup Kahlua.
• Lower heat and simmer for 40 minutes, stirring often to prevent sticking to the bottom of the pan.
• Add another ¼ cup Kahlua. Simmer for another 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Turn off the heat and let sit for 15-20 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls, then top with cheddar cheese, sour cream. Serve with corn bread.

GRILLED SHRIMP WITH KAHLUA-CHIPOTLE CHILE GLAZE

Steps:

• Soak skewers in water for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven on a high broil setting.
• When hot, place tomatoes onions (cut side down) and garlic on an oiled cookie sheet.
• Broil until charred, about 5-6 minutes for garlic and 10 minutes for onions and tomatoes.
• Core tomatoes and cut into chunks.
• Peel onions and garlic; coarsely chop all and add to blender with the next 5 (chipotles through brown sugar) ingredients.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour corn oil into a 10" frying pan over medium-high heat; when hot, add tomato mixture and stir until it simmers.
• Lower heat to medium and cook about 8 minutes.
• Add lime juice and stir until the glaze is thick.
• Add salt to taste.
• Reserve 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup glaze.
• Thread shrimp on skewers, then set on a barbecue grill over high heat.
• Sear 1-2 minutes on each side, basting with glaze before you flip the shrimp.
• Continue to flip and coat each side until shrimp is barely opaque, about 4-6 minutes.
• Serve with reserved glaze, chopped cilantro and lime wedges.

KAHLUA CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• In 2 quart saucepan, melt butter.
• Add onions and garlic and saute over medium heat for three minutes.
• Add chili powder and cumin.
• Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.
• Blend in Kahlua and cook to reduce liquid by one-half.
• Stir in hot sauce, worcestershire sauce, BBQ sauce and salt.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in clover honey.
• Cool.
• Remove and discard the tips from the chicken wings.
• Divide the wings in half at the remaining joint.
• Marinate the wings in the cooked, cooled sauce for 1 hour at room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator.
• Arrange marinated wings on a broiler pan.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
• Broil for 5 minutes, turn and brush with remaining sauce.
• Remove the wings from the broiler and reduce oven temp to 350º.
• Bake for 15 minutes.

CHASEN'S ORIGINAL CHILI RECIPE

Steps:

• A secret ingredient added by a chef (after Dave Chasen stopped making the chili himself) is a quarter cup or 4 tablespoons of Kahlua liqueur. I heard someone won a chili championship with the recipe, including that addition.
• *Chasen's used the best beef chuck, center cut, trimmed completely of fat. The restaurant used a special meat grinder, but for the home cook, meat chopped into one-quarter to one-half-inch chunks is much better than ground meat for this chili. Alternatively, ask the butcher to put the meat through a "chili plate" ONE time - this is a very coarse grind, and works well for chili.
• ** Chasen's used Gebhardt's Chili Powder and Farmer Bros Cumin. Sometimes cumin seed is used in place of the ground cumin. It's a matter of personal preference. You might toast the seeds in a dry skillet, and crush them before adding to the recipe.
• Rinse the beans, picking out debris. Place beans in a Dutch oven with water to cover 2' above beans. Boil for two minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand one hour. Drain off liquid.
• Rinse beans again. Add enough fresh water to cover beans. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered, for one hour or until tender.
• Stir in tomatoes and their juice. Simmer five minutes. In a large skillet, sauté bell pepper in oil for five minutes. Add onion and cook until tender, stirring frequently. Stir in the garlic and parsley. Add mixture to bean mixture. Using the same skillet, melt the butter and sauté beef and pork chuck until browned. Drain. Add to bean mixture along with the chili powder, salt, pepper and cumin.
• Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for one hour. Uncover and cook 30 minutes more or to desired consistency. Chili shouldn't be too thick - it should be somewhat liquid but not runny like soup. Skim of excess fat and serve.
• NOTE: You can freeze this chili for several months. When reheating refrigerated leftover or frozen chili, add a few tablespoons of water to regain proper consistency.

KAHLUA® HOMEMADE

Steps:

• Combine water and instant coffee in a pot; bring to a boil. Stir light brown sugar and dark brown sugar into coffee, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring every 15 minutes, for 3 hours. Remove from heat and cool completely.
• Pour coffee mixture into a clean, large glass jar. Add grain alcohol, vanilla extract, and vanilla bean; cover with a tight-fitting lid. Let sit in a dark place, shaking occasionally, for 1 month. Divide into bottles, leaving a piece of vanilla bean in each.