Meaty Meat Less Chili Food

MEATLESS CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Top each serving with sour cream and cheese.

PICK A MEAT CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium heat. Mix together the coriander, paprika, cumin, cayenne and some salt and pepper in a small bowl and toss with the cubed meat, ground meat or eggplant.
• Add the oil to the pot and when hot, add the meat or eggplant and cook, turning as necessary, until brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the onion, garlic and jalapeno and cook, stirring, until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes.
• Add the beer and water and deglaze the pot, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom with a wooden spoon. Add the tomato and chipotle if using, bring to a simmer and simmer until the meat is tender, 1 to 1 ½ hours. (The cooking time will be less for ground meat, chicken and eggplant.)
• Add the beans and continue to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes to thicken. (If using pre-soaked dried beans, the cooking time may be longer.) Serve the chili garnished with your favorite toppers on hand.

SLOW-COOKED STEW MEAT CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add stew meat and brown for 2 minutes, stirring often. Add chili powder and cumin; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute more. Transfer meat to a large slow cooker.
• Add diced tomatoes, black beans, kidney beans, 1 1/2 cups beef broth, onion, bell pepper, parsley, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, garlic, and salt to the slow cooker; stir until well combined.
• Cover and cook on Low, stirring occasionally, until beef is tender, 6 to 8 hours. Thin the chili with remaining beef broth as it cooks, if consistency is too thick.

ANDY'S ALL MEAT CHILI

Steps:

• Remove any casings from sausages, crumble meat into a large, deep, pot. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often until lightly browned. To pot add ground turkey, beef, and pork. Mix together and crumble meat until it begins to brown.
• To browned meat add onion, bell pepper, and pablano pepper. Continue to cook over medium-high heat until onion is soft.
• Add all other ingredients. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for about an hour.
• Don't forget to occasionally stir, so it doesn't burn!
• Uncover and cook over medium-low heat until liquid starts to evaporate (about 30 minutes), continue to stir so it doesn't burn.
• Remove pot from heat and let cool about 15-20 minutes.
• Return to burner and heat throughly.
• Repeat the last 2 steps as needed until chili is thick.
• Serve with crackers.
• Leftovers can be easily frozen in a ziplock freezer bag or Tupperware.

FOUR MEAT CHILI

Steps:

• Fry each of the ground meats in a frying pan, separately. Drain the fats.
• Fry the chopped bacon partially, don't let them get crunchy because they will need to release some of their smoky flavors into the chili while it's cooking in the crock pot.
• Combine all the meats, beans, spices, onion, and tomatoes and sauce into a large crock pot and let it simmer on low for several hours, until the bacon is fully cooked. ( You can also use a chili pot and simmer on low for about 3-4 hours.)
• Add the sliced jalapeno on top of your chili for added spiciness, along with shredded cheese, sour cream and serve with cornbread or any crackers.