New Years Day Chili Food

CHILLY DAY CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onions and bell pepper in vegetable oil for 1-2 minutes; add ground beef and cook until browned; drain fat.
• Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, ketchup, chili powder, salt, and pepper; simmer, uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add beans and continue simmering for 15 minutes longer.

NEW YEAR'S DAY CHILI

Steps:

• Brown ground pork and bratwurst until cooked through. Remove from pan.
• Cook onion, red pepper, garlic and jalapeno until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Place pork, bratwurst, vegetables, black-eyed peas, tomatoes, beer, chicken broth and spices into slow cooker.
• Cook on low for 7-8 hours, or on high for 3-4 hours.
• Add tomato paste if chili seems thin.

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!

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.