Prize Winning 3 Bean Chili Food

THREE BEAN AWARD WINNING CHILI

Steps:

• add salt, black pepper, garlic powder to ground beef and cook with onions and red/green peppers in dutch oven.
• drain excess grease.
• add balance of ingredients.
• cover and simmer for 90 minutes or more.
• serve with toppings.

EMILY'S AWARD WINNING THREE BEAN CROCKPOT CHILI

Steps:

• Saute bacon until crisp in large skillet; remove from pan and drain. Drain off all but 2 Tbsp of bacon fat. Add lean ground beef, onion, celery, garlic, green, red and jalapeno peppers and saute until beef is browned and vegetables are tender.
• Put meat and vegetable mixture into a crockpot. Crumble crisp bacon and add rest to pot with all remaining ingredients except cilantro. Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours; taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.

PRIZE-WINNING CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, bell pepper, and jalapeno pepper until onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Add sausage and ground beef; continue to cook and stir until meat is browned and crumbly, about 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Season meat mixture with chili powder, cayenne pepper, and salt. Add pinto beans, tomatoes, and water and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to simmer for 1 hour.

BEST EVER THREE BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Saute onions and garlic in olive oil over medium heat until softened.
• Add cumin and chili powder to pan to toast.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well.
• Simmer on low for at least 30 minutes.
• Serve in bowls and top with shredded cheddar cheese.

3 MEAT, 3 BEAN, 3 CHILI CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a Dutch oven over medium heat. Season the chuck roast with salt and pepper. Add the oil to the pot and sear the chuck roast until browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the pot. Add the ground beef and chorizo and cook until browned, 7 to 8 minutes; drain off excess fat if necessary. Add the garlic, onion and jalapeno and cook for 2 minutes, then return the chuck roast back to the pot with the beer, tomatoes and tomato paste.
• Using scissors, snip the guajillo chiles into small strips. Add to the pot and bring to a boil. Mix in the chili powder, cumin, oregano, bay leaves and 2 tablespoons salt. Reduce to a simmer and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove the bay leaves. Add the beans to the pot. Combine the masa and 1/2 cup water in a small bowl, then stir the mixture into the pot. Continue to simmer until the chili thickens slightly, an additional 15 minutes.
• Serve with fixins: diced tomatoes, cubed avocado, grated Cheddar, sour cream, lime wedges and cilantro leaves.

THREE BEAN AND BEEF CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in large pot or Dutch oven over moderate heat. Add the onion, bell pepper and carrots, cover and cook, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Add the cumin and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the ground beef; raise the heat to high and cook, breaking up the meat with a spoon, until the meat is no longer pink. Stir in the tomatoes, water, chipotle and adobo sauce, oregano and salt and pepper. Simmer, partially covered, stirring from time to time, for 30 minutes. Stir in the beans and cook, partially covered, 20 minutes longer. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

PRIZE WINNING CHILI

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.

SARAH'S AWARD-WINNING VEGETARIAN 4-BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, garlic, and jalapeno; saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add 3 cups water, diced tomatoes, chickpeas, and black, kidney, and cannellini beans. Stir to combine.
• Combine remaining 1 cup water and tomato paste in a small bowl; whisk together. Stir into the bean mixture.
• Add vegetarian crumbles, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, lemon juice, black pepper, cumin, basil, and oregano. Bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes. Add cilantro and serve immediately, or keep over low heat until ready to serve, adding cilantro just before dishing up.

MEATY THREE-BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a 4-qt. kettle or Dutch oven, cook the sausage and beef over medium heat, until the meat is no longer pink; drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings. Set meat aside. , Saute onion, peppers and garlic in the reserved drippings for 3 minutes. Add the broth, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. , Add tomatoes, bacon and browned sausage and beef; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. , Add all of the beans. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Garnish with chopped onion if desired.

PRIZE WINNING 3 BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• The night before, sprinkle the cubed meat with the cajun salt and put aside in ziptop bags in the fridge, cut/chop/dice all the vegetables and put aside in containers in the fridge. I premeasure all my seasonings into one small ziplock to reduce searching for stuff the day you need it.
• Heat bacon grease or oil in a large skillet (I like my cast iron for this) and brown meat in batches. When the steak and pork is cooked, brown the hamburger with the onion, peppers and garlic. Drain any excess grease - there shouldn't be much if you used lean hamburger (ground turkey works too!).
• Combine all the meats, tomatoes, chiles,onions, peppers, beer and spices in a large stock pot on low heat or in your crockpot set on low. Cook for 2-3 hours on the stove on low or 4-8 hours on low in the crockpot - till meats are VERY tender.
• Stir in beans and cook till heated thru (45 minutes - 1 hour) - you want the beans to retain their individual colors as it makes the chili very visually stimulating and the beans will keep more of their texture.
• We like to serve this over crushed tortilla chips with a dap of sour cream or shredded cheese on top. Also really good with corn bread!
• Prep time does not include sitting overnight in fridge as this is really not necessary - just convenient.