Smokey Rainbow Chili Food

SMOKY MEATY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of the oil to the hot pan. Season the pork and beef with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt. Working in 2 batches, brown the meat on all sides; this will take about 7 minutes per batch. Remove the browned meat to a plate and continue with the next batch.
• When all the meat is browned and removed, add the remaining tablespoon of oil to the pan along with the garlic, onion and pepper. Cook, stirring often, for about 3 minutes. Season the vegetables with the chile powder, cumin, chipotle, coriander and 1 teaspoon of salt. Continue to cook the vegetables until the spices are fragrant and the vegetables are soft, an additional 2 minutes. Stir in the diced tomatoes and kidney beans along with 3 cups of water. Add the seared meat and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Reduce the heat to medium low, cover and simmer until the meat is tender and the chili has thickened slightly, about 1 hour. Stir in the bourbon, espresso and agave and turn off the heat.
• Serve garnished with shredded Cheddar cheese and a dollop of sour cream if desired.

SMOKEY SLOW COOKER CHILI

Steps:

• 1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add ground pork to pan; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring to slightly crumble. Drain well. Transfer pork to an electric slow cooker.
• 2. Recoat pan with cooking spray. Add pork shoulder; cook 5 minutes or until lightly browned, turning occasionally. Transfer pork to slow cooker.
• 3. Recoat pan with cooking spray. Add onion and bell pepper; sauté 8 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add tomato paste; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in beer; cook 1 minute. Transfer onion mixture to slow cooker. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt, chili powder, and next 9 ingredients (through ham hock) to slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH 5 hours or until meat is tender. Remove bay leaves and ham hock; discard. Stir in remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and sugar. Ladle about 1 1/3 cups chili into each of 8 bowls; top each serving with 1 tablespoon cilantro, 1 tablespoon green onions, and 1 tablespoon cheese. Serve each serving with 1 lime wedge.
• Note: You can also cook the chili in a slow cooker on LOW for 8 hours. For cooking chili on the stovetop, use a total of 12 ounces beer and simmer, covered, for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until the pork shoulder is tender.

SMOKY CHILLI SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove the stems from the chillies, then tip onto a sheet of foil with the garlic cloves, a drizzle of olive oil, caster sugar and some salt. Lift the sides of the foil up and scrunch to close.
• Grill on the barbecue (or roast at 160C/140C fan/gas 3) for 30 mins until the garlic is soft. Tip into a large pestle and mortar or food processor with 1 tbsp olive oil, and crush or blitz to a chunky sauce. Will keep in the fridge for up to two days.

SMOKY CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a casserole or shallow saucepan over a medium heat, then fry the beef for about 10 mins until any fat has been released and the beef has started to brown. Add the onion and fry for another 8-10 mins until the onions have softened and started to brown slightly. Add the garlic and stir for another minute.
• Stir in the cumin seeds, ground coriander, oregano and a good grinding of black pepper, and continue to fry the mixture for a few minutes until fragrant. Add the vinegar, then the chipotle and tomato pastes, and stir everything together. Tip in the tomatoes and a can of water, then add the yeast extract and crumble in the stock cube. Stir well and bring the mixture to a simmer. Cook for 20 mins, stirring occasionally.
• When the chilli has thickened, tip in the beans and half the liquid from the can. Simmer for 20 mins more, taste for seasoning, then serve with rice, and top with the soured cream, jalapeños, coriander leaves and onion.

RAINBOW VEGGIE CHILI

Steps:

• Dice peppers and onion. Saute peppers onion and garlic in small amount of olive oil until cooked (leave slightly crisp). Set aside.
• Open beans and corn. Empty into strainer and rinse.
• In large pot or crock pot, combine ALL ingrediants (except for optional topper and serving ingrediants). Simmer on low until heated and serve!
• Serve in bowl, or wrap in tortilla.
• **Recipe is vegan if not served with cheese or sour cream. Healthy, delicious, and full of protien!

EAT-THE-BOWL RAINBOW CHILI

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat, then cook red and green peppers, carrots, celery, onion and garlic for about five minutes, stirring often, until softened.
• Add the meat (either ground turkey, chicken, or beef) and cook until no longer pink (about 3 minutes or so).
• Stir in tomatoes, corn, chili powder, salt, cumin, oregano and pepper and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or so.
• Stir in beans and cook uncovered for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
• Cut out wedge along the top of each roll and pull out some of the inside to hollow out a"bowl" with side at least 1/2" thick.
• Spoon chili in the"bowl" and sprinkle with your choice of cheese.

SMOKEY WINTER CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400F, or 375 if you have a convection oven (I recommend using convection because you're going to need to at least two racks to fit everything in).
• Start by doing a little roasting. If you're feeling ambitious, you can roast these ingredients on a charcoal grill and get some smoke on them, but it's not necessary. Wash the mushrooms and cut them into bite size pieces. For most crimini mushrooms, cutting them in half is fine. Drizzle them with a bit of olive oil and salt & pepper. Put them in the oven and roast for about 30 minutes.
• Cut the jalapeños as described and put them on a baking sheet or in a small cast iron dish and roast in the same oven with the mushrooms (they can share a baking sheet or pan, they'll take the same amount of time).
• Cook the bacon however you want to so that it's crisp, but not crunchy. I recommend lining a cookie sheet with parchment paper and baking them in the same oven with the jalapeños and mushrooms. They take about the same time and the house will smell amazing. While it's cooking you can finish prepping your other ingredients.
• While the oven is roasting away, dice up the onion into whatever size you like in your chili. Mince the garlic, and portion out your spices. I usually like to open all my cans right now as well to get prepped.
• In a very large pot, cook your ground beef so it's nicely browned. It's ok if it's got a touch of pink left in it, because you're going to simmer it long enough to finish the cook. If the beef wasn't very lean, you might want to drain off a little of the fat, but not too much. Remove the beef to a bowl and set aside.
• If your bacon is cooked, drain about 2 tbsp of the fat into the pot where you cooked the beef. Let it get nice at hot with the remaining beef fat, then add in your onions, chili powder, salt, cumin, oregano and paprika. Cooke it for 5 minutes or so to get the onions translucent and tender. If it's feeling too dry in the pot, add a splash of the beer to deglaze and keep the spices from burning. Add the garlic in and throw the beef back in, stirring and cooking for another few minutes together.
• Chop up the cooked bacon, and add that along with the roasted mushrooms and jalapeños.
• Add the canned tomatoes and beans along with all the juices in the cans. Add the tomato paste and beer as well, stirring to get it all mixed inches.
• Let it simmer for 30 minutes or so to get fully incorporated. Tase it along the way and add more spice if you want it. I'm usually cooking for people who can't handle the heat, so I add ground chipotle pepper to my bowl when I serve it.
• Top with some shredded cheese and plain greek yogurt. I also like a little cilantro on mine.
• Enjoy!

SMOKEY RAINBOW CHILI

Steps:

• (if using meat -- brown the meat really well, remove and set aside. Add the meat after sauteing the veggies).
• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Stir in zucchini, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, jalapeno, garlic, and onion. Cook 5 minutes, just until tender.
• Add tomatoes with liquid, tomato paste, black beans, corn, and kidney beans into the pot. Season with smoked paprika, chili powder, oregano, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer 1-2 hours, stirring occasionally.