Vickys World Famous Chili Food

ESKIMO JOE'S WORLD FAMOUS CHILI

Steps:

• Brown meat in a skillet. Add remaining ingredients and simmer until vegetables are tender. After browning the meat, you could also put this in a crockpot and cook on low for about 8 hours.

C. V. WOODS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Simmer chicken pieces in water for 2 hours.
• Strain broth and reserve.
• In 2 qt saucepan combine celery, tomatoes and sugar and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
• Boil chilies 15 min until tender, remove seeds and cut in 1/4" in squares.
• Combine oregano, cumin, MSG, pepper, salt, chili powder, cilantro, and thyme with beer and whisk until all lumps are dissolved.
• Add tomato mixture, chilies, beer mixture, and garlic to chicken broth.
• Render suet.
• Brown 1/2 of cubed pork chops in 1/3 of suet drippings. Repeat for other 1/2 of cubed pork chops.
• Add browned pork to broth mixture and cook slowly 30 minutes.
• Brown flank steak cubes in remaining 1/3 of suet drippings about 1/3 at a time.
• Add to pork mixture.
• Return to boil and simmer slowly about 1 hour.
• Add onions and green peppers.
• Simmer 2 1/2 hours longer, stirring with wooden spoon every 15-20 minute.
• Cool 1 hour then refrigerate 24 hours.
• Reheat chili before serving.
• About 5 minutes before serving time, add cheese.
• Immediately before serving, add lime juice and stir with wooden spoon.

HEIDI'S FAMOUS CHILI

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in a little oil or water, add onions.
• Add chili powder and RO-TEL diced tomatoes/chiles, stir and heat for several minutes.
• Add HOT chili beans (I use Brooks' Hot Chili Beans but you can use whatever brand is available--if you aren't "into" hot, you can try any style of chili beans). I rinse the cans and add 1/2 a can (1/2 cup) of water per can of beans so there's extra water for noodles. If you're not using noodles, don't add the water.
• After this mixture has heated, I add the 2 large cans of tomatoes, juice and all. Simmer. Add the 2 squares of unsweetened baking chocolate--it adds an extra dimension to the flavor of the tomatoes.
• When this is near-boiling, add noodles if you're going to. Simmer until these are done.
• Taste-test--you can add more chili powder if you like it really spicy.
• Remove from heat for 5-10 minutes and let rest. Stir once more before serving. It should have a nice, thick texture, not too runny. Makes 10 hearty servings, holds its flavor for leftovers.
• Serve with cornbread muffins, mexican cheese or mild cheddar, sour cream, and oyster crackers.
• Everytime I make this, I try to improve it. The recipe is a work in progress! Last night I added some garlic powder to the mix and it was quite good. I've added vermouth at times, tequila, beer (not so crazy about this), stewed whole tomatoes instead of diced (use 3 cans of whole tomatoes), and green peppers if they're available. It's all a matter of taste.
• Enjoy!

GODDEN'S WORLD-FAMOUS CHILI CON CARNE WITH BEANS

Steps:

• Put beef broth or buillon on low heat to simmer.
• While broth heats up, brown ground beef and drain excess fat, add to broth.
• While beef is browning, chop onion, add to broth.
• Add tomato paste, chili beans to broth.
• Add garlic, chili powder, oregano, basil, cumin.
• Add red peppers, salt, pepper, if desired.
• Simmer at least 2 hours.
• Serve with grated cheese on top.
• You can omit the red pepper and/or change the chili powder to teaspoons, if you like yours milder.