Wild West Chile Con Carne Food

SOUTHWEST CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Garnish with green onion if desired.

CHILE CON CARNE

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef and add the salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin and bay leaf. Continue cooking meat in its own juices. If meat dries up add a little water. Next, begin adding the chile powder. Add water and let simmer for a short while. If you desire to add beans to your chile you should add cooked pinto beans now.
• Serve in bowls and garnish with cheese and onions and hot flour tortillas or crackers. This chile may also be served over enchiladas or tamales or added into Chile con Queso.

WILD WEST CHILE CON CARNE

Steps:

• Place a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the oil and lightly brown the meat. To avoid overcrowding the skillet, brown the meat in 3-4 batches.) Transfer the browned meat to a large dutch oven. Discard all but 3 tbsp of fat from the skillet.
• Reduce the heat under the skillet to medium and add the garlic, onion and diced jalapeno pepper. Saute for 2 minutes stirring often.
• Add the cumin, bay leaf, coriander, chili powder, paprika, oregano and sage to the skillet, stirring well to coat the onions etc with the spices. Continue cooking for another minute, stirring frequently for avoid scorching.
• Add the bell peppers, celery, crushed tomatoes and roasted chiles. Stir well with a wooden spoon, scraping the bottom and sides to loosen bits stuck to skillet. Transfer contents to the dutch oven.
• On medium high heat, add the beans, beer and beef stock, stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours. To thicken the chili, stir in corn meal or masa harina and simmer.

WILD WEST CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown bacon and the beef or venison; drain. Add the seasonings; cook and stir for 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, celery, onion, carrots and green pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40 minutes. Stir in beans; cook 30 minutes longer.