Mean Chef Chili Recipes

PICK A MEAT CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium heat. Mix together the coriander, paprika, cumin, cayenne and some salt and pepper in a small bowl and toss with the cubed meat, ground meat or eggplant.
• Add the oil to the pot and when hot, add the meat or eggplant and cook, turning as necessary, until brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the onion, garlic and jalapeno and cook, stirring, until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes.
• Add the beer and water and deglaze the pot, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom with a wooden spoon. Add the tomato and chipotle if using, bring to a simmer and simmer until the meat is tender, 1 to 1 ½ hours. (The cooking time will be less for ground meat, chicken and eggplant.)
• Add the beans and continue to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes to thicken. (If using pre-soaked dried beans, the cooking time may be longer.) Serve the chili garnished with your favorite toppers on hand.

MEAN CHEF CHILI

Steps:

• Red Chile Sauce---------.
• Stem and seed chiles, roast at 250 for 3- 4 minutes.
• Add to the water in a covered pan and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Cool.
• Blacken tomatoes under broiler.
• Saute onion in oil over low heat until browned.
• Put tomato, onion, garlic, chiles, cumin, oregano, adobo sauce and salt in a blender.
• Add stock and puree to a fine paste.
• Add lard to a skillet and heat to almost smoking.
• Fry sauce at a sizzle for 5 minutes.
• Do not allow to get too thick.
• Add more stock if necessary.
• Extra can be frozen and use for any Mexican/Southwestern recipe whic calls for red chile sauce.
• For CHILI--------.
• Place chile sauce, ale, beef stock, tomato sauce and enchilada sauce in large stock pot and let simmer for 20 minutes.
• Brown meat in lard in cast iron skillet.
• Saute onion in same pan to brown.
• Place meat and onion in bowl and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of masa.
• Add to stock pot including accumulated juices.
• Add peppers to stock pot.
• Add spices to stock pot.
• Simmer slowly until meat is tender.
• Correct seasoning.
• Add sausage.

MILD-MANNERED CHILI

Steps:

• Lightly coat the inside of a slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground turkey in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Transfer ground turkey to the slow cooker.
• Stir crushed tomatoes, black beans, kidney beans, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, chili powder, black pepper, salt, and garlic powder into ground turkey.
• Cook on Low for 3 hours.