Old Fashioned Colorado Green Chili Recipes

CLASSIC CHILI

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large soup kettle, saute green pepper, onions and celery in oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef and cook until browned; drain. Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add kidney beans. Simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes longer. If desired, serve with tortilla chips.

OLD FASHIONED COLORADO GREEN CHILI

Steps:

• Brown pork in skillet with garlic and pepper. Add flour and brown as well.
• In crock pot, mix pork, garlic, tomatoes, water, green chiles and onion. Simmer for at least 2 hours. Water can be added to thin down and flour can be added to thicken.
• (You can also cook it in a large pot on the stove at low heat.)
• Hint: Let simmer at least an hour before tasting and modifying by adding chiles, more tomatoes, garlic, etc.
• This is a very meaty, very slightly thickened chili - thin for Colorado style chili. If you like really thick chili, use 4-5 tbsp. flour rather than 3 and/or reduce the water.

DAVE'S OLD FASHIONED CHILI

Steps:

• In a frying pan, brown ground beef. Drain. Add remaining ingredients and drained ground beef into a 6 quart pot. Cover and simmer 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes.
• A note added: "Dave likes to add fresh, chopped onions on top of his chili serving.".
• My note: I'm guessing that by "small red beans" he meant pinto beans.
• This yields 16 (8 ounce) servings.