Tommys Chili Recipes

TOMMY'S CHILI

Steps:

• Add your carrots to a food processor until they're very finely chopped and the food processor stops making them smaller.
• Add the ground beef and carrots to a large dutch oven on medium high heat and cook until the beef is no longer pink, breaking it apart as you go, about 5-6 minutes.
• Lower the heat to medium and add in the chili powder, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper and masa harina, stirring well to combine.
• In a small cup whisk together the beef broth, vinegar and flour until the flour is completely absorbed, then add it into the pot.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for an additional 30 minutes to thicken.

TOMMY'S CHILI

Steps:

• 1. Brown your hamburger meat it a large pot in the olive oil. Drain any fat away, if you use really lean meat you don't have to drain at all.
• 2. Add the entire chopped onion, the garlic and half of the bunch of cilantro, and the lime juice, cook until the onion is done.
• 3. Add beer, the entire cans of tomatoes, one cans of green chilies, all the remaining spices and bring to a boil.
• 4. Add both cans of beans and bring to a simmer. After simmering for 15 minutes, add sugar and salt to taste. I usually do not have to add salt and very little sugar, just enough to counter the acidity of the tomatoes.
• 5. Serve with cubes of cheese, cilantro and extra green chilies.

TOMMY'S HAMBURGER CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan brown meat over medium heat, crumbling as you cook.
• Pour meat in to a strainer over a bowl.
• Reserve 1/2 cup fat and return meat to saucepan.
• In a medium saucepan heat fat over medium heat.
• When hot whisk in the 1/4 cup flour.
• Reduce heat to medium low, and continue to cook until a rich caramel color is reached, around 15 minutes.
• Add beef broth and whisk well.
• Remove from heat.
• In the meat saucepan add water to the cooked beef.
• Whisk in remaining flour.
• Add the roux/broth and remaining ingredients.
• Heat to medium high stirring often.
• Once a gentle boil is reached, reduce to medium low and simmer for 20 minutes, again, stirring often.
• Remove from heat and let stand 30 minutes to thicken.