Toms 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.

TIM HORTONS CHILI

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef in the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat until no longer pink; place in a large pot. Do not drain.
• Sauté onion, celery and green pepper in the drippings, in the same frying pan used for the ground beef, for about 5 minutes until onion is translucent.
• Add a little of the chili powder.
• Add sautéed veggies to the ground beef.
• Add rinsed and drained kidney beans, mushrooms pieces, undiluted tomato soup and tomatoes with the liquid.
• Add the rest of the chili powder, oregano, salt, pepper, sugar, and garlic.
• Stir ingredients together well.
• Cover and simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally.
• Remove cover and simmer for 30 minutes or more, stirring occasionally.

TOM HAYES CHILI WITH CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Cook first 3 ingredients in olive oil, in Dutch oven over medium heat. Stir until ground beef crumbles, then drain. Return mixture to Dutch oven and stir in the chili powder, tomato sauce, and chocolate kisses. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Add kidney beans and cook until throughly heated. Garnish if desired.

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.