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snidegrrl

Chili Meltdown!

Oct 23, 2005 01:12

The first annual chili cookoff was a success! Thanks to all our chili chefs, apologies to those I couldn't cram into the house, and holy crap does eating 9 different chilis wear a person out. Lessons were learned: for instance, that everyone brings sour cream. I do in fact, despite the 4 tubs we went through, still have 3 tubs in the fridge. Also: ( Read more... )

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Comments 27

angela_la_la October 23 2005, 05:31:25 UTC

Hooray for chili!

If you really aren't going to eat the sour cream, I will happily take it off your hands for my own chili-related festivities next week. However, it keeps quite well unopened in the fridge for months--maybe you can make dip. The one time I froze some, though? Don't ever do that. Wow. Nasty.

snidegrrl October 23 2005, 15:21:36 UTC

My first thought was indeed: onion dip!

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Re: In Absentia snidegrrl October 23 2005, 15:20:45 UTC

I'm so sorry I didn't get to say goodbye. :( I hope all's well!

Re: In Absentia examorata October 24 2005, 13:28:20 UTC

We were all like, "Wha? How did we lose a 6'5" Dutchman?"

Sorry you couldn't stay longer!

Winning Recipe traceracer October 23 2005, 05:47:37 UTC

Now I made a big batch of this, so you can scale as you see fit

Ingredients:

3 pounds ground beef (I tend to like the lean)
chopped garlic (Here, I tend to use the jar stuff, so alter away)
3/4 cup chopped sweet onion (I used Mayan sweet this time)
1 12 oz can jalapenos (again, go ahead with the fresh stuff, I just fear spice)
2 cans dark red kidney beans
2 14 1/2 cans diced tomatoes
3 14 1/2 cans tomato sauce
2 itty bitty cans of tomato paste
4 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
3 teaspoons cumin
3 teaspoons thyme
1 1/2 teaspoon salt (I used sea)
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/2 C honey (I used three varieties: clover, thistle and Killer Bee, whatever that one means)

Brown ground beef in pan
Add onions, peppers and garlic
Put in crock pot with all the ingredients except the honey
I cooked it on high for a few hours and then transferred it to warm
Right before leaving, I added the honey
It warmed for a bit at the cookoff and got much sweeter. I might use less honey next time.

Re: Winning Recipe malkin October 23 2005, 06:02:32 UTC

That's my kind of chili! From the ingredients, I'd reckon it's about halfway between my Mom's recipe and my recipe. So, I guess that'd be Mid-Atlantic chili. :)

If any of the Texas purists raz you about the beans, or anything, you should whack them upside the head with a pound of beef!

Aussies, by the way, loooooooooooooooove chili, and have a hell of a hard time finding stuff that isn't just spicy sloppy joe. I think someone could make an absolute mint opening up Hard Times Cafe locations down here.

I hope that this becomes a long-standing annual event, because I'll be heartbroken if I never get to participate. Chili is just about my favorite food!

Re: Winning Recipe snidegrrl October 23 2005, 15:23:21 UTC

I hope it becomes a long standing annual event too!

Re: Winning Recipe traceracer September 25 2013, 18:18:28 UTC

Maybe it can be again?

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traceracer October 23 2005, 05:50:01 UTC

I may have actually used more or less onion. It was a really big one and I chopped it in half then chopped it up. So.. I'm a very bad judge. I'm just glad I wrote this recipe down since normally I just throw things in.

miss_blu October 23 2005, 11:11:43 UTC

'chilitarium'

Heh. I want one!