Discuss Cooking - Cooking Forums - Chili http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/ en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:03:10 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/images/discook/misc/rss.jpg Discuss Cooking - Cooking Forums - Chili http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/ Please help me improve my chili http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/please-help-me-improve-my-chili-61485.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:16:46 GMT I entered a chili cook-off last year and it was great time! I didn't win but the guy who won voted for mine! LOL

Anyway, I would really like to change my chili a little bit - not really looking for a new recipe but I though maybe you folks could help me improve mine a bit?

My chili is pretty good. I enjoy it and everyone who has tried it seems to like it. I've been making it the same way for years though and I'm sure it could be a lot better.

I got the recipe years ago from a relative and I don't know where they got it so I hope I'm allowed to post it here. If this is not OK please let me know and I'll edit my post.

Here goes:

2 lbs ground beef
1 29oz can tomato sauce
1 29oz can pinto beans with liquid
1 29 can kidney beans with liquid
2 small cans diced green chilis with liquid
1 large onion coursely chopped
2 celery stalks coursely chopped
3 tomatoes diced - outer flesh, no seeds
2 teaspoons cumin powder
3 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups water

Brown the ground beef and drain off fat.

mix the kidney beans, pinto beans and liquid in a bowl and remove 1/4 - 1/3 of the mixture and puree it. Put all ingredients into the pot and simmer for 3 hours stirring often.

Thanks in advance for any tips on helping me improve my chili! The cook-off is tomorrow night. ]]> Chili jcv http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/please-help-me-improve-my-chili-61485.html ISO: Chili meat sauce for enchiladas/tamales http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/iso-chili-meat-sauce-for-enchiladas-tamales-61373.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:31:33 GMT When I was little (late 60's), my family would go out to a large "Old School" Mexican restaurant (prob El Fenix) in N. Dallas Tx, and have exotic foods such as a combo plate, with cheese enchilada, crispy taco, tamale, and sides..

The dish had a Chili with meat (chili con carne) sauce on the enchilada and tamale. And as I seem to recall, even an extra little bowl of it on the side, which Dad promptly grabbed and poured over His..

Today, I don't see this Chili sauce often. Rather, it is usually a thin meatless gravy, like the one discussed here..

The essence of Tex-Mex | Homesick Texan

here is another discussion of the sauce from ChowHounds..

Chili Con Carne for Cheese Enchiladas? - Home Cooking - Chowhound

seems this fellow is looking for the same thing, but never really received a recipe..

It's really like thinned out Tx Red Chili, almost hot dog sauce thin..but not so "strong" to over power the taste of delicate cheese enchiladas, or Tamales..

Thanks, Eric Austin Tx. ]]> Chili giggler http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/iso-chili-meat-sauce-for-enchiladas-tamales-61373.html Chili http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/chili-61226.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:55:16 GMT :chef:Hello, I need a chili recipe that is wonderful. I want to make a chili that a little differnt than usual, but, still has a great taste. Please send me a few recipes. Thank you :chef:Hello, I need a chili recipe that is wonderful. I want to make a chili that a little differnt than usual, but, still has a great taste. Please send me a few recipes.
Thank you ]]> Chili donnapete http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/chili-61226.html I Won First Place in a Chili Contest! http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/i-won-first-place-in-a-chili-contest-61213.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:48:30 GMT I'm so excited! I've never entered one before and haven't really 'participated' in many either.

It was a ton of fun, I loved tasting all the chilis - and it was so cool that I won! I also got a couple extra chili recipes.

Here's my recipe:

1 lb ground pork
2 (4 inch) fresh jalapenos, including seeds
2 cloves garlic, pressed or smashed
1 medium onion, quartered
1 3/4 c chicken broth
3 T vegetable oil
1/2 t ground cumin
1/4 t salt
1/8 t curry powder
15 oz can white hominy
1/2 c fresh cilantro, chopped
Pumpkin seeds, shelled roasted
Crumbled cheese (goat's or sheep's is best)

Crumble and brown the pork in a pan.

Puree jalapeno, garlic, and onion with about a 1/2 cup of the chicken broth.

Heat vegetable oil in stock pot on med-high heat and then add puree, cumin, curry powder and salt. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring frequently cooking down to evaporate most of the liquid to make it thicker.

Drain and thoroughly rinse hominy.

Add hominy, pork, cilantro and remaining chicken broth and simmer another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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]]> Chili Jeni78 http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/i-won-first-place-in-a-chili-contest-61213.html Thai chili with Thai chiles! http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/thai-chili-with-thai-chiles-61056.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:07:10 GMT anyone tried making something like this? those little bird's-eye chiles are small enough that you could put them in whole (after roasting! :devil:). there could be garlic, lemongrass, coconut milk, ginger... one prob is that chili has to have lots of cumin in it, and i'm not sure if cumin is a thai ingredient...? (& tomatos too?)





ps - maybe serrano chili with serrano chiles would be better, but are serranos as small (or as hot) as those little thai ones? ]]> Chili baking fool http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f62/thai-chili-with-thai-chiles-61056.html