5 Way Chili Recipes

Steps:

• In a large pan brown ground beef along with onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic, breaking up meat as it cooks.
• Drain any accumulated fat.
• Add rest of ingredients to pan, mixing well.
• Bring to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for 1 1/2-2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Adjust consistency with water as needed.
• Serve your chili as follows (items for the 3,4, and 5 way listed in ingredients- others may require items not listed).
• 3-Way: chili, spaghetti, and cheese.
• 4-Way: a 3-Way plus onions or beans.
• 5-Way: spaghetti, chili, onions, beans and cheese.
• Chili spaghetti: spaghetti with chili.
• Cheese coney: hot dog, bun, mustard, chili, and cheese.
• Chili cheese sandwich: a coney minus the hot dog.
• Cincinnati burrito: chili beans wrapped in a tortilla, topped with chili, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and black olives.
• Cincinnati potato: baked jacket potato topped with chili, diced onions, beans and shredded cheddar cheese.
• Chili-cheese fries: french fries topped with chili and shredded cheddar cheese.
• Low-carb Coney: 3 small hot dogs (about 1 1/2 regular) in a bowl covered with chili and cheese.
• Serve oyster crackers and hot sauce on the side (crackers doused with sauce) or as a topping, if desired.

Steps:

• 1) Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add Ground Beef; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking into 3/4-inch crumbles and stirring occasionally. Pour off drippings. 2) Stir in beans, broth, tomatoes and chili powder; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes to develop flavors, stirring occasionally. Garnish with Toppings, as desired. Moroccan Variation: Prepare recipe as directed above, adding 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice and 1/4 cup chopped pitted dates or golden raisins with ingredients in step 2. Serve over hot cooked couscous. Garnish with toasted sliced almonds, chopped fresh mint and Greek yogurt, as desired. Mexican Variation: Prepare recipe as directed above, adding 1 tablespoon cocoa powder with ingredients in step 2. Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro, pepitas (pumpkin seeds) and corn tortilla chips, as desired. Serve with corn tortillas. Italian Variation: Prepare recipe as directed above, adding 1-1/2 teaspoons fennel seed with ingredients in step 2. Before removing from heat, stir in 3 cups fresh baby spinach. Cover; turn off heat and let stand 3 to 5 minutes or until spinach is just wilted. Serve over hot cooked orecchiette or cavatappi, if desired. Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese and pine nuts, as desired. Cincinnati Variation: Prepare recipe as directed above, adding 3 tablespoons white vinegar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon with ingredients in step 2. Serve over hot cooked elbow macaroni. Garnish with chopped white onion, sour cream and shredded Cheddar cheese, as desired. Cooking times are for fresh or thoroughly thawed Ground Beef. Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160degreesF. Color is not a reliable indicator of Ground Beef doneness.

Steps:

• In a cast iron pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, cook the meat until well browned, stirring occasionally, 4 to 6 minutes. Add the onions, bell pepper, garlic, chili powder, salt, cumin, black pepper, cayenne pepper, coriander, and cinnamon, and cook until vegetables are soft, 4 to 6 minutes. Add the bay leaves, tomatoes, and stock; bring the mixture to a simmer, partially cover, and cook for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add all of the beans, stir to combine, and continue to cook another 20 to 30 minutes, or until the flavors have come together and the chili has a nice, thick consistency. Add the cilantro, taste and adjust the seasoning, if necessary.
• Serve hot, garnished with sour cream, grated cheese, and chopped green onions, if desired.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients; set aside.
• In a large pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• Add in ground beef; cook until meat is browned, breaking up into small crumbles with a wooden spoon.
• When the beef is browned, add in onion, garlic, spice mix; stir/saute 1 minute.
• Add in tomato sauce, water, BBQ sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, chocolate, and bay leaves.
• Bring mixture to a simmer, stirring occasionally.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour (it should look more like a thick sauce than the chili most people are used to).
• Remove bay leaves.
• To serve five-way: distribute spaghetti among 8 bowls; spoon chili over spaghetti.
• Top chili with cheddar cheese, onion, and kidney beans.

Steps:

• In a skillet on medium low heat sauté ground beef and onions.
• When beef has been cooked, drain all grease and place in a medium large sauce pan.
• Add celery salt, tomato sauce, kidney beans, garlic powder, garlic salt, chili powder, pepper, water and salt, mix all ingredients.
• On low heat place a lid on sauce pan and simmer for one hour, stirring frequently. After chili has been cooking for a hour add tomato paste and stir well. Place lid on pan and simmer an additional half hour.
• To assemble:.
• For individual serving :.
• In a shallow bowl or plate place:.
• Generous helping of spaghetti.
• 3/4°C Chili.
• 2 Tbs. Chili Sauce.
• Chopped Onions (to taste).
• 1/2°C Shredded Monterey Jack and Colby Cheese Mix.
• Top with additional onions to your taste. Any leftover chili can be placed on crisp tortilla chips for a light lunch or a great snack.
• Chili sauce can be purchased at most grocery stores in the condiement area. It is sold in a glass bottle, and looks somewhat like the old glass Heinz Ketchup bottles.

Steps:

• Toppings: Cincinnati-style chili, kidney beans, chopped onion, shredded cheddar and oyster crackers
• How to Make Classic Potato Skins:
• Pierce 4 large russet potatoes with a fork. Bake directly on the oven rack at 350 degrees until tender, about 1 hour. Let cool, then quarter lengthwise and scoop out the flesh, leaving a 1/4-inch shell. Brush both sides with melted butter and season with salt and pepper. Bake, skin-side up, at 450 degrees until crisp, about 15 minutes. Add your favorite team toppings. (For cheesy skins, flip the baked shells over before topping, sprinkle with 1 cup grated cheddar cheese and bake an extra 5 minutes.)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and saute until transparent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, beans, and chili powder; bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or longer.

Steps:

• Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add ground beef; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking into 3/4-inch crumbles and stirring occasionally. Pour off drippings.
• Stir in beans, broth, tomatoes and chili powder; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes to develop flavors, stirring occasionally. Garnish with toppings, as desired.

Steps:

• In a large pot, add the oil, salt, a few grinds of black pepper and the onions. Cook over medium-high heat until tender, about 6 minutes. Add the chili powder and beef and break up into bits, cooking until done, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and beans. Stir and cover to cook for 20 minutes. Serve with a bar of toppings and freshly fried corn tortilla strips to use for utensils.
• Bring at least 2 inches of oil to 350 degrees F in a Dutch oven or other large heavy pot. Add the tortilla strips one by one and fry in small batches until golden and crisp, about 2 minutes. Remove to a paper-towel-lined plate and immediately sprinkle with salt.

Steps:

• Pour all ingredients into a medium saucepan.
• Heat over medium heat for about 4 minutes, stirring ocassionaly.

Steps:

• Saute onions and garlic until tender, add spices and cook 1 minute more.
• Add tomato juice, chicken broth, brown sugar and ceder vinager, and cook 2 more minutes.
• Then add hamburger and mush it into the sauce. Cook (simmer) for 15 minutes.
• Build plates: spaghetti, meat sauce, onions, beans, and cheese.
• Serve.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients; heat through.