Pappys Chili Recipes

Steps:

• Spice Mix:.
• Place the cumin seed in a skillet and toast on medium heat until aromatic.
• Grind half the cumin seed in a mortar and pestle or in a blender later with other spices. Leave half the cumin seeds whole.
• Chili:.
• Cook ground meat until just gray and drain.
• Add onion and garlic and cook until soft.
• Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, beef broth and 1/3 of the spice mix.
• Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add Beans and 1/3 of the spices and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add remaining spice mix and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add water if needed to adjust consistency.
• Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Note: If desired, substitute 2 ancho or 3 pasilla dried peppers for the chile and chili powder. Heat the broth to boiling and add the peppers to soak for about 5 to 10 minutes. Add spices and blend to make a spice puree. Use this as you would the spices.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place tomatillos and poblanos into a roasting pan and drizzle with olive oil, tossing to coat.
• Roast in the preheated oven until poblanos are blackened, about 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.
• Remove skins from poblanos and place them into an electric blender with tomatillos. Add water and blend until smooth.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute chicken and onion in the hot oil until onions soften and show color and chicken is browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add blended poblanos and tomatillos, chicken broth, serrano peppers, garlic, cumin, chipotle powder, and salt.
• Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and let simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and flavors have melded, about 1 hour. Stir in cornmeal to thicken.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook beef and onion over medium heat until no longer pink.
• Add mushrooms, peppers and garlic, cook and stir 3 minutes, until vegetables are almost tender.
• Stir in water, tomatoes and taco seasoning.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes.
• Add beans, simmer 30 minutes longer.
• Top with cheese to serve.

Steps:

• Brown beef, onion and bacon – drain.
• In large pot combine beef mixture with rest of ingredients.
• Simmer at least 30 minutes.
• NOTE: I simmered for a couple hours…and of course it’s better the next day!