Pennsylvania Cowboy Chili Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Remove papery outer skin from garlic bulb, but do not peel or separate the cloves. Cut off top of garlic bulb, exposing individual cloves. Brush cut cloves with 1 teaspoon oil. Wrap in foil. Bake until cloves are soft, 30-35 minutes. Unwrap and cool slightly. Squeeze garlic from skins; mash with a fork., Meanwhile, in a large dry skillet over medium-high heat, toast chilies on both sides until puffy, 3-6 minutes. (Do not blacken.) Cool. Remove stems and seeds; coarsely chop chilies. Place in a small bowl; cover with beer. Let stand until softened, about 30 minutes., In the same skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Brown beef in batches, adding additional oil if needed; transfer to a 6-qt. slow cooker. In the skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir until tender. Add to beef., Stir in the remaining ingredients, mashed garlic and dried chilies mixture. Cover and cook on low until meat is tender, 7-9 hours. If desired, serve with cheese and jalapenos.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes or until pepper is crisp-tender.

Steps:

• In a large pot start browning ground beef.
• When beef is half done add all veg. to pot.
• When veg. are half done add remaining ingredients excluding the tomato paste.
• Bring to a boil over high heat stirring often.
• Lower heat to simmer and let cook for 2 to 6 hours stirring often (the longer then better).
• If chili is not thick enough for you add the tomato paste.
• If you want to add beans go ahead, but this chili is great without them!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add egg noodles and cook until tender, about 7 minutes. Drain and return to the pan. Mix in the cream of chicken soup until noodles are coated.
• Crumble the ground beef into a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain the grease, and stir in the tomato soup, brown sugar, pepper and salt. Spread half of the beef in the bottom of a greased 2 1/2 quart casserole dish. Arrange 5 slices of cheese over the beef. Top with half of the noodles, then repeat layers ending with cheese on top.
• Bake for 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until cheese is browned and sauce is bubbly.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown the beef and drain.
• Place the beef in the crockpot and add all the ingredients except the onions.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
• Add the onions and cook on low for an additional 2 hours.

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crispy.
• Add onions, garlic and meat to the pot - brown beef.
• Add tomatoes, beer, coffee, paste and broth to pot.
• Add spices, chilies, and beans to the pot.
• Lower heat to a simmer.
• Simmer for 1 hour.
• Tastes best refrigerated overnight.
• Serve piping hot, topped with shredded cheese and Fritos or a dollop of sour cream.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook ground beef, garlic and onion over medium heat, stirring until beef is browned, about 10 minutes.
• Drain well.
• Stir tomatoes with liquid, broth, chili powder, cumin, oregano and cayenne pepper into beef mixture.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.
• Add pinto beans and salt.
• Cook stirring, for 15 minutes longer.
• note: The flavor of the chili actually improves once the ingredients blend making this the perfect do-ahead meal.
• Refrigerate chili until ready to use, then reheat over low heat.