Quickchili Recipes

Steps:

• In a large stock pot lightly brown ground beef, and drain if needed.
• Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is translucent.
• Add tomatoes, diced tomatoes with chile peppers, tomato sauce, water, kidney beans, pinto beans, chili powder, cumin, sugar, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Simmer for 30 minutes and then serve.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, brown ground beef until no longer pink; drain. Add soup, beans and chili powder. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add water if a thinner soup is desired.

Steps:

• Add the oil to a Dutch oven and set over medium heat. When hot, add the beef and cook, stirring to break up the meat, until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and stir, then add the tomato sauce, chili powder, ancho chile powder and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for a minute, then add the kidney and pinto beans and the chili sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and simmer for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Sauté ground beef, onion, green pepper and garlic cloves in dutch oven.
• Add rest of ingredients, with the exception of the beans. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add small amount of water if mixture becomes too thick. Start with less than 1/4 C of sugar and add to sweetness preference.
• Stir in beans, (may use all kidney beans, red and black beans, whatever you prefer).
• If making ahead, transfer to crockpot and place on lowest setting to keep warm. You may also let cool and warm for next day.
• Optional: Top with shredded cheese, sour cream and corn chips!

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or wide pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, bell pepper, a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sweet potato, garlic, chili powder and cumin and cook until combined, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the tomatoes, chili beans with their sauce and 2 cups water. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the chili thickens slightly, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken until just heated through, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro; season with salt and pepper. Top with chips, cheese and/or scallions.

Steps:

• Saute onions in olive oil until translucent. add minced garlic and continue to saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• In dutch oven, brown ground beef. Drain and add onions and garlic.
• Add spices and tomatoes with juice -- DO NOT DRAIN. Heat to boiling and simmer for one hour.
• Add beans (also DO NOT DRAIN) and heat through, approximately 20 minutes.
• Top with cheese and serve with hot biscuits or corn bread.
• If in a hurry, you can cook onions and garlic with the beef, and also add the kidney beans at the beginning and simmer the whole thing for as little as half an hour. It turns out fine, it's just that the flavor is not as developed.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 8 minutes. Add bell peppers and sauté, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 6 minutes. Add chili powder, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, and pepper and cook, stirring, about 1 minute.
• Add beef and cook, stirring and breaking up lumps, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice and molasses and simmer briskly, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 5 to 8 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the next 6 ingredients; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with cheese if desired.