Nov 23 2014
Over 35 plus years cooking I have fixed a lot of pots of
chili, using a lot of different recipes and eaten a lot of different chili. I
am from the North so my chili has to have beans in it. I prefer pinto beans
over the more popular kidney beans and to me canned are just as good as using
dried and less work. My favorite brand of beans are Bush’s.
For meat I have used ground chuck, ground round, a mix of
ground beef and sausage, sirloin and round steak and smoked pork. My favorite
is to use ground round 90-10 mix and leave the fat in for a better taste.
I have made my own
tomato and chili sauce for good chili but that is a lot of work preparing. This
recipe is easy to make up and to me about the best tasting chili I have made. I
call it quick but it still takes about 4 hours; one hour to cook the meat and
get it all together and 3 hours to simmer. I think any chili needs to simmer at
least 3 hours to meld all the flavors. I have to keep my chili on the mild side
for the wife otherwise I would have to eat the whole pot! I usually add some
hot sauce to mine at the table.
It was on the mild side today, shirt sleeve weather, not
really chili weather but it still tasted good. While my chili was simmering I
sat out enjoying the weather and some beer. I swept up some leaves from my
patio and picked up my dogs poo.
You will note I only used a half bottle of beer in my chili;
you always want to use half bottles in your recipes. ½, 1 ½ or 2 ½ so you
always have a half bottle left for the cook!
Ingredients
Meat browning, onions and peppers added
Dry seasonings added
Beer added
Beef broth and tomato sauce added
Simmer for a couple of hours
Beans and bay leaf added
Simmer for 1 to 2 hours more
My supper
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