My Award-Winning Chili Recipe
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My chili recipe is award-winning and slightly spicy with that special secret ingredient! Yumm!
I am sharing with you today, the secret ingredient(s) to make my award-winning chili. If you are a great chef, you already know that it is OK to vary your personal chili recipe according to your audience's tastes!
So, you may opt to not include that one special ingredient; or you may opt to use more of certain spices. After all, experimenting and customizing is the mark of a great chef!!! Great chefs know how to customize recipes to create their own delicious recipes for the best-ever chili recipe!
You know, there are so many different variables with the delicious ingredients that you put into award-winning chili! I can't think of another type of comfort food that can be so customized as chili. Try a little bit of this, and a lot of that, and presto! You have your own award-winning chili recipe! Hope you get to try some award-winning chili -- yours! ;) And, what a perfect time for a chili cookoff > Super Bowl Sunday! Get a heads up on your Super Bowl chili recipes right here!
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My Award-Winning Chili Recipe was originally created on July 28, 2009.
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How Hot Do You Like Award-Winning Chili?
My Award-Winning Chili Recipe -- This Batch Will Feed a Small Army!
You too can have Award-Winning Chili for competing in Chili Cookoffs!
Ladies and gentlemen, I just want to tell you that you can scale my award-winning recipe down in size as this particular batch was made to feed a small army! Usually chili is good for feeding armies or lots of people at work. My hubby mentioned that we were up as the chef of the week to feed the office staff on Friday. So, figuring out what to feed 10-12 people, I opted to prepare my award-winning chili along with a mixed green salad!
My Award-Winning Chili Recipe -- Ingredients
Revealing that secret ingredient!
Award-Winning Chili Recipe Ingredients:
6.75 lbs. Ground Chuck - 80/20
2 - 28 oz. cans DelMonte Diced Tomatoes Garlic/Onion
3 - 15 oz. cans Joan of Arc Spicy Chili Beans
3 - 15 oz. cans Hunt Tomato Sauce
3 - Medium Vidalia Onions
2 pkgs. Lawry Chili Seasoning
1 pkg. Publix Sharp Cheddar Cheese Shredded
1 - 12 oz. can Budweiser Select Beer *
Spice Islands Cayenne Pepper
Salt and Pepper -- season to taste
Lawry Garlic Salt -- season to taste
1 cup of water
*The secret ingredient!
First of All -- Browning the Ground Meat for My Award-Winning Chili
This is probably the most labor-intensive part!
This one frying pan held half of the ground chuck -- about 3.3 pounds. I had two frying pans going at one time to brown the ground chuck over a medium heat. You want to fry the meat until it loses its reddish pink color, being sure to stir the meat to help break up the pieces. After it is a uniform brownish-color, you will remove it from the heat and drain the oil from the pan.
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The Seasonings for My Award-Winning Chili
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These are the primary spices and seasonings that I add to my chili. You can feel free to substitute your favorite brand of cayenne pepper -- which is the one ingredient that you can control to make a spicy chili recipe that will knock their socks off! Normally, I make mine about a 7.5 on the Richter Scale!
The Award-Winning Chili Cook-Off Debate!
Hey, all you chefs out there
To be award-winning chili, you need a secret ingredient!
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byAbsolutely and I am revealing mine ...
Naw, award-winning chili doesn't need any secret ingredient to be good.
RinchenChodron says:
Naw, mine has green peppers and they are hard to hide.
Posted February 05, 2012
You can make this as hot or as mild as you like it by adding more or less cayenne pepper!
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Preparation of the Ingredients for My Award-Winning Chili
While your ground chuck is browning, you can chop two of the onions [one of the onions will be saved for the topping] and add to your crockpot along with the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, chili beans, and spices. Since I was using two different crockpots, I divided up the ingredients proportionately between the two crockpots.
Once you have drained the ground chuck, you will add that on top of the other ingredients. I usually pour the beer on top and mix in as the final step to covering the crockpots, setting it to high. Once it starts to bubble, I turn in down a notch and let it simmer for a couple of hours.
Cooking My Award-Winning Chili -- In a Large Crockpot
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There Was an Overflow! Cooking My Award-Winning Chili -- In Another Crockpot
The cost per person is approximately $4.00 which allows for the guys to have seconds!
My Award-Winning Chili Recipe -- The Cost to Make
These ingredients were purchased from Publix
Serving up a Bowl of My Award-Winning Chili
I serve it with chopped onions and shredded cheddar cheese
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- Valentine's night gets spicy with Tyler Chili Bowl
- Smith County Sheriff JB Smith's very own chili recipe was served to about 800 people at the Chili Bowl and Auction Fundraiser. Tonight's proceeds benefit the Salvation Army in Tyler. "The money goes for a really good cause," he said.
Do You Have a Taste for Some Award-Winning Chili?
Got an award-winning chili recipe to share do ya? Maybe your chili recipe made the news?
So, what do you think of my recipe? Have you got a secret ingredient for your chili recipe -- oh? You don't want to share it. Well, that's OK! Go ahead and tell me about it anyhow. I love to share recipes and food tips!
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ljupcoc
Feb 13, 2012 @ 8:03 am | delete
- Congratulations on your winning award !!!
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stewarc6
Feb 10, 2012 @ 1:51 pm | delete
- I love chili and I love spice!
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Deadicated
Feb 9, 2012 @ 6:38 pm | delete
- Yum! Makes me want to go make a pot right now. Thanks for sharing ;-)
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HSSchulte
Feb 8, 2012 @ 4:59 pm | delete
- It looks delicious. I can't wait to try it!
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RinchenChodron
Feb 5, 2012 @ 6:49 pm | delete
- Thanks for sharing - I'm sticking to my own recipe - because it has green peppers and I love them.
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