prize winning chili, great flavor, not too hot!
I like a thick chili, not too hot. I like to savor all the flavors of the ingredients. Making it too hot just masks out those flavors for me. You can always add more heat to your own bowl if you like without making it too hot for others to enjoy.
prep time
2 Hr
cook time
6 Hr
method
Slow Cooker Crock Pot
yield
8-16 serving(s)
Ingredients
- BROWN NEXT 7 INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 pounds lean hamberger, beef, turkey, pork mix,venison
- 3 medium sausage links, no skin i use aidells chicken and apple links
- 4 stalks celery finely chopped
- 1 large green pepper
- 2 large jalapeno peppers seeded and chopped
- 1 large sweet onion
- 3 cloves garlic crushed, or 1/2 teaspoon garlic power
- ADD THE FOLLOWING TO BROWNED INGREDIENTS IN POT
- 2 sticks apple smoked bacon, crumbles, add drippings to pot
- 1 bottle wood chuck hard apple cider
- 1 can ro-tel diced tomatoes and green chilies 28 oz.
- 1 can diced tomatoes 14.5 oz or diced tomatoes with green chilies
- 1 can tomatoa paste 12 oz.
- 1 can chili hot beans 15.5 oz
- 1 can dark red kidney beans 15.5 oz.
- 1 tablespoon vineger
- 1 tablespoon hungarian paprika
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon beef bouillon
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa power
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, fresh diced
- 1 tablespoon coffee grounds, i use tasters choice coffee
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano, dried
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed crushed
How To Make prize winning chili, great flavor, not too hot!
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Step 1brown first 7 ingredients, separate off grease, I have to do it in 3 batches, too much for one frying pan.
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Step 2mean time fry the bacon and let cool, crumble. Add the drippings and crumbles to crock pot.
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Step 3mean time add all the other ingredients to crock pot, put on high heat. Add the bacon and the three batches of browned ingredients as they are done.
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Step 4I don't have a huge crock pot so I have to start out in a big Dutch oven until it has simmered down for a while then transfer to a crock pot to continue to simmer for many hours until you get the consistency that you like. I like a thick chili. As you can see from the photo that the center of the picture is sitting above the rest of the pot. That is in the ball park of 6 hours on low heat or 4 hour at high heat. If you use he high heat or continue to cook in the dutch oven keep stirred so you don't burn the bottom.
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Category:
Chili
Ingredient:
Beans/Legumes
Diet:
Gluten-Free
Diet:
Dairy Free
Diet:
Wheat Free
Diet:
Soy Free
Method:
Slow Cooker Crock Pot
Culture:
American
Tag:
#Heirloom
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