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I need a killer chili recipe (please)


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Guest Virginia Dawn

We are having a chili cook off at our church's "fall harvest festival."

 

I need a recipe that is:

 

1. Spicy, but not four alarm

2. Unique but not weird

3. Tasty

 

Last time I made a white chili which was great. I want to do something different this year.

 

Whatchya got for me? :D

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I like the Hell's Kitchen Chili recipe from The New Basics Cookbook.

 

 

3 Tb peanut oil

1 onion, chopped

2 tsp chili powder

2 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp ground oregano

1 tsp dried red pepper flakes

2 lbs. beef bottom round, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

2 cups crushed tomatoes

1 3/4 cups beef broth

1/4 cup tomato paste

2 slices Canadian bacon, minced

1 Tb sugar

salt and pepper to taste

 

Heat 2 Tb of the oil in a casserole or dutch oven. Add the onion, chili powder, cumin, oregano and red pepper flakes. Cook over medium-low heat for 5 minutes.

 

Add the remaining 1 Tb oil, and brown the meat over high heat, in batches if necessary.

 

Stir in the tomatoes, broth, tomato paste, Canadian bacon, and sugar. Simmer, uncovered, until the beef is tender, 1 3/4 hours, covering the pot when the mixture becomes thick. Season with salt and pepper.

 

Serve the chili, with the following garnishes (if desired):

Chopped red, yellow and orange bell peppers

Minced watercress or arugula

Snipped fresh chives

Crumbled cooked bacon

Sour cream

Crumbled corn chips

 

I use bacon instead of Canadian bacon, and sirloin for the meat.
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Do you think this would work in a crock pot?

I've done it in a crock pot and it's fine, but I always start it off on the stove. After the meat is browned (I brown the bacon at the same time) and add the tomatoes, broth, tomato paste, and sugar, I stir it up and dump it in the crock pot.

 

I've never done it in the crockpot from the beginning, but it would probably be fine.

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