Calling All Cooks for Crock Pot Chilli

[Lost Dutchman]

Sorry for the vanity but I need Freeper Help!!!

Since I just arrived from Phoenix AZ to Maine last year my family wants me to bring a crockpot chili to the reunion on Sat Jun 30th. They also added the stipulation that is should be in a crockpot (to keep it warm) and mild (so everyone can eat it)

I have made chili before, (long time ago) but it has never been either crockpot nor mild, and I don't think they will be willing to try anything else.

Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks...

Lost Dutchman aka Sean O.

[Lost Dutchman]

Well, I gotta go to work.

Now that I have offended everyone from the Southwest, I look forward to reading my obituary tonight...

Thanks everyone for any input, and now, play nicely amongst yourselves... *evil grin*

[ZGuy]

Agreed. Make some real chili, nice and spicy, and just put it in the crockpot to keep it warm. If they complain, tell them “It IS mild . . . wimps.”

[wolfcreek]

Wick Fowlers 3 alarm.

I like redbeans and venison in mine.

[SeafoodGumbo]

Some chili crockpot recipes here .

[voiceinthewind]

Here’s an easy recipe.
Brown some ground meat. Venison, pork, or beef. Making it turkey would be stretching it, even for crockpot chili. If you are using the large crockpot 2lbs. makes a thick end product. Add some chopped onion, bell peppers, maybe some garlic, brown up some more.
Dump in a large can of crushed tomatoes. A small can of tomato sauce. A pinch of brown sugar and a cube of beef stock. Add some chili powder. Add a little at a time until you can taste a mild burn. Stir, add a couple cans of pinto or kidney beans. Bring to a simmer, put into crock pot. Cook it at low for 6-8 hours.

This is not real chili, it’s got beans in it, for one thing, but sounds as if this is what your folks may be thinking of.
Have a good time at your reunion!

[condi2008]

Well, being married to another woodenheaded lost Dutchman, I take pity on you and offer the following:

Aunt Jane’s Chili

Brown and drain:
1 ½ lb. hamburger
¼ - ½ lb. bulk sausage
½ lb. chopped stew meat
One chopped small onion
One chopped small green pepper
One 2½ oz. jar of chopped mushrooms

Add:
One can plain pinto beans
One can pinto beans with jalapenos
One 1-oz packet Williams Chili Seasoning
One can stewed tomatoes.

Dump all in crockpot and let simmer, the longer, the better.

Of course, for really poeslief chili, you will want to leave out those jalapenos. My father-in-law would leave out the Williams, onions, green peppers, & probably mushrooms also, lest he "talk funny for a week" afterwards.

[grame]

1 1/2 pound gr chuck, browned
1 onion, diced and cooked with gr chuck
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cocoa powder
1 Tblsp Worchestershire sauce
salt & pepper to taste
1 16 oz can mild chili beans
1 16 oz can white beans or pork and beans
1 16 oz can diced tomatoes
1 16 oz can tomato puree
1 tall can tomato juice
This might be too much for a small crock pot. Just put the rest in the freezer and cook it later.
You can also add cooked macaroni a half hour or so before serving. Roasted Red peppers also add flavor in place of heat.

[Lee Enfield]

Use stew beef and stew pork, plenty of onions, chile powder instead of peppers as you want mild (here in NM chile has to hurt.....twice). Serve over pinto beans, kidney beans are for easterners who think that ground beef and tomato stew is chile.

[leda]

here’s a recipe i use that’s mild enough for my kids,
maybe it will help.

1lb browned and drained ground beef
1lb browned and drained hot sausage
2 large cans whole tomatos (don’t drain)
2 med cans kidney beans, drained

add all the above to the crockpot and cook on low 8-10hrs

about 30 mins before serving, add a small can of tomato
paste to thicken it up.

perhaps gabz and hungariangypsy have other ideas for you.

[Dinsdale]

Just cook it right (hot). If anybody complains just tell them it’s mild to you.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Hehehe - add “chili” to the list of things (religion & politics) that should only be discussed in public when you are *absolutely* sure you are surrounded by like-minded folk... :-)

Having said that...

Our crockpot “chili” usually consists of some combination of the following:

Ground beef
Onion
Pasta
Tomato juice
Salsa
Chili beans

This can be made just about as mild as you want, or you can add peppers, Tabassco, etc., and heat it up to just about wherever you want it.

[LonePalm]

Freepmail me your e-mail address and I'll send you the original recipe plus my commentary from 17 years of making it as soon as I get home from work.

The recipe only calls for 2 jalapeños for 1.5 gallons of chili.

I've been taking it to the church for years and the little old ladies love it.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

There is a difference between ethical and moral decisions. In regards to barbeque, it’s a matter of ethics. In regards to chili, it’s a matter of morals.

I morally can’t give you a recipe for “mild” chili, and I can’t morally call anything chili that has chunks of anything other than meat in it.

Sorry.

[ladtx]

Chili and BBQ - 2 foods people take verrrrrrry seriously. ;O)

[agent_delta]

If they don’t really want authentic TX Chili - you could go for something completely different (cue monty python music)...

I make an AWESOME.. Chicken and White Bean Chili.

If interested, I’ll post recipe.

[Elyse]

Okay I’m feeling guilty for dogging you. Here is a recipe for you.
1 Tbsp oil
1 lb lean stew meat (cut in small chunks the size of the first joint of your pinkie finger)
1 lb ground beef
1 onion chopped
1 clove garlic minced (or a tsp garlic powder)
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 TBsp mild chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp paprika
1/2 cup water

Brown the stew meat and ground beef in the oil. Add the chopped onion and simmer until the onion is clear. Add the minced garlic. Drain off any excess grease. Dump the meat and all the rest of the ingredients in the crockpot and cook it on high for about 30 minutes and then turn it down to low and cook it for a long time until the meat is tender. If you want the chili to be thicker after the meat is tender you can mix a tablespoon of flour with enough water to make a runny paste and put that in and cook the chili for about 20 minutes more.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Okay - here's a really great sacreligious recipe for chilli. It can be hot or mild. And it's ...... BLACK BEAN CHILLI!! GASP!!! And, even worse, it uses lots of canned stuff!

Black bean or not, it's my family's favorite chilli.

1 lb ground chuck

1 medium onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

2 T. olive oil

2 stalks celery, chopped

In a large Dutch oven, saute vegetables in oil until tender, add crumbled beef and saute until done.

2 cans black beans, drained

1 can petite diced tomatoes

1 can Rotelle, mild, or hot.

1 package chilli mix, mild, hot or medium, whatever you prefer.

Now, open all this up and dump it in the pot with the veggies and meat. Heat it through. At this point, you can start eating, or put it in your crock pot when cool enough and refrigerate it for a day until you are ready to heat it back up and transport it. I serve this with cheddar cheese and sour cream, and a few tortilla chips.

I know it's not classic, and I know it has lots of no-no's in it with the canned stuff, but honestly, I have entertained all my husband's hunting buddies and there are no leftovers, and the next time they come they ask my husband to have me cook this.

[avacado]

I am a native Texas and sometimes I use Wick Fowlers "2-Alarm" chili. They have a "False Alarm" too. I guess they make that one for yankees! ;-)

DO NOT ADD BEANS! No Texan adds beans to the chili!

"North, South, East & West...cooks took no prisoners at the World's Championship Chili Cookoff. Wick Fowler, walked away with 1st place, the coveted bronze chili pot. His 2 Alarm Chili will go down in history as the best bowl of chili for 1970!"

[Elyse]

Re my post #36. You can also add a can of pinto beans and a can of mexicorn or plain corn to it if you want something different.

[Gabz]

sorry, Leda.......no “ground” meat goes into any chili I make. Cubed or diced, but never ground.

When I make chili to take somewhere I always make it at least a day, if not 2, before in a stockpot on the stove and then put it in the crockpot the morning of the event to be reheated.

Oh, and beans are a side to be added to a bowl of chili, not something cooked in the chili :)