Fiesta Chili
This chili is one of those truly just thrown together chili’s – no rhyme or reason to the ingredients, except I had some laying around and simply grabbed others off the shelf at the market. No measurements were used either – just threw it all in a pot and let it go. Turned out fantastic!
Ingredients:
3 Jalapenos – seeded and diced
3 Dried Ancho Chiles – hydrated
1 head of Garlic (roasted)
2lbs. lean ground beef
1lb. ground pork
1/2 green bell pepper – finely chopped
1/2 red bell pepper – finely chopped
1 cup beef broth
1 8 oz. can of tomato sauce
1 8oz. can of diced tomatoes
1 8oz. can of whole kernel corn
1 8oz. can of black beans
1 8oz. can of pinto beans
Salt & pepper to taste
Toss the entire head of garlic into the oven, wrapped in foil for 20 minutes (300 degrees). Once roasted, combine with re-hydrated ancho chiles & tomato sauce in a blender until pureed. Save for later.
Sauté the chopped vegetables in the same pan used to cook the meats. The ground meat was cooked and then set aside for draining.
Once the veggies are sautéed, add in the meat, tomato garlic sauce, beef broth & diced tomatoes.
After allowing the mix to cook for about 45 minutes to an hour, add in the beans & corn (all drained) and cook for another 45 minutes or more.
I served this chili atop a freshly baked potato with a little bit of cheese. I ended up having to add a good bit of hot sauce to the mix as it wasn’t nearly hot enough for me, but the wife loved it. Perfect for cooking up on a Sunday and enjoying it for the rest of the week.
This looks good Nick! I love homemade chili! I also love cooks who cook like me, who just go with the flow!
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Looks great Nick. I actually had a discussion in TN about how I make my chili. When I was asked, I said with whatever I have layin around! Chili is my Jambalaya, it’s never made the exact same way twice. Chili was always my thing before I started playing around with making jerky. Now that i see this post, I think it’s time to do another pot of the old home brew. 🙂
Gotta go for a ride in the country to try and “scrape” up some fresh ingredients. Back in a few! 😉
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Dk if it gives me gas it’s good
hey you guys remember the possum roadkill on Cajohns street? YUMMO! To bad ya missed out…
Tis the season for chili for sure !!! Looks great Nick. Hmmm, possum chili, interesting.
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No Leroy found it and brought it home. Thanks next time kick over the hill. You no how much meat we have hanging up around here, the flies, well most of it is ready. Wait till you try Leroy’s jerky. Blane told him how to make it.
Corn in chili. You sure. You no what’s weird about corn it comes out the……….what do you want I’m tell the Blogers about corn. Got to go I got mail
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Bret and Leroy, you 2 scare me. ROFLMAO
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I have that picture of Leroy playin that banjo burned in my head, possum chili on the fire, to bad Leroy dont have enough teeth to eat Bret’s roadkill jerky tho.
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Leroy told me that he gots it all figured out when it comes to eating jerky with no teeth…He takes the finished jerky, and then he “marinates” it out back in his full garbage can for a few days…. After nature and flies do their part, Viola! Nice soft jerky.
OK I broke down and made chili too. You inspired me Nick! YUMMY!!! And I am with you DK, it is never the same. It is smelling and looking great! Has to simmer for a while yet, but I can’t wait to sit down with a big bowl later tonight with some smoked gouda and sharp NY cheddar grated ontop! And of course some hot sauce, can’t make it to hot or the kiddies will cry!
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Isn’t this what Nick was talking about when he refers fo “Scarring New Readers” …….LOL
Nick you had me cooking all day but my chili was well worth it! The girls still think it is hot, but I can’t even taste the heat at all!
Not only did I make chili today but I made eggplant parm. I make it a little different then most, I use ground beef also. Kind of like a lasagna. One layer of fried eggplant, sauce-homemeade of course, ricotta cheese, mozzarella, meat, then start it all over again. Another yummy dish!
OK now Nick you need to come and do my dishes! LOL
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Laura doesn’t let me do the dishes! 😀
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Really? I’ll have to talk her about that. 😉
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Stop it Jodie, yer makin me hungry
Nick, you need to teach the truth how to cook…. especially that chili, it looks yummy 🙂
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You all want some. I’m sure we have enought to go around.
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Thanks for the invite for dinner Jode! I thought you loved me?
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YOU HAVE A DISHWASHER!!!! Don’t pretend like your not living in the lap of luxury over there! lol
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Oh yea, I am living the life of Riley over here!
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Head on over. Bring a dish, I have pletny to go around!!! Didn’t have any of it for dinner, ate downstairs tonight. 🙁 That poor broccoli never had a chance.
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I don’t let him do the dishes bec he doesn’t wash them completely! Do you know how gross it is to pick up a dish you think is clean and see crusted food on it?!? I think he does it on purpose to get out of cleaning.
Jodi, I want that eggplant parm recipe!
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and all this time you thought us guys were dumb…..
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Of course he does it on purpose! You should only wash the dishes you use and make him wash what he uses! I bet he learns real fast how to wash a dish!
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no, he’ll just use the ones she washes…lol….then the whole cabinet will be filled with food encrusted dishes..lol
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LOL – my wife wont even let me in the good kitchen. I need to use the “other” one.
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you been to my place
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It is so easy Laura…..
One to two large eggplants
tomato sauce (I use homemade but you could use jarred)
ricotta cheese-part skim (small container)
shredded mozarella cheese (1-2 pounds)
ground beef (1-2 pounds)
salt
pepper
olive oil
4-6 eggs, beaten
flour
bread crumbs
paper towels
1: peel eggplant
2: slice eggplant
3: place eggplant on cooling racks and sprinkle with salt on both sides; let sit for 20 minutes
4: season and brown ground meat; drain fat after done cooking
5: get you flour, eggs, and bread crumbs ready
6: blot off your eggplant slices
7: flour eggplant slice, dip in egg, then dip eggplant in bread crumbs, place on plate, repeat with remaining slices
8: Preheat oven to 350 degrees
9: Heat about an inch of olive oil in large pan
10: fry eggplant slices until golden brown on one side (about 2 minutes), then flip and fry until golden brown (about 2 minutes more) adding more oil as needed
11: place fried eggplant on cooling racks over a sheet pan to collect excess oil
12: once done frying eggplant, coat bottom of baking dish with tomato sauce, cover bottom of pan with eggplant slices (doesn’t have to cover completely-just fit whatever you can), sprinkle some ground beef over eggplant, sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese, scoop a few spoonsfuls of ricotta cheese and place randomly, pour more sauce over top-just enough to cover; keep repeating this step until you reach the top layer of your dish, then ontop of the top layer of eggplant pour some more sauce to cover and sprinkle some more shredded mozzarella cheese
13: place sidh in oven and bake for 20-30 minutes or until top layer of cheese is golden brown
There ya have it 4th Tamale! Enjoy!
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See in my house he would be stabbed with one of his dirty forks for using MY clean dishes!
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What’s that the hot plate in the shed? :-0
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LOL – No way- Mad get nuts when I try and use his hot plate. BTW, when you picking him up. You told me he would only be here a few days 😀
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We have two Kitchens, my wifes nice one, and the summer kitchen she lets me use.
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Just a few days more , cough cough, THT is still working out the details.
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OK but hurry, there are strange sounds coming from on there 😯
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YOu may need Leroy and BLANE’s helmet
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nope…but ive been to mine…rofl
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OUCH!! that’s why i have a dishwasher…
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Yea, I am not very nice. My teachers always said I didn’t play well with others! 😉
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so I’m learning very quickly…lol
i havent been allowed to play with others since i was 8, something with a meat grinder and fingers. how is leroy bret?
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I knew I liked you!
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LMAO
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Are you talking about an actual dishwasher?
Cause I dont think Gary with a dishrag really counts 😉
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Ah come on…he is my backup dishwasher! 😀
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Besides, he looks so cute in his hair net!
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Thanksgiving is coming, Gary better start hiding now, lots of dishes to do 😉
I’ll have to try this recipe sometime! Looks great!
Hope everyone is doing well.
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Here’s a popular curry dish you might like:
Chicken Masala
Ingredients
1 onion peeled and sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 red chilles
3-4 tbsp garam masala
1 tbsp tandoori masala
1 tbsp tomato puree
3fl oz/90ml canned coconut milk
7fl oz/200ml chicken stock
1-2 tbsp paprika
5oz/150g natural yoghurt
4 tbsp chopped coriander
Method
Cut breasts of chicken into pieces. Heat up the olive oil in a suitable frying pan then cook onion for 3-4 minutes or until lightly browned. Add the chicken pieces and for cook for about 5/6 minutes and stir occasionally until they are browned.
Add the garam masala, tandoori masala , chillies, tomato puree, garlic and paprika. Coat the chicken by stirring, then pour in the chicken stock, coconut milk and yoghurt and bring to the boil.
Once boiling, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes, or at least until the chicken is tender. Serve and garnish with coriander.
Serves 4
Hope you enjoy it – Anthony