Award Winning Chili

Submitted by KelBel

"My husband and I created this recipe together. He won a chili cook-off with this recipe at work. We always use venison, but you can use ground beef or turkey."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey
• 2 onions, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 tablespoon jalapeno, finely chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can Mexican-style tomatoes (like Rotel)
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika (smoked if you can find it)
• 1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (14 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup water

• Toppings

• sour cream
• cheddar cheese
• green onion

directions

1. In a medium Dutch oven over medium-high heat add the olive oil. Add the ground meat and cook, breaking up into pieces, until browned. Add the onions, bell pepper and jalapeno and cook until softened. Drain excess grease.
2. Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder, salt, cayenne, paprika and 1 cup water. Mix to combine.
3. Add the kidney beans and black beans, mix and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for 1-2 hours.
4. Serve with desired toppings.

Reviews

[jstaylor62]

Don't let the grease from the meat go to waste! Drain it off into a saute pan and add some cornmeal. Brown the cornmeal in the grease and then add it back into your chili. It will thicken your chili as it cooks and will add a hint of corn flavor.

 

[Disc Golfer]

This recipe was award winning for me too. I took it to the ice bowl, which is an annual fund raiser put on by our disc golf club. (www.kcfdc.org) There were 28 entries and I took first place. It was the first time I ever attempted to make chili and it was the best chili I ever tasted too. I only added 2 onions to 1 ½ lbs of venison and 1 lb sausage then followed the recipe as is. I have won this event in the past playing disc golf, but winning the chili competition was much more fulfilling. The first place prize of $125 portable basket was really nice too. Thank You! �

 

[minnehonk]

this is roughly the same chili recipe I use, one exception is that I use one cup of BLACK COFFEE in place of the water, it's always a favorite with my family!

 

[mizjmassie]

I couldn't believe how close this recipe is to the one I grew up on. I did tweak it a little by not using jalapena, added 1 tsp dried Mexican oregano, 3 cloves minced garlic added to the meat which was beef. I also add an additional tsp of salt and about 1 tsp of black pepper. I did have the smoked paprika which I think helped. I only used 1 T of cumin and upped the chili powder another tbls. Also, I used beef stock instead of water, used onl 1 onion and lastly I added about 1 tsp of cocoa which intensifies the overall chili flavor. This is really a very good base to tweak to your taste. This is award winning for my taste now with the changes and to the judges for my friends job at the airport where it was submitted with 24 other entries. She gave me the check for $250.00 and she kept the trophy. I think I should have gotten that too, but that's life.

 

[Patrish]

I made this with ground turkey and WOW!! I make mine in the crockpot - just brown the meat then throw in the crockpot on low before I leave for work. Come home and have a wonderful dinner. Made it for a guy friend who told me when I meet the man I want to marry, make him this chili and a proposal is sure to follow!