Big Bend Texas Style Chili Recipes

Steps:

• FOR THE CHILI:.
• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the garlic and onions, and sauté over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Add the beef and sauté for 7-8 minutes longer, while stirring frequently, or until the beef is well browned on all sides. Season with salt and pepper, stir in the chili powder, and cook for 2 minutes more. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, beef stock, beer, vinegar, cumin, oregano and parsley and stir well to combine.
• Bring to a simmer, turn down the heat to low, and cook , covered, for 45 minutes. Add the beans and cook for 15 minutes longer, stirring occasionally. Ladle into serving bowls and sprinkle with goat cheese.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a arge saucepan. Add the garlic and onions, and saute over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Add the beef and saute for 7 to 8 minutes longer, while stirring frequently, or until the beef is well browned on all sides. Season with salt and pepper, stir in the chili powder, and cook for 2 minutes more. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, beef stock, beer, vinegar, cumin, oregano, and parsley, and stir well to combine.
• Bring to a simmer, turn down the heat to low, and cook, covered, for 45 minutes. Add the beans and cook for 15 minutes longer, stirring occasionally. Ladle into serving bowls and sprinkle with the goat cheese.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup stock to a boil. Add chilies. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 20 minutes. Remove and discard stems from seeds from chiles. Put chiles and soaking liquid into a food processor or blender. Cover and process until smooth., In a large bowl, combine 4 tablespoons flour , salt and pepper. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and toss to coat. , In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Brown beef in batches, adding additional oil as necessary. Remove with a slotted spoon. Add onion to same pan; cook and stir until tender, 5-7 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1-2 minutes. Add remaining 2 cups broth, stirring to loosen browed bits from pan. Stir in chile mixture. Return beef to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered until beef is tender, 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Skim fat. Stir vinegar, cilantro, brown sugar and cumin; simmer another 10 minutes. If desired, serve with tortillas, sour cream, lime wedges and additional cilantro.

Steps:

• Heat 1 TBL oil in skillet. Sprinkle beef with 1/2 tsp salt.
• Add meat to skillet and brown over medium-high heat (brown in two batches if necessary).
• Transfer meat to Dutch oven.
• Pour drippings from skillet into bowl and add enough water to make 4 cups.
• Heat remaining oil in same skillet.
• Add chopped onions, green peppers, jalapeno, and garlic to skillet and cook until softened, approx 4-5 minutes.
• Add remaining salt and spices to ingredients in skillet. Cook 1 minute.
• Stir tomato paste into mixture in skillet and cook 1 minute.
• Stir 1 cup water mixture into skillet and bring to boil, stir and scrape bottom of skillet.
• Add skillet mixture to beef in Dutch oven, stir to blend.
• Stir remaining water mixture into beef mixture in Dutch oven and bring to a boil.
• Cover and simmer over low heat for 1 - 2 hours, or until meat is tender.
• Increase heat a little and simmer uncovered for another 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Cut steak into 1/2" cubes.
• Brown meat in oil (I just dribble olive oil on the bottom of the pan, as the meat makes alot of liquid anyway).
• Add onions (or reserve 1/2 cup for use later) peppers, and garlic to drippings in pan over medium heat.
• Cook 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Add more oil if necessary.
• (Note: As I"chunk" my pepers and onions, it takes a bit longer than this for them to soften up).
• Return meat to pan and add tomatoes and their liquid and remaining ingredients, except cheese and set aside onions.
• (Note: When I want it thicker, I use a 28 oz. can of tomatoes as I use the 2nd can of tomato paste).
• Heat to boiling, then reduce to low, cover and simmer approx.
• 1 1/2 hours or until meat is fork tender, stirring occasionally.
• Spoon chili into large bowls, sprinkle cheese and add onions if desired.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef (& sausage if added) until no longer pink; drain off fat.
• In a slow cooker stir together meat with all listed ingredients.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 7 to 8 hours.

Steps:

• 1. Place the chiles in a straight-sided large skillet over medium-low heat and gently toast the chiles until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Don't let them burn or they'll turn bitter. Place the chiles in a bowl and cover them with very hot water and soak until soft, 15 to 45 minutes, turning once or twice.
• 2. Drain the chiles; split them and remove stems and seeds (a brief rinse helps remove seeds, but don't wash away the flesh). Place the chiles in the bowl of a blender and add the cumin, black pepper, 1 tablespoon salt and 1/4 cup water. Purée the mixture, adding more water as needed (and occasionally scraping down the sides of the blender jar), until a smooth, slightly fluid paste forms (you want to eliminate all but the tiniest bits of skin.) Set the chile paste aside.
• 3. Return skillet to medium-high heat and melt 2 tablespoons of the lard. When it begins to smoke, swirl skillet to coat and add half of the beef. Lightly brown on at least two sides, about 3 minutes per side, reducing the heat if the meat threatens to burn. Transfer to a bowl and repeat with 2 more tablespoons of lard and the remaining beef. Reserve.
• 4. Let the skillet cool slightly, and place it over medium-low heat. Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon of lard in the skillet; add the onion and garlic and cook gently for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the stock, the remaining 2 cups water and gradually whisk in the masa harina to avoid lumps. Stir in the reserved chile paste, scraping the bottom of the skillet with a spatula to loosen any browned bits. Add the reserved beef (and any juices in the bowl) and bring to a simmer over high heat. Reduce heat to maintain the barest possible simmer (just a few bubbles breaking the surface) and cook, stirring occasionally, until the meat is tender but still somewhat firm and 1 1/2 to 2 cups of thickened but still liquid sauce surrounds the cubes of meat, about 2 hours.
• 5. Stir in the brown sugar and vinegar thoroughly and add more salt to taste; gently simmer 10 minutes more. At this point, it may look like there is excess sauce. Turn off the heat and let the chili stand for at least 30 minutes, during which time the meat will absorb about half of the remaining sauce in the skillet, leaving the meat bathed in a thick, somewhat fluid sauce. Stir in additional broth or water if the mixture seems too dry. If the mixture seems a bit loose and wet, allow it to simmer a bit more (sometimes we like to partially crush the cubes of beef with the back of a spoon to let them absorb more sauce). Adjust the balance of flavors with a bit of additional salt, sugar, or vinegar, if you like.
• 6. Reheat gently and serve in individual bowls with a dollop of sour cream on top and a lime wedge on the side.