Jens Beer Chili Recipes

Steps:

• Place a pot over high heat. Drizzle in vegetable oil. Add diced onion, ground beef, and salt. Break up meat with wooden spoon into small pieces as it browns. After meat browns and releases its juices, continue stirring until the released liquid evaporates, about 4 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-high. Add garlic, chile powder, cumin, paprika, black pepper, and cinnamon. Cook and stir until mixture begins to darken, 3 or 4 minutes.
• Stir in beer. Add cocoa powder, oregano, cayenne, water, and tomato puree; stir well. Bring to a simmer; adjust heat to medium-low. Simmer 30 minutes.
• Stir in diced green pepper and pinto beans. If mixture becomes too thick, add a bit more water. Simmer until peppers are tender and flavors have blended, about 30 more minutes.

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in large pan or pot; remove and drain grease if necessary.
• Add sirloin and onion and saute until lightly browned. Return ground beef to pot. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Heat over medium-high heat until boiling. Reduce heat and simmer 2-3 hours, covered, stirring occasionally.

Steps:

• Cook and stir sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until browned. Drain; place sausage in a pot large enough to hold all ingredients. In same skillet, cook and stir onion with ground beef over medium heat until beef is browned and onions are tender; drain and add to the large pot.
• In same skillet, cook and stir stew beef over medium heat until browned. Without draining, pour stew beef into the large pot.
• Pour tomatoes, beer, and water into the pot with meats. Stir in chili powder, red pepper, white pepper, sugar, and cinnamon. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Simmer until stew beef is very tender, at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally and adding more water as needed. If you prefer a thicker chili, thicken as needed with tomato paste. If using kidney beans, add them 10 minutes before serving, just in time to heat through.

Steps:

• Brown and drain 1 lb.of hamburger.
• While browning hamburger, empty V-8 Juice and Beer into a large stock pot, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer; add all remaining ingredients, EXCEPT CHILI PACKAGE SPICES (add beef, beans, onion, green pepper, tomatoes etc.).
• Open chili spice package. You will find 4 packets of different spices.
• Add larger package of chili spices first and stir.
• Add salt packet to taste (I usually end up adding all of this one); stir.
• Add small cayenne pepper packet to taste (optional). Will be extremely hot & spicy if all is added. I usually add 1/4 to 1/2 of packet).
• If you like thick chili, follow directions on package for use of masa flour to thicken.
• Continue to simmer and stir. It's ready to eat when heated all the through. The longer it simmers the spicier it will get. My mom used to let it simmer for an hour or more when I was younger. If you decide to simmer longer than 20 minutes, after last ingredient is added, turn the heat down to low.
• We like to garnish with sour cream, crackers, shredded cheese and/ or Fritos. I also noticed at the chili party that some people added spaghetti noodles to their chili.

Steps:

• In a large cast iron skillet, heat the oil on medium high heat until quite hot and lightly brown the meat. Brown in three or four batches, to avoid overcrowding the skillet.
• Transfer the browned meat to a large Dutch oven or heavy casserole. Discard all but 3 tablespoons of fat from the skillet.
• Reduce the heat under the skillet to medium and add the garlic, onion and diced jalapeno pepper. Saute for 2 minutes, stirring often.
• Add the cumin, coriander, chile powder, paprika, chile flakes, oregano and sage to the skillet; stirring well to coat the onions, garlic and jalapenos with the spices. Continue cooking the spice mixture for another minute, stirring frequently to avoid scorching.
• Add the bell pepper, celery, crushed tomatoes with their juice and the canned chiles. Stir well with a wooden spoon, scraping the bottom and sides to loosen any tasty bits stuck to the skillet. Transfer contents of the skillet to the Dutch oven and place over medium high heat.
• Add the beef stock, bay leaf and beer to the dutch oven, stirring well to mix all the ingredients.
• Bring the chili to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and with the pot half covered, cook at a simmer from 1 to 2 hours, until the meat is tender.
• If you are adding beans: When the meat is tender, add the cooked beans and simmer another 20 minutes. Hot beans may also be held on the side and added by request.
• Note: If you want the chili to be a little thicker, add 2 tablespoons of the corn meal or masa harina a little at a time, stirring constantly. This will tighten the chili up some and add a subtle, earthy flavor.
• Politically incorrect, somewhat humorous safety tip: No matter how great you've been told you look in one, never wear a toga when working around an open flame. (Or an open toga when around a flaming worker).

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown the meat with the olive oil.
• Add the green pepper, onion, and garlic and stir for 2 minutes.
• Add the oregano, black pepper, diced tomatoes, and Chili Mix. Stir to mix well.
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• Add the beer, Worcestershire sauce, and kidney beans. Stir to mix well and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low; cover and cook 2-3 hours; stirring occasionally.
• Mixture should not cook dry. If that happens, you could add a small can of V-8 juice.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, green bell pepper, orange bell pepper, onion, and celery. Cook until tender. Place pork and beef in the pot, and cook until evenly brown. Drain grease.
• Mix serrano chile peppers, diced tomatoes, green chile peppers, tomato paste, kidney beans, garlic, lime juice, tequila, and beer into the pot. Season with chili powder, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 5 hours.

Steps:

• 1. Cook the ground beef and pork. Drain and discard the fat.
• 2. Add precooked meat to a large pot with all the other ingredients.
• 3. Cook on Low heat for at least an hour. A longer cook time is better. Stir frequently so it doesn't burn!
• 4. Serve with cheese and tortilla chips or crackers.
• Note: This can also be cooked in the crock pot. Less chance of burning it. It also freezes well!