Jens Famous Chili Recipes

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:

• 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:

• Add beans, stock cube, tomatoe paste, beer and tomatoes to crock pot. Brown beef in skillet until outside is just seared add beef to crock pot, in same skillet brown onion and garlic until fragrant, add this to crock pot also. Slow cook on Hi for 6-8 hours or Low for 12-14 hours. Turn crock pot off and add green pepper and additional spices. Allow to cool before removing from pot and store as desired. This freezes very well.