Chili Day

Dave's Chili recipe

Cooking stuff needed

• Crock pot or slow cooker.
• Strainer.
• 1 large frying pan.

Ingredients

• 3 lbs. ground beef
• One tablespoon or so Olive oil.
• 4 anaheim peppers (2 large green peppers can sub)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 1/2 onions
• 2 small cans sliced jalepeno peppers with juice.
• 2 cans diced tomatoes with juice.
• 2 cans pinto beans.
• 1 cup flour or corn startch
• 1/2 bag pre-shredded blended mexican or cheddar cheese.
• Lemon Pepper, Cumin, Chili Powder, Salt and Pepper to taste.

Directions

1. Cover bottom of large skillet with olive oil, add diced garlic and cook 1 minute.
2. Add beef, separate into fine chunks and add lemon pepper. Cook till brown.
3. Strain beef to remove extra fat, transfer to your crock pot.
4. Dice Onions and Peppers and add to pot.
5. Add, beans, tomatoes and jalepenos to pot with all juices from cans. Add one cup of water using one of the cans.
6. Add a few tablespoons of cumin, chili powder. Usually I use about a third container of each from your normal sized small spice container.
7. Add half a cup of flour to one of your empty cans and fill it with cold water till 3/4th full. Mix with a spoon till creamy then add to pot.
8. Let cook for 90 mins stirring every 30 mins, then repeat last step with more flour if it's not thick enough. Taste and add more chili or cumin as needed.
9. Cook another 60 mins then add two handfuls of shredded cheese and mix into the chili.
10. Cook for 30 more mins then serve with saltines! Enjoy.

I wish everyday was chili day. Bookmarked.

I'll make good use of this. Thanks.

Dave, I have no concept of "Lemon Pepper to taste". Can you give us anything to go on for that one?

@snide: Thanks Radio Dave! I could use a break from my chili recipe so I'll give yours a shot. I guess I'm up for driving to Anaheim for some peppers.

@WiFiPirate said:

Dave, I have no concept of "Lemon Pepper to taste". Can you give us anything to go on for that one?

Dave, why is Whiskey Media so cool that it literally hurts me? I will try this out sometime in the future, GB Sausalito is go!

@snide: Not actually what I meant... I was going for "a dash of" ... or "a pinch of". I just don't know how lemon pepper will alter the taste.

@DuskVamp and I will definitely have to make this when she comes to the States for the summer. Thanks Dave!

Thanks!

For anyone wondering, it's big enough for around 10 servings. :D

@snide: How about a gazpacho recipe next?

@WiFiPirate said:

@snide: Not actually what I meant... I was going for "a dash of" ... or "a pinch of". I just don't know how lemon pepper will alter the taste.

4 or 5 shakes! Just enough to cover the meat in the pan.

@snide: Cool... Cumin, and Chili Power (and obviously salt and pepper) I know what they do to food, just never dealt with Lemon Pepper. Thanks again Dave! Can't wait to try this one out.

@weegieanawrench said:

I wish everyday was chili day. Bookmarked.

QFT

I hope this becomes a monthly feature!

I like to go with a combination of pinto, kidney, and black beans, even though traditional chili is w/o beans.

Man do I love making chili. The best part about it is you really can't go wrong. Different types of meat, seasoning, veggies, liquids. Really it'll all taste and smell delicious if you start with a good base, slow cook it all day, and season it as needed.

My standard recipe is similar to yours Dave, except I don't use as much flour, use a can of beer and some stock for liquid, and usually toss in some cayenne and chipotle seasonings depending on how much extra heat/smokiness I'm looking for. Makes for a good hearty, warm chili. Think I'll make some this weekend.

@WiFiPirate said:

@snide: Not actually what I meant... I was going for "a dash of" ... or "a pinch of". I just don't know how lemon pepper will alter the taste.

When someone says "to taste" it usually means that it is a very strong tasting ingredient so you want to add a VERY small amount (or, more specifically, you want to make sure you don't add too much ie: adding a bit, stirring, tasting to see if it is enough).

This looks pretty different from my standard chili recipe! I'll have to give this a try one of these days.

Thanks, man! Can't wait to try it. Probably end up making it for next week.

Crock pot? Does it have to be a crock pot? Can I sling this into a regular pan on a gas hob? I'm not 100% sure what a crock pot even is.

I'm buying all this junk on the way home, will report back later ^__^

Well, can't say I expected this from David.

Nice. After the promo image for the last Happy Hour with the coney dog, I was afraid you guys didn't know what the fuck chili was. So glad to be wrong. I'll use this recipe for reference next time I make chili.
 
@Sweep: 
Yes you can. That's how my mom makes chili, except it's an electric stove. No real difference, just don't get it too hot. Also make sure it's deep enough like a good pot. Not so much a pan.

Crock pot? Does it have to be a crock pot? Can I sling this into a regular pan on a gas hob? I'm not 100% sure what a crock pot even is.

I'm buying all this junk on the way home, will report back later ^__^

Every month should have a Chili Day

Is there nutritional info on this? Want a calorie and protein count so I can get this into my workout diet.

Awesome, I just got a crock pot too.

Crock pot? Does it have to be a crock pot? Can I sling this into a regular pan on a gas hob? I'm not 100% sure what a crock pot even is.

I'm buying all this junk on the way home, will report back later ^__^

I'd eat that.

Muchas Gracias, senor dave!

Fuck. Now I have to make the choice between pizza and chili tonight...

Not really a fan of chili. Next time it should be curry day. A livestream of the crew eating vindaloo and watching a Tim Curry marathon.

@Sweep: A Crock Pot is an electric slow cooker.

There is no chili in this country and I´ve never had any, Im interested in trying to make it, but I have no idea where to get Chili Powder. I can get all the other stuff easily, but does anyone know:

- what is in that powder.

- can I try to make chili without it? (Chili powder sounds pretty important in the chili-making process though...)

- can I substitute it with something else?.

Thanks!

@Rattle618 said:

There is no chili in this country and I´ve never had any, Im interested in trying to make it, but I have no idea where to get Chili Powder. I can get all the other stuff easily, but does anyone know:

- what is in that powder.

- can I try to make chili without it? (Chili powder sounds pretty important in the chili-making process though...)

- can I substitute it with something else?.

Thanks!

You can but it really isn't that easy. But to help:

The time start isn't working, it starts at about 4m4s

@Sweep: You bet your ass you can. You just have to be careful with the heat

Dave Snider: master of making websites and chili. Thank you, sir!

Happy, happy chili day!

Happy, happy chili day!

It's beeeeef!

And beaaaans!

It's beeeeef!

And beaaaans!

Awesome. I needed to spice up my cooking anyways. So when do we get a Dave Snider Cooking Show?

I am totally going to make this. Thanks, Dave!

Served with saltines, eh? I should try that. I usually have some couscous with my chili.

And for some goddamn reason I've never used cheese in my chili, that I'll have to try too. I really like chili, it's what I usually make if I'm going to be home alone for a while.

Alright so I followed Dave's instructions and it actually turned out pretty great! The picture doesn't really do it justice:

I also fucked up the measurements quite a bit, and was just using a regular pan (Which wasn't really big enough, which is why it looks like it's overflowing) so I ended up economising on a lot of the ingredients. I have to say that this was fantastically spicy, which was perfect. It cost me about £20 in all, which was my entire food budget for the week, but I now have enough chilli to last me the next 3 or 4 days, so I'm not going to starve. Never not chilli, apparently?!

@OldGuy: No beans? You're not eating chili, then.

Alright so I followed Dave's instructions and it actually turned out pretty great! The picture doesn't really do it justice:

I also fucked up the measurements quite a bit, and was just using a regular pan (Which wasn't really big enough, which is why it looks like it's overflowing) so I ended up economising on a lot of the ingredients. I have to say that this was fantastically spicy, which was perfect. It cost me about £20 in all, which was my entire food budget for the week, but I now have enough chilli to last me the next 3 or 4 days, so I'm not going to starve. Never not chilli, apparently?!

@Chemin: My kitchen is super clean, all that mess was made as a direct result of trying to cook a fuck-load of chilli in a medium sized pan!

Man do I love making chili. The best part about it is you really can't go wrong. Different types of meat, seasoning, veggies, liquids. Really it'll all taste and smell delicious if you start with a good base, slow cook it all day, and season it as needed.

@Chemin: My kitchen is super clean, all that mess was made as a direct result of trying to cook a fuck-load of chilli in a medium sized pan!

I ALWAYS strain the beans and wash them first because that fucking goopy gel in the canned beans ruins the flavor for me. Fresh Jalapenos are key as well, with the seeds. You get a much more bitter and spicy chili that way than if you use canned or jarred ones. Who wants soggy peppers anyway?

@Getz said:

I ALWAYS strain the beans and wash them first because that fucking goopy gel in the canned beans ruins the flavor for me. Fresh Jalapenos are key as well, with the seeds. You get a much more bitter and spicy chili that way than if you use canned or jarred ones. Who wants soggy peppers anyway?

My argument would be that chili is goop. There's not much reason to delay the inevitable.

Either it's because I'm on the wrong side of the world or I'm just an idiot but I don't think I've ever seen Anaheim peppers before. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being some insane extra hot Indian curry that's made tasting redundant because your tongue is burning, how hot is it?

While chili is certainly a glorious food, I still feel confused by the existence of Chili Day. More specifically, why did it take place at Dave's apartment instead of at the office? Is there a reason they spent most of the day at Dave's recording a podcast and Quick Look, or is Whiskey Media just a really easygoing company?