Chili recipe

[Thor's Hammer]

Interesting. I like 1/2 beef 1/2 lamb (or even goat if I can get it)
I like to cook my onions a little longer too, get them nice and brown, release the sugars.
If you like paprika flavour, slice a chorizo sausage and throw it in the hot oil with the onion - marvelous addition.

 

[Paul B]

hmm, a long slow roast would do well to incorporate goat, I am not a huge fan of it unless its well disguised, too fatty most times

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Good marinade helps. I'll have to look into shipping some goat sometime. Freeze it and over night it with dry ice... bla bla bla..
See how I feel after we butcher one.

 

[woodworkingboy]

I killed a baby goat once, and man it was a tough thing to do, I mean the so cute aspect. What can you do with male goats not intended for breeding? I had the butcher cut it up and pack it for me. So so tasting, I found.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Plan A) We nuter our males not meant for breeding.....
Plan B) More marinade!

 

[Al Smith]

Plan A) We nuter our males not meant for breeding.....

--and if you wait too long they get to pizzing in their whiskers ---

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Mama has the rubber band gun... watch out

And it ain't the kind that shoots them

 

[woodworkingboy]

I've observed that, Al. No doubt that billy goats can have some troubling habits. They sure do get focused when a female is around that they are interested in...all the snorting and stuff.

 

[stig]

No doubt that billy goats can have some troubling habits. They sure do get focused when a female is around that they are interested in.

So do most of us, I imagine!

 

[Peter]

Does anyone use dried beans rather than tinned?

As I already slow cook the meat, using dried beans and adding them earlier in the cook seems logical. Might even try something other than kidney beans.

 

[stig]

Absolutely.
I only use canned whatsoever as a last minute resort, unless I've canned it myself.

I use pinto beans when I can find them.
For hotness I simply toss in a jar of my own canned jalapenos. I like jalapenos, because they are hot, but the hotness doesn't last long.
Since I don't put dead animals in my chili, I like to add a bit of 70-80% cocoa dark chocolate to give some bass notes to the whole thing. Just a bit, mind you.

 

[Peter]

Do you ever dry your chillis?

I have dried a few on the vine in the glass house this year, they work really well.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Dry beans here. par cook them prior to cooking them in the chili.

 

[stig]

Climate is too moist here to dry them.
I'd have to use an artificial heat source, so I just can them.
Also canned jalapenos ( or Black czechoslovakian or Jamaican yellow) which are what I have canned this year just taste so good in a sandwich.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I need dead cow in my chili! The more flesh, the better!!!

 

[stig]

So what you really mean, is that you like a little chili in your dead cow.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Farg yea! Cows and CHEESE!!!

 

[Thor's Hammer]

You can make a nice chili for vegetarians by roasting and using some nice big field mushrooms