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How to Make Chili—Texas Style!

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Chili is the official food of the state of Texas. Chili became popular in Texas during the late 1880s when Hispanic women, called as the chili queens, started selling chili at the streets of San Antonio. They sell it by the bowl to passerby. The strong and delicious aroma of the chili made it an instant hit to the Texans.

But what makes Texas-style chili different from standard and traditional chili? Texas-style chili uses chunks of beef instead of the ground beef that is commonly used in most chili recipes. Texas chili also doesn’t contain any beans, tomatoes, or vegetables that are used in other variations of chili. The only vegetable it has is chili peppers, giving it a taste of more beef and chili!

The beef used, instead of being ground, are cut into bite-sized chunks usually the size of a pecan nut. The chunked beef gives the Texas-style chili a stew-like texture as compared to the common chili recipes that use ground beef.

How to make Texas chili, you ask? Fret not. It’s not as hard as one imagines. Preparation time for Texas chili is about 15 minutes, while the cooking time lasts for about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

First things first on how to make Texas chili: ingredients. What you will need are the following:

• 3 pounds of beef chucks, cut them into one-inch cubes
• 1 large onion
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 9 chili pepper pods or chili powder
• 3 cup of beef broth
• 1 cup of tomato sauce or paste or puree
• 2 teaspoons of cornmeal or harina flour
• salt
• ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon of cayenne powder
• 1 tablespoon of cumin, ground

Once you have all the ingredients done, follow these simple instructions on how to make Texas chili.

1. Get a large pot and over medium heat, cook the beef in vegetable oil until it turns brown. If you need to do this in batches, do it a necessary. It is better to evenly cook the beef rather than rush everything in one go leaving some portions of the beef uncooked.

2. While the beef is cooking, dice the onions and the garlic. Add the diced onions to the beef and let it sauté for about five minutes.

3. Add the garlic and cornmeal and allow it to cook. If you want your chili to have less fat, you can remove and drain the excess fat by this time. Apart from the vegetable oil, the beef as natural fat that will seep out of it while cooking.

4. Add the tomato sauce and chili pepper. Pour the beef broth and allow it to cook. Add the cumin and cayenne powder. Add the salt and ground black pepper to taste.

5. After you have put in all the remaining ingredients, bring it to a boil. Then put it to low heat and allow it to simmer. Cover the pot and stir occasionally.

It’s that simple! You know now how to make Texas chili like a real Texan!

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How to Make Your Own Chili Sauce

Monday, January 26th, 2009

To those who like spicy foods, chili sauce, sometimes called as pepper sauce or hot sauce, is a staple and most used and loved condiment. It would never leave the dining table during meal times. Chili sauces are used around the world and have a whole lot of varieties depending on the demographic location on where it was made from.

There are a lot of chili sauces that can be bought in almost all major groceries and food stores. And because of its wide array of varieties, you can find different variations of chili sauce recipes all over the world. However, one thing is common: their main ingredient remains to be chili peppers.

As a spicy food lover, you must have wondered how to make chili sauce? No, it’s not hard. In fact, making chili sauce is very easy. Below is a simple recipe on how to make chili sauce.

The first thing to do in making your own chili sauce is to gather all your ingredients. Here are the things you need in your chili sauce:

• red chilies, long or round
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 cups of tomato sauce or tomato ketchup
• vinegar
• pan
• food blender
• water
• salt and pepper to taste
• clean bottle

After you have gathered all the things you need, follow these simple steps on how to make chili sauce:

1. Rinse your chilies and cut them roughly. It is advised to remove the seeds for better flavor.

2. Place your chilies in your pan and add water until they are completely covered. Cook it over medium heat and bring to a boil.

3. Once the chilies are soft, remove the pan. Do not let the water complete evaporate. Make sure there are still some left at the bottom of the pan. Let the chilies cool for a while.

4. Transfer the contents of the pan into a food blender. Add some vinegar, tomato sauce or ketchup, some sugar, salt and black pepper. Blend all your ingredients until they reach the consistency of a fine paste.

5. Taste your chili sauce. If they aren’t hot enough for you, you can use some chili powder to raise the heat level. Be sure that you don’t go crazy with the chili powder. You can’t bring the heat level to a lower one once it has gone over your heat limit. Take some caution with your heat level.

6. Transfer back the contents of your blender into a pan and reheat it for a few minutes.

7. Gently pour your newly made chili sauce into airtight containers. You can now store your newly made chili sauce in your pantry or the refrigerator if you like your condiments a bit cool.

Now you know how to make chili sauce you need to make a trip to your local store to purchase a bottled chili sauce when you have run out of one before meal time. You can now enjoy homemade chili made just right for your taste anytime and anywhere.

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How to Make Tasty Chili Dogs

Monday, January 26th, 2009

When chili is put into a hotdog, it will never be the same. While hotdog is already a very tasty snack, a chili dog can be compared to heaven on earth! Chili dog, as opposed to a regular hotdog, is already a full meal, not to mention, the chili adds the extra “spice” and the extra kick in your favorite hotdog sandwich.

How to make a chili dog? The simplest way is to fry your favorite hotdog, put it in a hotdog bun, and heat the canned chili you can buy in nearby groceries and supermarkets. That can suffice but the canned chili will not compare to the savory taste of real homemade chili.

The difference of chili in chili dogs to the chili with nachos or a regular chili is that chili dogs’ flavor is more of onion than of chili pepper or tomato. Apart from that, the meat is chopped finer than the meat in a regular chili since the chili in chili dogs are used as a condiment.

Here’s how to make a chili dog that is tastier than the canned ones and made right at your own home.

Here’s what you need to make a chili dog:
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 large onion, diced
• ½ to 1 cup of chili powder
• tomato paste
• salt and black pepper
• Frankfurt hotdogs
• hotdog buns

How to make a chili dog is very simple. Follow these instructions and you’ll have a very tasty meal in no time.

1. In a skillet, cook the ground beef over high heat until the beef turns brown. Make sure that the beef is ground very finely. If it is still in lumps, break it off to cook it evenly. Your chili dog should not be lumpy. Add a few teaspoons of salt while the beef is cooking.

2. While the beef is cooking, dice the onions into small cubes. Add it to the beef and cook it until the onion becomes soft.

3. When the beef and onion are cooked, add the tomato paste and the chili powder. Add some water to dissolve the tomato paste and the chili powder. If you think your chili isn’t hot enough, you can add more chili powder until you are satisfied.

4. Cook them under medium heat and stir occasionally. Cook your chili for about five to ten minutes.

5. Once your chili is done, grill your Frankfurt hotdogs over coal or using on-stove grills.

6. While your hotdogs are grilling, slice your hotdog buns in half and toast them in an oven toaster. Be careful not to over toast and burn your buns.

7. Place your grilled Frankfurt hotdogs on the toasted buns. Add some mayonnaise or mustard, on your desire. And finally, add your chili on top of your hotdog. You can spread some separately sautéed onions for presentation and extra onion taste.

And that’s it, folks, how to make chili dogs everybody will surely love in seven easy steps!

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How to Make Chili Beans

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Many self-proclaimed meat lovers like the traditional chili or chili con carne. With the rich flavour of beef plus the spiciness of chili, who would not put this dish at the top of their favourites list? However, vegetarians and health conscious individuals should not be deprived with the delicious taste of chili con carne. Luckily, there are many recipes that can solve this problem. One of them is chili with beans or chilli beans.

Chili beans is a variation of chilli con carne. Instead of beef, you can add different kinds of beans. This recipe was created after the spread of chilli into places where beef is expensive. They thought of another ingredient that could have the same flavor and texture as chilli con carne. Different types of beans are used in this recipe such as pinto beans, kidney beans, navy beans, black-eyed peas, great northern beans, pink beans, and many more. Most canned chilis that you can buy frm the grocery or supermarket have beans to add volume.

If you want to know how to make chilli beans, here are the steps that you should follow.

• Prepare the main ingredients for this dish such as a can each of rinsed red kidney beans, small white beans, and black beans. Of course, you will also need 3 tablespoons of chilli powder, one tablespoon ground cumin, and if you want to add more spice, half a teaspoon of ground chipotle chile or cayenne pepper. A can of crushed tomatoes, 3 regular sized sliced tomatoes, a tablespoon of canola oil, one large diced onion, 4 cloves of minced garlic, half a teaspoon of ground pepper, and 3 cups of water should also be included in your recipe.

• Cook onion in hot canola oil for two minutes or until it starts to soften. Lower heat while continuously stirring until the onion is very soft and is starting to darken. Do not burn the onion. This should only last for about 3 to 4 minutes.

• Add other spices such as chilli powder, garlic, cayenne or chipotle, and cumin. Keep on stirring until you can already smell the aroma of the combined spices. This is done for only half a minute or one minute.

• Pour the crushed tomatoes and add the sliced fresh tomatoes into the pan. Mix in all the beans (white, black, and kidney). Pour in water and sprinkle freshly ground pepper.

• Because of the added liquid, you need to increase heat to make your mixture boil. This will make any excess liquid evaporate which makes chilli thick and will also incorporate all the flavours in your recipe. Stir the chilli beans frequently while it is boiling.

• After coming to a boil, decrease the heat and let it simmer for a few more minutes while stirring from time to time. You will know that the chilli beans is ready when it has lessen a bit. This could take about 15 more minutes.

This recipe is very easy and will only take more or less than 35 minutes, depending on your efficiency. You can serve this to an average of six persons.

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Easy Steps on How to Make Mouthwatering Chili

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Chili is one of the most popular and favorite spicy stews that is made from meat, chili peppers, garlic, onions, and other spicy flavorings. It’s a very tasty dish that is enjoyed my people around the world. Since chili is enjoyed by people around the globe, there are many different variations on how to make chili. These variations arise because of one’s personal preference and one’s geographic location.

Traditional chili’s ingredients are ground beef and spices. Other variations use beans, tomatoes. Chili con carne is one of the most popular types of chili worldwide.

Here are the ingredients on how to make chili:
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 10 tomatoes, crushed
• 1 can of tomato paste
• 1 onion
• 3 large green peppers
• 1 cup chili power
• ¼ cup cumin powder
• 5 cloves of garlic or garlic powder
• Salt
• 1 ½ tablespoon of ground Cayan pepper

Optional ingredients are
• 3 cans of beans
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon oregano

Chili is actually a good way to clear out the contents of your refrigerator. If you have some leftover ground beef from your taco last week, turning it into a tasty chili is the best way to go. If you are on the adventurous side and would like to add a little more spice on your chili, you can experiment and toss some of the too-soft-for-salad veggies that you have or a leftover turkey from and see how this can further spice up your already spicy chili.

Here are the simple steps and directions on how to make chili.

1. In a large flat pan, brown your ground beef. Mix your beef on your pan once in a while to evenly cook them. If they are still in large chunks, break them up to to cook evenly.

2. While your beef is cooking, dice your onions, garlic—no need to dice the garlic if you prefer to use garlic powder—and green peppers. If you are experimenting with your chili ingredients, you can dice all your other ingredients into tiny cubes.

3. Once your beef is evenly brown, put in the onions and garlic or garlic powder and continue stirring until the garlic and onions are cooked.

4. Gently pour the tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, beans, green peppers, and all the other dry ingredients. Continue stirring the ingredients together as they cook.

5. Add the ground Cayan pepper. One and a half tablespoon is okay but you can add as many tablespoons. Put in the chili powder and cumin powder. Make it as hot and spicy as you can handle! You can also try to experiment with our chili powders, apart from cumin and peppers. There is not a standard, clear-cut way on how to make chili.

6. Remove the lid and let it simmer for at least thirty minutes. Wait for your chili to thicken. Add salt to taste.

7. Turn your stove into low heat and let it simmer again for another 15 minutes.

Be sure to follow these steps and your friends will surely ask you how to make chili!

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How to Cook Asian Style Chili

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Chili is a popular dish in the American south west and in Mexico. The traditional chilli or chilli con carne is a dish which is made up of the following basic ingredients—ground beef, chilli peppers, cumin, garlic, and onion. These ingredients are the foundation of all chilis. These days, because of its growing popularity, chilli has numerous different types and recipes which chilli lovers came up with. And today, it even reached areas beyond the Americas such as Europe and Asia.

In Asia, chilli is also continuously becoming more and more popular because of its thickness and spicy flavours. Because of this, cooking experts or chefs created a lot of chilli recipes with a touch of Asian cuisine. One example of these recipes is the Chili crab. If you want to learn how to cook chilli crabs, here is the list of tips and steps that you need to follow.

• Of course, you have to prepare all the ingredients that you will need in this recipe. For instance, you have to buy 3 or 4 pounds of crabs. If you can find Duchess Crabs, it is better to buy them because their taste is very distinct and will really fit into the whole chilli taste.

• Aside from crabs, you will also need Thai Chili Paste, peanut oil, 3 teaspoons of ketchup, one Asian chilli, a couple tablespoons of soy sauce and the same amount for oyster sauce, and finally, cornstarch slurries.

• First, you have to clean your crabs and cut them in 4 pieces.

• Then, prepare a Wok or a pan. In a medium-heat stove, put the pan with peanut oil and Asian chilli. If you can already smell the chilli, this means that it is now ready to be taken out from the pan or wok.

• In preparing this dish or any kinds of chilis for that matter, you have to be careful especially with your hands. You do not want your hands to come in contact with your eyes or nose because chilis are very hot and can even burn your eyes or nose.

• The crab can now be added to the mixture. You will know if a crab was already cooked if the color turns to red. If you think the crab is already cooked, you can now remove them from the pan.

• You can now combine all the other remaining ingredients such as ketchup, oyster sauce, chilli paste, and soy sauce. These ingredients will turn into slurry after you add about a couple of tablespoons of water and cornstarch. The texture of the mixture should be like that of a paste.

• After you are done with the mixture, you can add the chopped crabmeats into it. Make sure that you incorporate all the ingredients together. Cook it again for about 2 minutes.

• This will be very nice if it is eaten with jasmine rice.

• Like most chilis, chili crabs are also easy to cook and they cook very fast.

• Since crabs are really messy to eat, it is better to prepare lots of napkins nearby.

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How to Make Chili

Monday, January 19th, 2009

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