Thursday, November 10, 2016

Making Chili! Post #1

I'm making Chili for Michael's chili cook-off at work tomorrow!  Last year I won first place (and a set of mixing spoons and candy) with this recipe!  I've tweaked it a bit more.  Follow along if you'd like a great chili recipe!

I can't find my recipe, but I found it online, so I'll just have to remember my notes.  Here's what I've added so far:
1.5 green bell peppers
1.5 red onions
6 (tiny) jalapeños (recipe calls for 2, but these are so small I had to add more
1 heaping tablespoon minced garlic
1-2 tbsp canola oil

First, sorry that my measurements aren't exact.  They used to be, but I've made this recipe so many times I just eyeball it now. 

I start getting my Dutch oven hot with my oil in it.  I cut up the green pepper first and add in in to begin cooking down and softening.  It takes the longest.  Next the red onion, then the jalapeños, then the garlic.  I put the garlic in last because I don't want it over cooking while I'm cutting up other veggies.  The recipe says to cook 5 minutes, but I don't watch the clock.  I cook until all the veggies are my desired tenderness, and since I don't like big or all dente chunks of veggies in my chili, it's probably longer than 5 minutes.  ;)

Stay tuned for the next step in just a few minutes!!

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