Pace on Earth

Sore Winner

I won! I am the Pope of Chili Town! In your face space coyote!

I apologize for not relaying the news earlier but I feared that I might be completely unbearable with my gloating. By now I should be only mildly unbearable. Before I do the world a favour and release the recipe I will tell you that this year's Snow Bowl was one of the best ever. It was a crisp day but the two most important factors were prime; the snow was soft and deep and the wind was next to nothing. There were probably 25 or so players and, as is the case every year(and as the picture shows), we all won.

But I won the Chili Cookoff and here is the recipe for my winning entry that I dubbed Winter Warmer.

Ingredients:
1 pound stewing beef
1 pound ground beef
1/2 pound hot italian sausage
2 yellow onions 1 red onion
1 red pepper 1 green
2 28oz cans of tomatoes (diced and stewed in this case)
1 14oz can of kidney beans, 1 of black beans, and 1 of chick peas
1 can Campbell's tomato soup
1 small can of kernal corn
hot chili sauce - just a little
plenty of chili powder - 4 or 5 tbsp
some cumin - 1 tbsp
some brown suger - couple of tbsp
salt and pepper
1 dark beer - Picaroon's Best Bitter in this case
2 shots of espresso

I slowed cooked the beef with an onion and about half the Best Bitter mixed with chili powder and some chili sauce. I let that go for about 8 hours while I was at work. That was really the secret to the recipe. When I got home I...

In a large pot over medium high heat, brown and crumble the ground beef and sausage. Add the onions and some chlii powder as the meat sizzles and continue stirring, adding the diced peppers as well. Stir until the meat is done. Add the slow-cooked beef. Turn the stove down to medium. Add the (drained) tomatoes and tomato soup. More chili powder, more chili sauce, the cumin, salt and pepper, brown sugar and stir it up. As it starts to bubble add the drained beans and chick peas. Add the espresso (regular coffee will do, the stronger the better) and any left over chili powder in the house. Stir and let it get to a slow boil. Stir and turn the stove down to medium-low. Let it roll for a couple of hours stirring occasionally keeping it simmering. As it thickens test it in a big bowl. If it's too hot used the leftover beer. It's ready at this point but it gets better over the next 3 to 4 days. Enjoy. I'm getting the recipe framed and put up at the clubhouse. It's a new tradition ;)

That's the gospel according to the Pope of Chili Town.

Pace out.

posted by Vitamin S @ 1:38 a.m.