Chili and Cornbread

Chef had a few fireman buddies over last night to sit around a bonfire, have a few drinks and to enjoy some homemade chili. I think it did them some good to get together in a setting that was not job related, have a few laughs and relax. I had to retire to bed pretty early because I am still pretty congested from this week long respiratory infection... but I think that overall it was a great time!

Here is our chili recipe and man, it was good!!!!

In a heavy pot saute the following:

1 chopped onion
1/4 cup minced garlic
1/2 cup chopped jalepenos (we use the ones from a jar)
1/4 cup olive oil

Stir this around until onions are cooked through and then add your meat!

2 lbs ground deer meat
1/2 lb sausage
1 lb ground turkey

Now, you can use ground beef if you want...we just happened to have some deer meat and homemade sausage and it was REALLY good....

Cook all this meat up together and add the following:

2 BIG cans of crushed tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
2-3 cups water
few dashes of Worcestershire

Spices:
Paprika
Cumin
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Chili Powder
Salt
Pepper

(I keep a combo of this spice already made up to season lots of things)

I use about 1/2 cup of the mixed seasoning.

Simmer on the stove for a couple of hours and you are good to go! This is a SIMPLE chili... Feel free to spruce it up with anything you can think of....

We served with fritos, cheese, minced onion, salsa and hot sauce....

And Cornbread:

This is my cheat recipe for cornbread:

3 boxes of Jiffy Cornbread mix, prepared according to directions
Add in 1/4 cup of those chopped jalepenos from a jar
Add in about 1/2 cup shredded cheese
A few dashes of garlic powder (not garlic salt)
1 tablespoon sugar

Mix Mix Mix

Now, get out your old cast iron skillet and get it hot on the stovetop with a little oil in it....
Pour the mixture in and cook until puffed up and golden. I like to cut up into nice hunks and put in a pretty little basket.


You can feed firemen or your momma this meal! Sure to please!

Let me know how you like it... we are having leftovers today.