Pickle's improved Chili of the Nightosphere

 Our daughter Pickle is a huge fan of the cartoon Adventure Time, so when she put the Adventure Time cookbook on her wish list you can rest assured that I jumped at the opportunity. After making their recipe once, she new she had to embellish it with even more flavor. So here is Pickle's improved Chili of the Nightosphere - thanks Adventure time!

Ingredients

 1 Tablespoon Vegetable oil

1 pound onion, diced small

1 Tablespoon minced garlic

1.5 pounds 80/20 beef

1/2 cup dark chili powder

16 ounces kidney beans, drained

2 more cans variety of beans , drained

12 ounces chili sauce

2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

salt and pepper to taste

Crushed Tomatoes

garnish: sour cream and shredded cheese

Process

1. In a heavy bottomed pan, saute the onion and garlic in the vegetable oil over high heat until lightly caramelized.

2. Add ground beef to onions and brown until the beef is about medium rare. Do not stir the beef around too much. 

3. Immediately add the chili powder, beans, chili sauce, and Worcestershire. 

4. Cook on medium heat, stirring gently, until chili is hot. 

5. Use the crushed tomato to thin the sauce and spread it around.  

6. Serve immediately while it is nice and hot. Garnish with cheese and sour cream.

Mexican Stew

 

Wouldn't this be called chili?  

Ingredients

 1 pound hamburger

1 can tomatoes

2 cans kidney beans

2 green peppers chopped

2 teaspoons salt

2 bay leaves

2 onions chopped

4 cups boiling water

4 teaspoons chili paste

Process

 Combine all ingredients, simmer until thick, roughly 2 hours.

Hormel Chili Dip

I thought I had this recipe on the blog already but when I went to look for it in a "cooking with a microwave" search for our eldest, who is leaving for college, it wasn't there. So here it is now!

From Hormel.

Ingredients:
1 (16 ounce) canhormel chili 
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 (16 ounce) packageshredded mild cheddar cheese or 1 (16 ounce) package sharp cheddar cheese
Tortilla chips or Frito Scoops, to serve

Directions

1. Microwave cream cheese for 1 minute in 12" x 12" pyrex dish or glass pie dish.
2. Remove and spread cream cheese to cover bottom of dish.
3. Next pour the hormel chili on top of the cream cheese.
4. Lastly, layer with the shredded cheddar cheese.
5. Microwave for 3 minutes or until cheese has melted.
6. Serve with nacho chips or scoop frito's.

Crockpot Chili

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 package Italian sausage, removed from casing and crumbled
2 onions, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 can Campbell's® Condensed Tomato Soup
2 large cans whole tomatoes, un-drained
2 cans any color kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 bay leaves
1/4 cup chili powder
1 Tablespoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
several grinds of pepper
a pinch or two of salt
2 bay leaves
1 cup of red wine
and for serving, sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese

Process
1. Cook the meat in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until well browned, stirring often to separate meat.























2. Pour off any fat.
3. Stir all ingredients (minus sour cream or cheese) into slow cooker.

4. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 9 hours.***Or on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours
(or a little bit of both in my house. Since the meat is precooked keeping on low the whole time is fine!