Meghan and I dancing our way through the Stagecoach Festival!
My good friend Meghan cooked my chili recipe (click for recipe) and had some great ideas! She shared them with me, so I thought I would share them with you. It is perfectly timed for super bowl weekend!
Here's from Meghan:
Ok — I am so sorry that it took me so long to write to you about this – because I made your recipe almost right away… Ben says it is quite possibly the BEST chili he has ever had! I made a few slight modifications — (most were accidental! - I forgot to add the corn!) but on the whole it was your recipe and it was soooo good.
Here's from Meghan:
Ok — I am so sorry that it took me so long to write to you about this – because I made your recipe almost right away… Ben says it is quite possibly the BEST chili he has ever had! I made a few slight modifications — (most were accidental! - I forgot to add the corn!) but on the whole it was your recipe and it was soooo good.
Ben and Meghan at her birthday dinner.
Besides forgetting the corn -- I served mine with a few different toppings… Ben is not a huge fan of super spicy — so instead of jalepeno, I substituted green onions (same nice color and crunch with less heat). I was worried that I made it too hot for his liking so I also served with a small dollop of sour cream to counter act the heat. In terms of process — I am not sure that this makes any difference in the actual outcome — but it was fun to smell the spices cooking directly… so I mixed my spices together in a small ramekin (although I should also admit that I am not patient enough to measure exactly — so I may have eyeballed some) and then added half to 3/4 of the spice mixture while I was browning the meat (with the onion) so that I was sure that the meat was seasoned before I added the beans and tomato sauce. When I added the beans I stirred in the remainder of the spices.
It was so good that I have already bought meat to make more so that I can freeze it to have on hand for those nights when I don’t feel like cooking or haven't gone to the store!
Next time I think I also might make corn bread to serve with it (which would have been a nice way to incorporate the corn that I forgot!!) but really it was so delicious that it didn’t even need the bread!
Thank you Robin!!!!
It was so good that I have already bought meat to make more so that I can freeze it to have on hand for those nights when I don’t feel like cooking or haven't gone to the store!
Next time I think I also might make corn bread to serve with it (which would have been a nice way to incorporate the corn that I forgot!!) but really it was so delicious that it didn’t even need the bread!
Thank you Robin!!!!
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