Elk Chili for dinner

[mx'r]

and some cornbread. Mmmmmmmm.

[opie011]

Damn that sounds amazing. Care if I join you[Beer]

[StagLefty]

On the way !! [ROFL1]

[Troublco]

This is chili weather if I ever saw it! And I just found a couple packs of elk meat in my freezer last night, too... [WooHoo]

[StagLefty]

Sounds like an elk chili forum supper in the making [Beer]

[opie011]

I can't participate since I used all my ground elk a few weeks back. :(

[blackford76]

Hmm...elk meat pizza? Gonna have to talk to the wife.

[patrick0685]

where is my invite?

[mx'r]

One large can of dark kidney beans, 2 reg cans of chili beans, 1 can of diced tomatos with garlic, 2lbs of browned ground elk, 1 whole sweet onion, one packet of McCormick chili seasoning. Combine in crock pot. Go do 2 gun trades, pick up 12 pack of Corona's, drink 5 of them, eat chili, finish other 7 Corona's. Wake up tomorrow morning about noon. [Beer]

[mx'r]

I will donate 2 one pound packs of frozen, ground elk to the first person who posts an "I'll take it" and can meet me in Conifer today! It's a race. It's this years kill, so no worries.

Rob. When's the pizza gonna be ready? I'll bring the meat?[Tooth]

[patrick0685]

i would have so won, except i have to work damn it

[Gunner]

Just had some two nights ago. It was so good!

[Bailey Guns]

My lovely wife is from New Hampshire. When we first met clam chowder was about the spiciest food she'd ever eaten.

I'll be damned if she don't make some fine chili now. She loves spicy foods.

It's taken 21 years of training but she's finally comin' around.

She made a big crock full of chili for a little get-together we're having tonight. She doesn't know but while she was in the shower and fixin' her hair I just had a large bowl (and another half)...just a sample, really...of the chili. Mmm, mmm, good!

[theGinsue]

Thanks to all of you #&^%*, I just had to make some chili.

Oh, I was perfectly content to eat left-overs tonight, but NOOOOOO, you had to plant the thought in my head about how good chili and cornbread would be , so...

I looked in the freezer and found we are slim on ground beef. Now, I've no problem with eating/making elk chili (that's what I do with most of my ground elk), but the wifey still, after 22 yrs of marriage, hasn't quite gotten past the mental block of eating meat that wasn't procured from a grocery store. But, since we are so low on ground beef, I grabbed 2 pkgs of ground elk and 1 pkg of ground beef (this way, when she asks, I can honestly say "I put ground beef in it") - and got them thawed out.

Now, after learning to make chili when I worked @ Wendy's back in college, I have NO IDEA how to make a small batch of chili. Here's a pictoral account of me making my Standup Family Chili (as opposed to my Tombstone Chili - the chili that made Wyatt Earp):
(1) Thaw the meat
(2) Finely chop 2 medium sized onions and put them into the bottom of the chili pot.
(3) Open a #10 can of beans (only had pinto's today - no kidney) and rinse all of the gunk off of them to reduce the gasey experience later.
(4) Pour rinsed beans into pot with onions and add 4 Tbsp's of cumin (yeah, I love cumin in my chili).
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt65/theGinsue/My%20Chili/1_Chili_OnionsBeans.jpg

(5) Brown meat (if using a mix of elk and beef, mix them well while cooking)
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt65/theGinsue/My%20Chili/2_Chili_Meat.jpg

(6) Put the pot with the onions, beans, and cumin into a double-boiler
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt65/theGinsue/My%20Chili/3_Chili_Doubleboiler.jpg

(7) Add 3 pkgs of "mild" chili seasoning to chili pot.
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt65/theGinsue/My%20Chili/4_Chili_Seasoning.jpg

(8) Now add the meat and a #10 can of tomato sauce
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt65/theGinsue/My%20Chili/5_Chili_TomatoSauce.jpg

(9) Stir the whole mix up real well and test to see if it'll stand up a spoon in it.
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt65/theGinsue/My%20Chili/6_Standup_Chili.jpg

(10) Now, cook for 4 hours minimum over med-high heat; keeping the double-boiler filled with water.
ETA: (11) Eat ("Serve with veggies and the beverage of your choice" (?)) - Just 6.5 hours on the stove today.
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt65/theGinsue/My%20Chili/7_Chili_Bowl.jpg

[Troublco]

Mine is now simmering on the stove. I changed it up just a bit because when I pulled the package of elk grind out of the freezer a package of elk steak fell out behind it. So, I cut the steak up into small chunks and threw it in too.

Don't know what to tell ya, Ginsue. Oh well comes to mind. Mine knows it's Elk. My daughter prefers Elk to beef. Smart girl! Your chili recipe doesn't sound far off of mine. I use less cumin, and Mexine's Chili Powder.

Grated Tillamook cheddar, fritos, and cornbread. 45 minutes to go!

[Limited GM]

I laughed last night when I saw one whole bean shelf at W-M was cleaned out.

Made mine with doe meat the wife shot.

[mx'r]

Mmmmmmmm. Almost dinner time. My house smells great. Mmmmmm.

[Troublco]

Oh, man, that was good. And I'm set for lunch for a couple days.

Now I just have to wait for an hour or two so I have room for dessert - Strawberry Rhubarb pie a la mode.

[Dr_Fwd]

Mmmmmmmm. Almost dinner time. My house smells great. Mmmmmm.

Pics or it never happened!

[theGinsue]

Pics or it never happened!


Whew. Dodged that bullet!

[hurley842002]

Man you guys are making my mouth water with all this Chili talk, and pics (Ginsue). I did have Hickory House for dinner, so I can't complain too much, but still.

[mx'r]

I cant ever find the camera when I need it. Maybe I'll send pics tomorrow of the digested side...

[sniper7]

I'll avoid the pics of the digested side!

on a brighter note, we had deer burgers for lunch, and crab legs and lobster for dinner[Beer]

happy new years!

[Irving]

I don't want to rub it in, but I'm just now digging into a bowl of Beef flavored Top Ramen.

[hurley842002]

I don't want to rub it in, but I'm just now digging into a bowl of Beef flavored Top Ramen.

Oh man, gotta love the Top Ramen! If you want to get real creative, snag a bottle of Cholula sauce and add some of that. There was a point in time, when all I could afford was Top Ramen, needless to say I got real creative with it.

[Irving]

Yeah, I've actually loaded it up with fresh pico de gallio. My lady makes the best. If that isn't available, I usually put Frank's Red Hot in there. I don't want to derail the delicious chili thread though, I was just trying to be funny.

I do always put Red Hot in Chili too.

[mx'r]

Mmmm. Elk meat just finished browning, and all is in the crockpot. Another chili Sunday. [Tooth]

[funkfool]

Well - I'm only about 2 hours away... be there in a jif!
[Tooth]

[rondog]

Damn, you guys are killin' me! I have to eat canned chili, the wife and grandson won't touch the stuff, and I can't eat up a whole crock-pot batch by myself. I loves me some chili, but can't eat it for days in a row.

Marlboro used to put out some cookbooks with some great-sounding chili recipes.

[funkfool]

rondog: Make a big batch - then pack it into individual 1 quart freezer bags and freeze... then when you want some you can either nuke it or toss the bag in a pot of boiling water.

[BPTactical]

Thanks to MX'r it is Elk Chili for dinner tonite. Gonna have to nuke the meat to defrost it but YUMMY!


What a perfect day for it!

[rondog]

rondog: Make a big batch - then pack it into individual 1 quart freezer bags and freeze... then when you want some you can either nuke it or toss the bag in a pot of boiling water.

Now that's a good idea!

[Irving]

We're having chili tonight too. Great timing.

[funkfool]

Navy Bean soup here... leftover ham bone from NYE....
Good step by step pics Ginsue!
Looks delicious!
You use the double boiler to avoid scorch/burn on the bottom of the pot? Or other reason?


But that purple thing... you're not eating candles again... are you?

[nogaroheli]

It took me a while but I finally have mine going. I used MX'rs recipe with deer instead of elk (because I don't ever see elk when I have a tag for them [Rant1]). It's been in the crockpot for 4.5 hours so far, the house smells awesome- I keep going out side and then coming back in. I can't wait for dinner time!

Thanks for posting your recipes, I'm new to making chili so this will be fun to try all these out!

[DD977GM2]

Sounds extremely tasty [Beer]

[theGinsue]

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Good step by step pics Ginsue!
Looks delicious!
You use the double boiler to avoid scorch/burn on the bottom of the pot? Or other reason?


But that purple thing... you're not eating candles again... are you?

(1) You're quite welcome.
(2) Thank you.
(3) Yes, I use it to avoid scorch/burn as I cook the chili at a fairly high temp. I learned how to make chili when I worked at Wendy's back in the early 80's - back before they changed their recipe. They always cooked it at a VERY HIGH temp and the double boiler kept it from burning which also minimized clean-up efforts.

(4) Yeah, the purple thing.... Wife had that candle with the dried cranberries around it on the table where I set up for the pic and I thought it would add to the "ambiance". Gave up eating candles for the wax bottles with the candy juice in 'em.
http://www.rockofagescandy.com/Funny_Stuff/Products/NikLNip.jpg

[patrick0685]

wax == tasty [ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3]