Chilli and hot dish recipe thread

[Tinelement]

Ok, I know there is a recipe thread already, but, hear me out.......

Good friends of ours just had twins, early. Kiddos are in the incubators, mom is having weird seizures and been in ICU. They have one boy already who is 2, few months older than my boy.

i keep asking what we can do. Nothing so far. I know things are crazy for them.

So, I want to cook on Saturday for them. Figure I'll make double batches of chili, hot dish, and lasagna. I can put them in 2 serving Tupperware and freeze them. Then deliver the batch to their house. This will give them easy, quick homemade meals when things settle down. As much it will settle down for them with a 2 yr old and newborn twins!!!!

So post up your favorite chili/hot dish recipes before Saturday!...........please!

[ChunkyMonkey]

That's very nice of you. My family secret for years and years has been this.

[Scogin]

Tin this is awesome of you. I have the perfect freeze and reheat meal. I usually make these in the disposable aluminum pans with lids that you can get at the grocery store.

Stuffed Shells

1 ½ lb – ground meat
½ - onion chopped
2 tbsp – garlic minced
1 tbsp – dried oregano
½ cup – bread crumbs
1 – egg
Large Shells
4 oz – mozzarella cheese
½ cup – grated parmsian cheese
1 pkg – Italian cheese
1 ½ jar – spaghetti sauce
Salt and pepper


Cook Shells
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Brown meat with onion, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper. Remove meat, drain (if freezing do not drain), and let cool. Add bread crumbs, egg, mozzarella, and parmesian. Mix well.
Cover bottom of baking pan with spaghetti sauce.
Fill shells with meat mixture and place in pan. Pour remaining spaghetti sauce over shells. Cover pan with foil. (Freeze if saving for later)
Thaw if cooking from frozen.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until sauce is boiling and meat is heated through. Remove foil and cover in Italian cheese. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

[Great-Kazoo]

green or red chili ?

[Scogin]

I also make several soups and put them in vacuum seal bags in individual portions. That makes it easy for the wife and I to pull something out and heat up dinner when we are busy.

Chicken Tortilla and Chorrizo soup
Jambalaya without shrimp
Split Pea
Turkey Rice

Let me know if you need some help in this area. I was going to make the chicken tortilla and the jambalaya this weekend again. If you need help I could make a double batch Thursday and Friday night and freeze you a bunch of the single servings.

[Tinelement]

green or red chili ?

No. Thinking chilli chilli. Not red or green, but beef and bean Sunday football chilli.

[Teufelhund]

Great idea, and very nice of you to do.

Here is my chili recipe. I usually make a big pot of this and freeze about 2/3 of it. It does come out pretty spicy (and gets spicier in the fridge/freezer), so eliminate the jalapeno if you don't want it hot.

1 lb Ground Beef
1/2-1 lb Pork or Hot Links, chopped
1 Large onion, chopped
1 Bell pepper, chopped (I use red for color)
1 Jalapeno, minced (optional)
3 Garlic Cloves, minced
3 Tbsp Green Onion, chopped
2 cans Beans (kidney or pinto, or both)
1 can Diced Tomatoes
2 cans Tomato Sauce
1/4 cup Chili Powder
1 Tbsp Cumin
1 Tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 Tsp Cayenne
1 Tsp Kosher Salt
1 Tsp Black Pepper

Brown the meat in a frying pan and season with a little extra chili powder and garlic powder.
Throw all the veggies (including minced garlic) in a big sauce pot and cook on medium-low heat until the onion starts to get transparent.
Reduce heat to a simmer and add the browned meat and all other ingredients and seasonings listed above to the sauce pot.
Simmer 1-2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add any extra seasoning by smell, not taste.
Serve with white rice or Fritos, and shredded cheddar cheese.
Enjoy!

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

No. Thinking chilli chilli. Not red or green, but beef and bean Sunday football chilli.

That is red chili. I always use carol shellby's mix bag as in shellby mustang and that shit is good and even better if you use elk meat

[Great-Kazoo]

Tin this is awesome of you. I have the perfect freeze and reheat meal. I usually make these in the disposable aluminum pans with lids that you can get at the grocery store.

Stuffed Shells

1 ½ lb – ground meat
½ - onion chopped
2 tbsp – garlic minced
1 tbsp – dried oregano
½ cup – bread crumbs
1 – egg
Large Shells
4 oz – mozzarella cheese
½ cup – grated parmsian cheese
1 pkg – Italian cheese
1 ½ jar – spaghetti sauce
Salt and pepper


Cook Shells
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Brown meat with onion, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper. Remove meat, drain (if freezing do not drain), and let cool. Add bread crumbs, egg, mozzarella, and parmesian. Mix well.
Cover bottom of baking pan with spaghetti sauce.
Fill shells with meat mixture and place in pan. Pour remaining spaghetti sauce over shells. Cover pan with foil. (Freeze if saving for later)
Thaw if cooking from frozen.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until sauce is boiling and meat is heated through. Remove foil and cover in Italian cheese. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Ok i have to know WTF is EYE TALIAN Cheese????????????
NEVER EVER SEEN EYE TALIAN CHEESE IN NY. Ricotta (Polly-O) perhaps, EYE Talian ??

[Scogin]

Ok i have to know WTF is EYE TALIAN Cheese????????????
NEVER EVER SEEN EYE TALIAN CHEESE IN NY. Ricotta (Polly-O) perhaps, EYE Talian ??

That's the same thing I thought when a friend gave me the recipe. Then I went to the packaged shredded cheese aisle and found bags of EYE talian cheese.