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Texas Chili

January 24, 2015 by Quinn Caudill 3 Comments

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My Texas Chili is the best competition chili you can make. All meat, no beans and just the right amount of heat. Texas Chili | www.dadwhats4dinner.com

I have been making and revising this Texas Chili recipe for many years. If you are looking for a chili recipe with beans, veggies or non traditional chili fixens this recipe is not for you. This chili is quality meat, tomato sauce and spices. I have won a few friendly competitions with this recipe but this weekend I will put it up against 30 of the best chili cooks in Cincinnati at the Findlay Market Chili Cook Off. See my recent post.

I use two types of meat for this Chili. Jungle Jim’s market here in Cincinnati keeps a Chili grind ground beef on hand. Chili grind is a courser ground beef. It is processed only once through the grinder. I also use a chuck roast that I dice into 1/2 inch cubes. The two types of meat gives the chili a nice texture. This chili is not overly spices but has just enough heat.Texas Chili | www.dadwhats4dinner.com

This recipe makes 4 quarts but can easily be cut in half. Just make the chili spice blend and use what you need.

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Quinn's Texas Chili
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 30 mins
 
Quinn's Texas Chili is the best competition chili you can make. All meat no beans.
Servings: 4 quarts
Author: Quinn Caudill
Ingredients
  • 3 lbs. chuck roast trimmed of fat and cut into 1/2 cubes
  • 3 lbs. ground chuck preferably a chili grind
  • Canola oil for browning
  • salt
1st Dump:
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 5 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 cans of chopped green chilies
  • 1 (32 oz.) low sodium beef stock or broth
  • 1 (16 oz.) low sodium chicken stock or broth
  • 1 chili adobo sauce
  • 2 tbsp. chili spice blend (See recipe link below)
2nd Dump:
  • 2 (7,5 oz.) cans El Pato Mexican hot tomato sauce
  • 2 (28 oz.) cans good tomato sauce like Dei Fratelli
  • 2/3 cups chili spice blend (See recipe link below)
  • 1 tbsp. chicken granules
  • 2 cups low sodium beef broth
  • 2 tsp. hot sauce such as Louisiana or Tabasco
3rd Dump:
  • 2/3 cups chili spice blend (See recipe link below)
  • 1/2 tsp. cocoa
  • 1 tbsp. brown sugar
Instructions
  1. In large dutch oven or pot heat 1 tbsp. oil on medium high heat.
  2. Brown meat in batches. Salt meat in pot.
  3. Remove meat when brown with slotted spoon.
  4. Let meat drain in a colander. Remove excess grease after each batch or as needed.
  5. Do not overcrowd meat.
1st Dump:
  1. Add 1 tbsp. of oil to pot.
  2. Saute onion, garlic and green chilies.
  3. Cook for 5 minutes. Add 1 tsp. of salt.
  4. Return meat to pot and add next four ingredients.
  5. Bring to boil. Reduce to a medium simmer. Simmer for one hour.
  6. Stir occasionally.
2nd Dump:
  1. Add next six ingredients.
  2. Return to boil and lower to simmer.
  3. Cook one hour stirring frequently.
3rd Dump:
  1. Add final 3 ingredients.
  2. Simmer for another 45 minutes.
  3. Add salt and more spice blend to taste.
  4. Best if cooked the day before serving.
Recipe Notes

First published by Quinn Caudill for DadWhats4Dinner.com ©2015

Click here for my Chili Spice Blend recipe.

I will be bringing my Texas Chili recipe to Freedom Fridays, Friday Favorites, Fiesta Friday, Weekend Potluck, What’s Cooking Wednesdays. Checkout my Link Parties page for other great places to find new recipes.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Low Fat, Main Dish, recipe, Slow Cooker, Soup Tagged With: #findlaymarket, #junglejims, Chili, Chili Cook-off, Competition Chili, El Pato, Findaly Market, Ground Chuck, Jungle Jims, Meat Gravy, Texas Chili

About Quinn Caudill

"Quinn is the author, photographer and recipe designer over at DadWhats4Dinner. He enjoys cooking for family and friends and being creative in the kitchen. He makes ordinary everyday food extraordinary. He lives just north of Cincinnati with his wife of 24 years, three kids and three cats. His kids have well-developed palates and his youngest daughter is now working with him on the blog creating recipes for her own page "Cooking with Ella". Follow him on: Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram."

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    February 26, 2015 at 8:15 am

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    March 7, 2016 at 9:12 am

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