Chili Crock Pot Recipes Biography
Source(google.com.pk)The perfect chili recipe calls for a slow cooker—it’s the easiest way to get the richness of a long-simmering stovetop chili. To start developing the flavors, sauté vegetables, ground beef, and spices, then put the mixture into the slow cooker along with tomatoes and kidney beans. Let the chili cook overnight or all day until it’s thickened and has a nice beefy flavor, then stir in jalapeños for a kick of heat. Serve it with cornbread or atop tortilla chips and cheese.
What to buy: Dried beans can be substituted for the canned beans if you prefer. Use 3 cups cooked beans in place of the canned beans.
Game plan: The flavors continue to develop as the chili sits, so go ahead and make it up to 2 days in advance and refrigerate it in a container with a tightfitting lid. It can also be frozen for up to 1 month.
I've won two local chili contest with this recipe, including one that had a Texan on the judging committee. If a Texan can give my chili a "thumbs up," it must be great! Remember there are no beans in a true Texas chili, but I like to add some beans, but not too much. This is one of those recipes that I just do. I've estimated the amount of each ingredient I have used in making this recipe below. If you want to add more or less of an ingredient (or even leave one out), feel free to do so. It is very hard to "wreck" a chili con carne.
Using a crock pot to make chili gives you the best of both worlds...the ease of the crockpot and the slow cooking that chili lovers swear by. Spices slowly permeate the chili; meat or meatless, with beans or without. On game day a crock pot gives you an easy way to keep the fan favorite hot and fresh. Try any of our crock pot chili recipes or crock pot chili dips for a hearty meal any time of the year.
This is another one of my crock pot recipes that can be prepared in as little as 20 minutes. Use a crock pot or slow cooker with a minimum capacity of 4 ½ quarts.
Although a little different from my regular Bison Chili recipe, this one still packs in great crowd pleasing taste.
To save time, the onions may be prepared the night before and stored in a covered container in the refrigerator.
This recipe makes makes 4 quarts or 128 ounces of chili.
BOCA RATON, FL – January 14, 2013 – America, meet Mark McDonald. This slow cooking Ironman was recently named the grand prize winner in the Crock-Pot® brand’s first-ever nationwide search for the Ultimate Crock-Pot Crock-Star! America voted overwhelmingly for Mark McDonald’s slow cooker recipe for Ancho Chili & Lime Pork Tacos, catapulting the 30-year-old Cincinnati resident onto the national scene. As the grand prize winner, McDonald will appear as a special guest on Cooking Channel’s “From The Kitchens Of” show where he will showcase his slow cooking savvy as the first-ever Ultimate Crock-Pot CrockStar in front of millions of viewers. Be sure to tune in to watch Mark in action when the show airs on January 20, 2013.
“America voted for Mark based on his flavorful and inspiring original slow cooker recipe,” stated Cheryl Punk, Group Consumer Marketing Manager for Appliances at Jarden Consumer Solutions. “Americans love slow cooking. The Crock-Pot® brand has a robust online community that brings consumers like Mark together to share everything from entertaining ideas, slow cooking tips & tricks, photos and special moments.”
A favorite of busy moms, Mark received his first Crock-Pot® slow cooker just 13 months ago from his own mother! Though mom provided initial guidance, he says “mostly trial and error” led him to become the savvy slow cooking enthusiast he is today. “Experimentation using a variety of ingredients and flavors I enjoy led to some of the best meals I’ve ever had,” he stated. “All cooked low and slow while I was at work, and were hot and ready to enjoy by evening. I particularly love slow cooked meats, because all cuts, even the most economical, become melt-in-your-mouth tender.”
McDonald uses his Crock-Pot® slow cooker at least twice a week for weeknight meals, which is his favorite brand of slow cooker. Plus, he hosts “Crock-Pot Sunday,” or CPS, at his home each week, inviting friends and family to sample his new, original slow cooker recipes. He says, “This has transformed Sunday from ‘the dreary day before work starts again’ to ‘the day we all look forward to all week long’.” Demonstrating the product’s ease of use and versatility, McDonald says his weekly CPS events are transforming some of his friends and family into new Crock-Pot® fans and slow cooker users.
McDonald is very active. In addition to holding down a full-time job, he is a tri-athlete who trains hard and competes in Ironman competitions around the country. He also plays men’s league soccer, and is a member of a recreational co-ed kickball team, which he says he is slowly getting to embrace Crock-Pot® slow cooking too.