r/chili • u/Daaammmmmnnnnnnn69 • Feb 02 '25
Homestyle My Champion Chipotle Chili
Chipotle chili with ground beef and hot sausage. Yum!!
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u/OkTie2851 Feb 02 '25
Wait I thought I was the only one that used cheezit instead of saltines with chili. Well played.
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u/Daaammmmmnnnnnnn69 Feb 02 '25
This is a new flex. I think I’m hooked. Permission to come aboard the cheez it club for good?
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u/Aromatic_Motor8078 Feb 02 '25
Looks good. I want to try the chipotles in adobo. I already add 1tbsp of tobasco chipotle sauce.
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u/Daaammmmmnnnnnnn69 Feb 02 '25
When I open the cans of chipotle peppers in adobo I cut them up a bit and I add the sauce into the mix as well.
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u/Goatlife99 Feb 03 '25
That….looks godly. 🔥 currently recovering from food poisoning and torturing myself with images of delicious food like this
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u/Starfishdude80 Feb 03 '25
Yeah this looks amazing. Gunna use this for my work chili contest this Friday. I’ll post back here next if I won. When I think of chili, this is what I want it to look like. Thanks for sharing!
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u/rustyshklfrd Feb 05 '25
Secret ingredients are sour patch kids and pickles.
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u/Daaammmmmnnnnnnn69 Feb 05 '25
Sour patch kids make everything better! But not at first. The jar is banana pepper rings that I was eating while making this batch. Please don’t judge, I like peppers.
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u/rustyshklfrd Feb 05 '25
No judgement here. Do you put the cheez it’s on your chili? If not I highly recommend.
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u/Daaammmmmnnnnnnn69 Feb 05 '25
This was actually the first time I tried it with Cheez Its. It was really good, I will definitely be doing it more. Unfortunately I ate that entire batch it a week and a half. So I have to wait until I make another batch.
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u/Starfishdude80 Feb 07 '25
CHAMPION CHILI INDEED! I came back like I said I would, and I won first place!!! Wooo! BUT I had to make some drastic last minute changes at the end. It was waaaay too spicy. My judges are old white ladies. Mayonnaise is too spicy for them lol. I did 100% everything listed here tho. Thank you so much!!
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u/Daaammmmmnnnnnnn69 Feb 07 '25
Hey that’s awesome, congrats! I wouldn’t call it “CHAMPION” Chili if it wasn’t a winner. I guess I forgot to mention that I like the spice. Maybe the jalapeños could be substituted with something more mild?
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u/Starfishdude80 Feb 08 '25
I liked the spice don’t get me wrong. This recipe makes so much chili , that I put a ton of the spicy stuff off to the side for me. I just added a little more tomato sauce and tomato paste to dilute the spice a bit. Then added butter, lemon juice, and brown sugar to tip the scales with some sweetness. It worked incredibly well. A minor snap of sweetness at the start, then a massive wave of heat. It was the whole talk at my work. I greatly appreciate you sharing this homie. Thank you!
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u/Daaammmmmnnnnnnn69 Feb 08 '25
I love this. I’m glad that you tinkered. That actually gives me some ideas for the next time I do a contest. The two times I got 3rd place I was told that “I took them to flavortown, but they ended up in the burn ward.” Haha They loved the flavor but the heat snuck up on them. Brown sugar would definitely mitigate that. Thank you homie!!
Oh and I’m also happy that you are officially the mayor of flavortown at your office. Go off King!
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u/Daaammmmmnnnnnnn69 Feb 08 '25
Did you add more garlic? I saw a comment that said I wasn’t putting enough in.
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u/Starfishdude80 Feb 08 '25
Nope I stuck with the 1 tablespoon of garlic. My wife was watching me cook this and she was already like “damn that’s a lot of garlic!” lol I was considering adding another tablespoon. Everybody got different taste I guess.
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u/Prudent_Bee_2227 Feb 04 '25
Interesting recipe! Def more tomatoe additions and no where near enough garlic for me. I use half the amount of tomatoe cept crushed and the same fireroasted, and about 6-8 cloves of garlic. I like to use around 4 cups of homemade beef stock made from left over porterhouse steaks/bone. It reduces down to an amazing flavor profile (I like an 8 hour simmer).
Everything else is pretty much the same tho! Tons of beans and peppers! 2lbs of ground beef or beef/steak mix and epecially the chipotle peppers in Adobe sauce. It really makes the chili shine!
Looks fantastic and would love to try a more tomatoe based chili!
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u/chunkiest_milk Feb 04 '25
This might spark some controversy but am I the only one that doesn't use ground beef for chili? It takes me like 3 or 4 days to make my chili. I don't use beans and I always use rice to soak up the juices and heat.
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u/ndstewart7 May 01 '25
When you say 3 cans of chili beans do you mean kidney beans or the “chili beans” which are pinto beans in chili sauce?
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u/SeoulPower88 Homestyle Feb 02 '25
That looks very hearty. Care to share what else is in the recipe?