Best 4 Super Football Chili Recipes

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In the realm of culinary creations, where flavors ignite and appetites are satisfied, there exists a dish that has captivated the hearts and taste buds of football enthusiasts and chili aficionados alike: Super Bowl Chili. This tantalizing concoction, a symphony of spices, textures, and aromas, takes center stage during the most anticipated sporting event of the year, bringing people together to savor its irresistible charm. As the aroma of chili wafts through the air, kitchens transform into culinary havens, where the magic of this dish unfolds. Whether you prefer your chili classic or with a touch of innovation, get ready to embark on a culinary journey that will leave you craving more.

Here are our top 4 tried and tested recipes!

SUPER BOWL CHILI



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This is the recipe I make every year for the Super Bowl, for my boyfriend and two dozen or so of his closest beer-drinking, football-watching friends. The problem with trying to find a good chili recipe is that what makes a "good" chili is a personal opinion; my idea of a great chili may be very different from yours. My chili is heavy on the meat, garlic and spice; rather rich-tasting, hearty, thick, fiery, and smoky. If that sounds like something you'd enjoy, I'm also going to include plenty of advice on how to adjust it to meet your tastes. Enjoy. Notes: To cut down on fat, lean, turkey/chicken Italian sausage can be used, without affecting the flavour or texture of the final meal. Extra-lean beef can also be used.

Provided by ClarenceKitchenDiva

Categories     Beans

Time 2h

Yield 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 25

2 lbs dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight, rinsed, and cooked until tender
3 lbs Italian sausage (raw, *not* the smoked kind, hot or mild, to your taste)
3 lbs ground beef (as lean as you like it)
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, if necessary
3 lbs onions, chopped
1/4 cup garlic, minced (or to taste)
1/4 cup chili powder (hot or mild as per your tastes)
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tablespoon cumin
7 ounces chipotle chiles in adobo (1 small can)
2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses
6 ounces tomato paste
3 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
2 cups good-quality beef stock, divided
salt, to taste
liquid smoke, to taste
2 lbs Velveeta cheese (do not use store brand as it does not work as well) (optional)
2 cups additional beef stock
1 cup potato flakes (mashed potato mix)
fresh minced cilantro
crumbled cooked bacon
sliced green onion
shredded cheddar cheese
tortilla chips
sour cream

Steps:

  • Warning: this makes a LOT of chili. I suggest using a 12-quart stock pot.
  • In stockpot over medium heat, brown sausage or beef, stirring and breaking it up as it browns. Depending on how lean your meat and sausage are, add olive oil if the meat begins to stick.
  • When meat is browned, add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add chili powder, cocoa, and cumin. Stir well to incorporate and cook for an additional minute.
  • Transfer chipotles to blender or food processor and puree until smooth, adding some water if necessary.
  • (Warning: if you aren't familiar with chipotles and aren't a fan of very spicy food, they are VERY HOT. If you aren't sure how much of this you would like in your chili - reserve it for now, proceed with the rest of the recipe, and then incorporate the chipotles, one teaspoon at a time, until your desired hotness level is reached).
  • Add (chipotles if you are confident you want all of them in there), molasses, tomato paste, ONE can of crushed tomatoes, and ONE cup of the beef stock. Bring to boil, stirrng well to prevent from sticking to bottom of pot.
  • Taste your chili so far. Add salt and liquid smoke to taste - it's a big pot, so you may need to add what seems like a LOT of salt to get it to taste right. A little goes a long way with the liquid smoke.
  • Depending on how soupy or tomatoey you like your chili - you may or may not wish to add more stock or more tomatoes.
  • The Velveeta may seem like an odd ingredient to add to chili - but it adds a creaminess that makes it all come together. If you're not sure you'll enjoy it - remove about a cup of chili to a much smaller pot, add an ounce of Velveeta and cook, stirring, to melt. Taste it - and compare it to the big pot to see which you like better.
  • If you like it - cube the Velveeta and add, stirring well to melt and incorporate into the chili.
  • If you have left the chipotles aside until now, and want to add a bit of zing - add them, one teaspoon or so at a time, stirring well to incorporate after each addition.
  • If you overshoot and it's spicier than you wanted - the potato flakes can soak up a lot of the spice, and you can add them a little at a time.

FOOTBALL CHILI



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A fantastic chili that builds up in heat as you eat. Perfect for football. I won a chili cook off with this recipe. I make it in this size batch so I can freeze the leftovers. A friend gave me this recipe over 10 years ago and I have tweaked it over time. Serve with shredded cheese and/or oyster crackers. It is also good over pasta.

Provided by cincychic

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Chili Recipes     Beef Chili Recipes

Time 2h25m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 pounds lean ground beef
2 green bell pepper, diced
1 large sweet onion, diced
1 (46 fluid ounce) can tomato juice
3 (14 ounce) cans mild chili beans (such as Brooks®)
2 (14 ounce) cans hot chili beans (such as Brooks®)
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle dark beer
6 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon garlic salt
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 bay leaves

Steps:

  • Heat a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot stockpot until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain. Add green bell pepper and onion to ground beef; saute until vegetables are tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
  • Stir tomato juice, mild chili beans, hot chili beans, beer, chili powder, garlic salt, vinegar, allspice, red pepper flakes, and bay leaves into ground beef mixture. Cover stockpot with a lid and simmer at least 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 411.7 calories, Carbohydrate 47.4 g, Cholesterol 55.6 mg, Fat 15 g, Fiber 12.1 g, Protein 28.6 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 1872 mg, Sugar 12.2 g

SPICY TOUCHDOWN CHILI



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For me, football, cool weather and chili just seem to go together. Whether I'm cheering on the local team on a Friday night or enjoying a Saturday afternoon of Oklahoma Sooner football with some friends, I enjoy serving this chili on game day. -Chris Neal, Quapaw, Oklahoma

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner     Lunch

Time 4h30m

Yield 12 servings (3 quarts).

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 pound ground beef
1 pound bulk pork sausage
2 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 cans (15 ounces each) pinto beans, rinsed and drained
2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each ) diced tomatoes with mild green chiles, undrained
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes with onions, undrained
1 can (12 ounces) beer
6 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
1 small onion, chopped
1/4 cup chili powder
1/4 cup chopped pickled jalapeno slices
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon dried basil
3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Optional: Shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream and chopped green onions

Steps:

  • In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Transfer to a 6-qt. slow cooker. Repeat with sausage., Stir in the next 13 ingredients. Cook, covered, on low 4-5 hours or until heated through. If desired, top with shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream and chopped green onions when serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 365 calories, Fat 15g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 48mg cholesterol, Sodium 901mg sodium, Carbohydrate 34g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 9g fiber), Protein 22g protein.

FOOTBALL SUNDAY CHILI



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I took a basic chili recipe out of a cookbook some years ago and been tweaking it ever since. Chili is so subjective, who can say which is the best, but I love the recipe below. Any amounts should be tweaked to taste, as I have over the last 10 years, but people have raved about it now for too long to keep to myself. This makes a massive pot that can feed up to 15 people. I usually freeze a bunch and save it for following Sundays. The real key, I think, is mixing in a bunch of different types of peppers. I list a few below, but be creative, you almost can't miss. All the spices are references, i actually keep tasting and adding throughout the afternoon until it's right. Usually tastes better after sitting overnight too, so doing it on College day and having on NFL day is twice the fun!.

Provided by emcdona2

Time 4h30m

Yield 1 Big Pot, 10-15 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

2 -3 lbs ground beef (can substitute ground chicken or turkey)
2 green bell peppers (substitute in a yellow or orange once in a while)
3 banana peppers
6 -10 jalapeno peppers
2 Spanish onions (Large)
3 (29 ounce) cans tomato puree (substitute Sauce if you like, I prefer it thicker)
2 (40 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans
crushed red pepper flakes (dash to as hot as you like)
2 1/4 ounces chili powder
3 tablespoons adobo seasoning (more or less to taste)
3 tablespoons seasoning salt (more or less to taste)
10 -15 fresh garlic cloves
3 tablespoons black pepper (more or less to taste)
3 tablespoons ground cumin (more or less to taste)
2 tablespoons ground jamaica allspice (this is clutch, (to taste)

Steps:

  • Dice all peppers and onions.
  • Start browning meat in the same pot you'll cook the chili in (around a 16 quart pot), put a dash of all spices listed onto meat as it's browning.
  • Before meat finishes browning, mix all onions and peppers in with meat.
  • When meat is browned, dump all three cans of tomato puree into pot.
  • Mince garlic, put in pot.
  • Start mixing spices in as the puree heats up (I usually put a teaspoon of everything in right away, taste it, add more as the day goes on).
  • Dump the remaining bottle of chili powder in (again, I portion it out as the day goes on, but by the end of the day, it's gone).
  • Let cook for a minimum of a couple hours (longer the better, I usually go around four) then dump in both cans of beans (don't drain).
  • Once chili comes back to a boil, it's good to go!
  • Serve with cheddar cheese, sour cream and Italian bread.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 636.5, Fat 17.1, SaturatedFat 5.9, Cholesterol 61.7, Sodium 207, Carbohydrate 85.8, Fiber 26.1, Sugar 15.3, Protein 42.9

Tips:

  • Use a variety of beans. This will give your chili a more complex flavor and texture. Some good options include kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, and Great Northern beans.
  • Don't skimp on the spices. Chili is a dish that should be full of flavor, so don't be afraid to use a variety of spices. Some good options include chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, and onion powder.
  • Let the chili simmer for a long time. This will allow the flavors to develop and deepen. The longer you simmer the chili, the better it will taste.
  • Serve the chili with your favorite toppings. Some good options include shredded cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and chopped onions.

Conclusion:

No matter which recipe you choose, you're sure to end up with a delicious and hearty bowl of chili that will warm you up on a cold day. So fire up your stove and get cooking!

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