Cincinnati chili recipe

[Knoxious]

Dan keeps bringing this up and my stomach starts grumbling every time.  I've tried a couple of recipes but I wasn't happy with the results.  And I don't like the frozen Skyline from the grocery store either.  Does anyone have a recipe that they really like?

[fancypants]

Oh!  I do!!!  Actually, my MIL does. I'll cal and ask her for it just like I do every time I make it.


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[wherestheportojohn]

fp,
And why have you not posted the recipe yet?!?!?

[Knoxious]

[siamesedream]

 

[caribougrrl]

I learned from an episode of Chopped that Cincinnati chili has spaghetti in it.  Which makes me think it might be similar to Windsor-Detroit chili which has elbow macaroni in it.

In which case, I can tell you how my grandmother made chili.  Saute an onion in fat from the can of fat. Add ground beef thawed or frozen, whichever, and brown it.  Add a chopped green bell pepper and stir around a bit.  Pour in enough canned tomato to make you happy.  Mush it up with a potato masher if the tomato pieces are too big.  Add two cans of kidney beans, liquid and all.  Add a can of Heinz baked beans in tomato sauce.  Bring to a boil, add enough elbow macaroni to soak up the liquid.  When the macaroni is cooked, it's ready to serve.  Put a container of chili powder on the table so everyone can spice it to their own liking.

[hally]

On my way through Ohio a few years ago I decided I had to stop and try it. Whatever the big chain is out there. I did not like the chili particularly at all. Forget about that it's just wrong to eat it with spaghetti.
Which I did not do.

[Knoxious]

I learned from an episode of Chopped that Cincinnati chili has spaghetti in it.  Which makes me think it might be similar to Windsor-Detroit chili which has elbow macaroni in it.

In which case, I can tell you how my grandmother made chili.  Saute an onion in fat from the can of fat. Add ground beef thawed or frozen, whichever, and brown it.  Add a chopped green bell pepper and stir around a bit.  Pour in enough canned tomato to make you happy.  Mush it up with a potato masher if the tomato pieces are too big.  Add two cans of kidney beans, liquid and all.  Add a can of Heinz baked beans in tomato sauce.  Bring to a boil, add enough elbow macaroni to soak up the liquid.  When the macaroni is cooked, it's ready to serve.  Put a container of chili powder on the table so everyone can spice it to their own liking.

What I'm looking for is different from that (or how I imagine that).  Yes, it has spaghetti in it, but there's an interesting blend of seasonings that make it unique.  Vinegar, garlic, chocolate, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, etc. 

[hally]

What I'm looking for is different from that (or how I imagine that).  Yes, it has spaghetti in it, but there's an interesting blend of seasonings that make it unique.  Vinegar, garlic, chocolate, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, etc. 

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/cincinnati-chili-recipe2.html

[Knoxious]

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/cincinnati-chili-recipe2.html

yeah, I think that's the one that I pulled the aforementioned ingredients from.  I've been holding out for a CH recipe, but since fancypants ain't go time for us, I guess I'll give that one a shot.

[The Turtle Whisperer]

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/cincinnati-chili-recipe2.html

With the cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, and chocolate, it's a bit closer to a mole sauce than it is a Chili, but, it's a relative to Chili just like mole. 

[Natasha]

I have no idea what it is but I googled and there's a recipe on the topsecretrecipes.com website. But you have to pay for it. He does say in the description that there's no chocolate or Coca Cola in it, and you can tell that from the ingredients list on the cans.

[fancypants]

Arrrgggg!!!  I can't find it!  I guess I have to call my MIL.


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[Knoxious]

Too late, fp.  I already starved to death.

[BonitaApplebum]

Surely SOMEONE in the CH has made it hir life work to proclaim the joys of Cincinnati Chili! How could we solve this mystery?

[ihop]

Surely SOMEONE in the CH has made it hir life work to proclaim the joys of Cincinnati Chili! How could we solve this mystery?

[tenacious1]

Here you go. We've enjoyed this recipe since 2004 -- there's a date on the print out -- and we love it. DH lived in Ohio for high school and college. He says this tastes just like the real thing.
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/chili/skyline-chili.html

[BonitaApplebum]

Tenacious for the win!!

[caribougrrl]

Here you go. We've enjoyed this recipe since 2004 -- there's a date on the print out -- and we love it. DH lived in Ohio for high school and college. He says this tastes just like the real thing.
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/chili/skyline-chili.html

I viscerally disturbed by the idea of boiling the ground beef.  I mean, I kind of know that in any sauce the beef is technically boiled/simmered, but usually it's browned first...

[BonitaApplebum]

I viscerally disturbed by the idea of boiling the ground beef.  I mean, I kind of know that in any sauce the beef is technically boiled/simmered, but usually it's browned first...

I know! I read that part a few times to make sure I was following properly.