ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer

Will The Kitchen becomes the as popular as the culture phenomena now known as The Lounge?!

ORIGINAL: redfisher1974

I love frito pie..

Frito pie recipe is just chili in a bag of Frito Chips. It tastes really good

ORIGINAL: Chuck Finley

Frito pie recipe is just chili in a bag of Frito Chips. It tastes really good

Speaking of chili...

I cook mine in a slow cooker and make it mild so everybody can eat it. I put a couple of drops of [link=http://extremefood.com/shop/product.php?productid=13&cat=5&page=2]Blair's Mega Death Sauce[/link] to make it hot.

2 packets of chili seasoning (I use McCormic's)
3 pounds of stew meat
1 pound of ground beef
1 can of tomato sauce
1 can of chili beans
1 can of kidney beans
1 onion
1 fresh pepper (red, green, yellow or orange)
1 fresh jalapino pepper

Cut stew meat into 1 inch cubes & brown using low to medium heat. Covering with lid makes it brown more consistant.
Cut vegetables to liking and mix together in bowl.

Place 1 can tomato sauce into slow cooker
Add fresh veggies
Add strained stew meat into slow cooker, brown ground beef using same pan w/ juice.
Add 1 packet of chili seasoning
Add 1 can of chili beans
Add strained ground beef
Add 2nd packet of chili seasoning
Add 1 can of kidney beans

By layering everything in the beginning, it gives an even flavor distribution.

Turn slow cooker on LOW and stir/mix for first time after 3 hours and every hour or two (the longer it cooks, the sooner it needs to be stirred / mixed).

Let it cook for about 8 to 10 hours.

ORIGINAL: tommygun32

My basic chili:

Couple glugs of veg oil
1 lb ground beef (or cubed chuck)
1 large yellow onion chopped fine
5 cloves of garlic crushed
1 Tbs cumin
2 tsp Kashmiri chili powder (adds lots of color but little heat - local influences here )
1/2 tsp cayenne chili powder
1/2 tsp habanaro chili powder
1/2 tsp neutral paprika
1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 dried Ancho chilis
2 dried Anaheim chilis
2 dried Negro chilis
2 fresh Jalapeno chilis (fire roasted till black, skin scraped off, de-seeded and chopped real fine)
1 tin 440 grm petitie diced tomatos
1 heaped tsp instant coffee
2 small squares of 70% + cocoa bitter sweet chocolate
1 can or bottle of good beer (New Castle Brown / Amstel / etc)
Salt to taste

In a small frying pan, mix all the powders and pepper and dry roast over a low heat, stirring so it doesn't burn. Once it starts to fill the kitchen up with that roasted spice smell, take it off the heat.

In a heave based pot saute the onions off until translucent, add the garlic and saute for about another 30 sec.
Remove and keep aside.
Brown the meat and break it up good. Once browned, drain off the extra oil.
Now add the onions, Jalapeno and spices to the meat in the pot and give it a stir for about 30 sec.
Now add the can of tomatos and give that a stir.
Now add the beer and stir.
Now throw the dried chilies, coffee and chocolate into the pot and stir.

Let that simmer for about 5 hours on a nice low heat. Remove the dried chilis (if they haven't completely broken up) ONLY NOW do i taste and season with salt to taste.
Once you get here, you can add a can of pinto beans if you want and let that heat through.
Eat and enjoy ANY way you want.
I actually like to let it cool and stick in the fridge. Reheat it the next day and then eat it (just lets everything marry up)

(It's rare to find out here, but if I do come across it, I like to use half beef and half Johnsonville(?) minced sausage meat. Somehow adds a really nice level of 'moistness' to the dish)

I like this recipe cause if I don't have minced, I'll use cubed beef (chopped about 1/4 - 1/2 inch dice). But first I'll fry off 4 rashers of finely chopped bacon, once nice and crisp seperate the bacon and fat and keep aside. I'll then use the bacon fat to brown off the meat in batches. Then carry on with the rest of the recipe.

ORIGINAL: cerealkilla024

My burgers. They what I call BBQ heart attacks, killer. AFTER grilling, they about an inch thick (minimum) and as big around as a large bun. Buy ground sirloin, as much as ya need. Let it thaw and put that in a bowl. Add just enough of the following to add some flavor, but not enough to be the flavor itself: ground cayenne pepper, chili powder and cinnamon, yes, cinnamon. Trust me. Mix it in thoroly thru the meat, its alright if theres a little bit swirled in it, gives em character. Fire up the grill, if its propane use low heat, if its charcoal utilize your cooler spots, you want em to cook thoroly but not burn, ya know? Cover them in a thin layer of Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce and put em on the grill. They should be flipped no more or less than three times during the cooking cycle, and use one to cut a slit thru it to check and see how thoroly they are cooked. Once they are done put em on a plate and get ready to make em whole. Use only fresh ingredients, pepper bacon, lacey baby swiss cheese, fresh lettuce, white onions, sweet pickles, and any ketchup mustard or mayo ya want. I dont measure anything, so sorry, no exact numbers here. Took years of experimenting to get them right and take top three in local burger festivals.....