Four Alarm Chili

Name: Four Alarm Chili
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8 6ounce servings, 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 lbs ground sirloin; 1 medium yellow onion (diced); 1 large green bell pepper (diced); 2 garlic cloves (minced); 2 (10 ounce) cans Rotel tomatoes & chilies (or your favorite brand); 2 (16 ounce) cans of bushs best chili magic chili starter (I like the Texas Medium or the Louisiana Hot); 20 ounces warm water; 2 teaspoons hot sauce (optional); 1/2 cup chili powder; 1 tablespoon onion flakes; 1/2 tablespoon paprika; 1/2 tablespoon cumin; 1/2 tablespoon cayenne pepper; 1/2 tablespoon italian seasoning; 1/2 tablespoon masa harina flour (corn flour); olive oil

Submitted by Red Hot Chili Peppe

"Everyone has their own chili recipe or a variation of someone else's. Heck, there are probably already TWO on this site that could be just like this one. I have been making this chili for more than 25 years. The ingredients have been tweaked here and there over the years until I found just the right flavor and this is it! All I know is when I make a pot of this chili, there are never any leftovers. Like any recipe, if you leave out or change an ingredient, it doesn't come out the same way. Try it this way, then go ahead and create your own version. If you like your chili really hot, instead of hot sauce use Recipe #88224. But most of all just ENJOY IT!"

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 16
Yields:: 8 6ounce servings
Serves:: 8

ingredients

2 lbs ground sirloin
1 medium yellow onion (diced)
1 large green bell pepper (diced)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
2 (10 ounce) cans Rotel tomatoes & chilies (or your favorite brand)
2 (16 ounce) cans of bushs best chili magic chili starter (I like the Texas Medium or the Louisiana Hot)
20 ounces warm water
2 teaspoons hot sauce (optional)
¹⁄₂ cup chili powder
1 tablespoon onion flakes
¹⁄₂ tablespoon paprika
¹⁄₂ tablespoon cumin
¹⁄₂ tablespoon cayenne pepper
¹⁄₂ tablespoon italian seasoning
¹⁄₂ tablespoon masa harina flour (corn flour)
olive oil

directions

Lightly oil the bottom of a 3-quart pot with olive oil and lightly sauté the onions, peppers and garlic. Do not brown.
Add the ground sirloin and brown. Do not drain off fat; this adds to flavor of the chili.
Mix all the dry ingredients and the hot sauce in the warm water and stir until well dissolved.
Pour this seasoned water mixture into the meat, peppers, garlic and onions.
Add the beans and the tomatoes and green chilies.
Mix to blend all items. Bring to a gentle boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes to an hour, stirring occasionally.
Serve with bread or crackers.
*** If you want your chilli a bit more spiceier try adding a couple diced up habanerro peppers seeds and all.

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Reviews

This is the one I use for my base, and then toss in a handful of pequins and about a half-dozen of ghost peppers. When I have them, I've also used a couple of Scotch Bonnets. Now it's just to wait and see if we have any Carolina Reapers this year because that will add a different flavor to it.

TracyB
THIS IS THE BEST CHILI I have ever tasted!! It has a great taste and the aroma just fills the kitchen when you are letting it simmer. Though I am not a big fan of the hot peppers I did try it using only 2 of the habanero peppers with the green bell peppers. Thanks Red for a great bowl(s) of chili.

frycook
This was by far the best chili I ever made! I brought it to work to share with others but there was only one brave person that would try it. Will definitely make it again - adding less habenaros. It was a little too hot for me and my family.

Barb Roeser
A great combination of chili ingredients but I'm pepper coward so I used 1/2 of all the peppers listed and that was just right for me.

sugarpea
This is truly some top notch chili! The aroma in the kitchen was so great my kids dropped their play station game to see what I was cooking. This will be the one chili recipe for our family, thanks Red Hot!!!! By the way I like it hot but that habanero sauce, man its like eating fire WOW!

Campcook4u

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Red Hot Chili Peppe

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I live on the east coast with my wife and two sons... For work I do a little bit of this a little bit of that... Basicly I show up and collect a paycheck lol... Why Red Hot Chili Peppers? Is it after the band? No... I just have been eating hot peppers since I was a teenager... My son tagged the name on me one day at a family gathering saying "If I keeping eating those hot peppers I'm going to turn in to one" and it stuck... I'm a Justice of the Peace .......During the summer you'll find me in my garden where I grow all sorts of good stuff like tomatoes, cukes, squash a variety of peppers including the habanero peppers for my hot sauce...We're big Yankee fans here, we try to make it to a couple of games a year, if not we have a couple great AA teams here that we go see... They play just as well as the pros do with no attitudes and for a fraction of the cost!.... If I were ever to open my own restaurant I would call it Some Place Else, because people get tired of going to the same place all the time and are always saying let's try Some Place Else!

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