Chili Recipe to feed 100 folks

This will feed a bunch...likely 50 or so. I posted it in the Recipe Book last Fall.



Chili (Large Recipe)
No power at the rock pile so I'm cooking a large chili for tomorrow night and later, should the jackals leave any. This is a work in progress.

Ingredients (and First Seasoning components)
10 lbs ground beef
12 lbs pork loin, roughly ground
6 onions, ground
3 Serrano peppers, ground
3 hatch chilies , ground
6 cayenne peppers, ground
1 large bunch of cilantro, ground
1 tsp oregano
1 Tbs cumin
1 Tbs each onion and garlic powder
8 oz chili powder, Mexene, Gebhardt, and a generic, mixed
2 quarts beef stock
1 Hershey bar
Procedure

First Seasoning
1 Browned the beef and drained the grease. Added the pork and all of the above ingredients. This will simmer 30 minutes and then I'll reseason and build it up .

Second Seasoning
1 Added 4+ ounces of chili powder, 3 more cayenne peppers, 1 T of cumin, 2 T of sea salt, 1 T of fresh black pepper and 2 T of fresh oregano...and 2 Hershey bars. I also made a slurry of 1 cup of corn meal and 3 cups of water and added that.
2 Lastly, to appease Mr Balls and R2R, I added 2 medium diced tomatoes. This will simmer 15 minutes, get seasoned one last time, probably get a little more corn meal slurry for body, and shut down for the cool down. It's just under 20 quarts of product as of now.

Final Seasoning
I added another cup of corn meal mixed with 3 cups of water. The texture is now what I wanted. Also added 3 more ounces of chili powders (Mexene and Gebhardt) along with another T of salt and 1 T of ground cayenne pepper. It's done. I highly recommend it. And it'll be much better Wednesday.
Source: OTIS2
Chili

Thanks Otis! Think I would have any problems just doubling it up?

Read the "second seasoning" carefully as those ingredients are not listed like the "first seasoning" ingredients, so you don't miss any.

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1 Hershey bar

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This is interesting. I have only used unsweetened or mexican chocolate in the past. Might try this soon.

Good recipe but you left off a shitload of TP

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1 Hershey bar This is interesting. I have only used unsweetened or mexican chocolate in the past. Might try this soon.

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A tad of sweetness helps with acidity.

Otis, this is probably a dumb question but when grinding the peppers (serrano, hatch, & cayenne), are these dried peppers or fresh?

Also, am I to just throw these in a blender/food processor to accomplish the actual grounding?

HT, you in Nac?

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Fresh. I used a food processor. You can use a blender just fine...add a cup or two, or more, of water to make it work.

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Thanks