First November Chili

Jamie was coming home on a redeye flight from California and I wanted to welcome her the right way, so I invented (to my knowledge) breakfast chili.  To make the breakfast chili, I started by making home fries (potato, onion, celery and garlic, pan-seared in bacon fat). Then I pretty much made chili on top of that, though this chili meat was ground turkey.  Other highlights included the small amount of turnip and watermelon radish that went into the mix. I cooked it overnight and come morning it was ready for her and the feeling was mutual.

My Sunday morning chili dance was successful.

Sunday Morning

I did a chili dance this morning. Like a rain dance.

Chili Week 2: Chicken and Radishes

Jonathan's Week 2 Chili Narrative

Week 2's chili was my standard chili with one small variations and one huge one.

Radishes: I had no celery but I had an abundance of radishes, as usual. I diced a few of these and sauteed them at the start with the onions, carrots and peppers. But I also set aside a handful to toss in, raw, to each bowl right before serving. 

The huge variation was that I made use of a about 1/4 roast chicken that was left over from my parents. (Yes, this was in addition to the bacon and ground beef.) I added a bunch of shredded chicken pieces, but also cooked an entire thigh at the bottom of the chili pot so that the fat and flavors would soak in to the whole thing. Worked. 

The serrano peppers were active in this one. Jamie called this 5-alarm chili but I counted about 3 1/2, maybe 4 alarms. 

Jamie Says

Jonathan made a chili quesadilla tonight for dinner. It was so damn good. How did I get so lucky? 

Yes, definitely not 5-alarm. I thought it was 5-alarm during a hasty and uncondoned taste-test. 

Ate chili for 3 meals over last 24 hours. That's living the good life. 

Chili Week 1: A Bit of Chorizo

BEHOLD

Jonathan's Week 1 Chili Narrative

For my first chili of the season, I basically planned my standard

chili recipe but with the addition of 1 and 1/2 chorizo sausages. My

standard chili recipe, by the way includes bacon–not a ton of bacon,

but bacon. But because I enjoy making do with whatever's in the house,

especially rather than making multiple trips to the grocery store,

there were these wrinkles:

--Red onion instead of yellow or white

--No celery

--No garlic (though I used garlic powder, adobo seasoning, and a dash

of Tony Cachere's)

--garnishes: shredded radish and scallion

Enjoy!


Jamie Says
This was the best damn chili that we decided to make a chili blog. That's how good it was.