- Jun 28, 2015
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The Mrs and one of our sons decided they wanted to make Chili. I told them I would smoke a Chucky for them to use.
So along with the all that pork belly the other day, I had toss in a Chucky seasoned with SLPOG. He rode @235 for 4 1/2 hours before hitting the stall, at which point I wrapped in pink paper and continued to @180. I didn't want to go further than that since they would be cubing and simmering in the chili.
Long story short, son ended up working Overtime, Mrs didn't really want to make chili was just wanting to "Make chili with our son". So 2 days later I was given the task to make chili with their ingredients and recipe. Why do I also fall for this crap :-)
Definitely not my style chili, and I should have at least broke into my spice piggy bank and kicked it up some, but I followed their recipe as best I could.
First the chucky when he came out of the smoker.
Not the prettiest picture because this is right out of the fridge 2 days latter, but you can see I am getting a really nice smoke ring on my chuckies, and he had started rendering well. I think this might have been the best chucky I have done, if I would have finished it in the smoker.
So on to the chili. I thought they were doing dry beans, so there would be plenty of time for chucky to finish up in the simmer. NOPE, when I get a hold of the recipe, I find out this is 45 minute chili!! uggghhhhh
Improvising Chef hat and big boy cook pants on and away we go.
1. I cubed the chucky, put the pieces in the pot with some beef broth, and cooked it down until the pieces go fairly tender and were just starting to get to the shred stage, and most of the broth was gone.
2. Couple of cans of crush tomatoes.
3. Couple cans of kidney beans. double ugghhhhh
4. In separate pan sauted a green pepper, a red pepper, a sweet onion, and some garlic. Don't ask me why a sweet onion, but I swear that is what their recipe called for.
5. Added the sauted veggies to the pot, along with a small can of tomato sauce and some chili powder.
6. Let simmer for an hour or so.
What we ended up with is what they like, lots of beans, 0 kick, "chili". If beef stew and chili had a baby, this is what it would be LOL. The little bit of "american" chili powder they allowed me to put in it didn't come through at all. I should have been sneaker and at least gotten some cummin in it. Even better would have been some ancho or chipolte but I never would have sneaked that past them.
They enjoyed it and pot was empty at the end of the night, so I guess that is all that matters!
So along with the all that pork belly the other day, I had toss in a Chucky seasoned with SLPOG. He rode @235 for 4 1/2 hours before hitting the stall, at which point I wrapped in pink paper and continued to @180. I didn't want to go further than that since they would be cubing and simmering in the chili.
Long story short, son ended up working Overtime, Mrs didn't really want to make chili was just wanting to "Make chili with our son". So 2 days later I was given the task to make chili with their ingredients and recipe. Why do I also fall for this crap :-)
Definitely not my style chili, and I should have at least broke into my spice piggy bank and kicked it up some, but I followed their recipe as best I could.
First the chucky when he came out of the smoker.
Not the prettiest picture because this is right out of the fridge 2 days latter, but you can see I am getting a really nice smoke ring on my chuckies, and he had started rendering well. I think this might have been the best chucky I have done, if I would have finished it in the smoker.
So on to the chili. I thought they were doing dry beans, so there would be plenty of time for chucky to finish up in the simmer. NOPE, when I get a hold of the recipe, I find out this is 45 minute chili!! uggghhhhh
Improvising Chef hat and big boy cook pants on and away we go.
1. I cubed the chucky, put the pieces in the pot with some beef broth, and cooked it down until the pieces go fairly tender and were just starting to get to the shred stage, and most of the broth was gone.
2. Couple of cans of crush tomatoes.
3. Couple cans of kidney beans. double ugghhhhh
4. In separate pan sauted a green pepper, a red pepper, a sweet onion, and some garlic. Don't ask me why a sweet onion, but I swear that is what their recipe called for.
5. Added the sauted veggies to the pot, along with a small can of tomato sauce and some chili powder.
6. Let simmer for an hour or so.
What we ended up with is what they like, lots of beans, 0 kick, "chili". If beef stew and chili had a baby, this is what it would be LOL. The little bit of "american" chili powder they allowed me to put in it didn't come through at all. I should have been sneaker and at least gotten some cummin in it. Even better would have been some ancho or chipolte but I never would have sneaked that past them.
They enjoyed it and pot was empty at the end of the night, so I guess that is all that matters!
