46 make your chili Recipes

chopped leftover cooked chicken or 4 cups cooked turkey, vegetable oil, chopped onion, garlic clove, minced, whole green chilies, chopped (canned or fresh , (to taste), canned diced tomatoes with juice, tomato puree, tomato passata, paprika, oregano, chili powder (more or less to your taste ), ground cumin, black pepper, salt, corn tortillas (i always used flour tortillas and i make my own), cheddar cheese, grated (the original recipe calls for monterey jack, so by all means use that if you can get it), sour cream , for serving, sliced spring onion , for serving

ground beef (make meatballs using your favorite recipe, or- see my recipe ingredients in above description), chili sauce, grape jelly

dried corn husks, lard or vegetable shortening (i used . it adds flavor. it s not that bad once in a while, it s a saturated fat yes, but vegetable shortening is a trans fat, and i think that s worse for you. you can render your own using the cut off fat from pork roast and pork chops. do not use salt pork or bacon - ask your butcher for about 1 1/2 lb of pork fat), baking powder, blue corn meal ( is coarser than yellow, but if you want to make yellow tamales, get masa harina for tamales), water, chicken stock, preferably homemade, salt, poblano chilies, seeded and cut into a small dice, fresh or frozen corn (thawed if frozen ), monterey jack cheese , cut into a small dice

and a 1/2 cups long grain rice (uncle ben s converted brown or white works well), half a medium onion diced small, half a bell pepper diced small, paprika, rope ) smoked sausage sliced thin, diced cooked chicken or to your taste, ro-tel green chilies and tomatoes or a small can of stewed tomatoes, water seasoned with chicken bouillon (enough to make slightly salty), amount of celery seeds (less than a 1/4 tsp.), black pepper if you like, fresh garlic or garlic powder, red pepper or louisiana hot sauce can be added for heat, bay leaf