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Tried this chili recipe for the first time... (2 Viewers)

TURKEY CHILI SOUP

The Soup Nazi's Actual Recipe

Source: Shawne/NYC

Note from source: Al Yeganeh, from Soup Kitchen International gave out his recipe in New York Magazine, 10/28/96. Involved recipe, but worth it.

FOR THE STOCK:

6 cups turkey stock:

1 small fresh turkey

1 large onion , cut in half

2 carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces

2 stalks celery, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 sprig fresh thyme

1 sprig fresh oregano

2 bay leaves

3 cloves garlic

1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns

FOR THE SOUP:

3 tablespoons olive oil

2 large red onions, finely diced

8 cloves garlic, minced

1 stalk celery, diced

1 large carrot, diced

2 medium-size cooked potatoes, peeled and mashed slightly

2 tablespoons chili powder

3 tablespoons chipolte puree

2 tablespoons ground cumin

1 tablespoon Spanish paprika

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

3 cups peeled and diced tomatoes

3 cups cooked kidney beans

1 green pepper, diced

1/2 red pepper, diced

1/4 cup red wine

1 tablespoon chopped cilantro

2 cups finely diced cooked turkey (see above)

2 cups coarsely chopped fresh mustard greens

1 cup corn

1 teaspoon wine vinegar

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Tabasco sauce (optional)

1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)

GARNISHES:

fresh guacamole, low-fat sour cream mixed with yogurt, chopped scallion and cilantro, grated cheddar cheese, thinly sliced red onion, chopped hard-boiled egg

TO PREPARE THE STOCK:

Place all ingredients for the stock in stockpot and fill with cold water until turkey is just covered. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 1/2 hours until turkey is cooked. Remove turkey. When cool enough to handle, debone, and return bones to stockpot, reserving meat. Discard skin. Cover and continue cooking for another 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Strain. Set aside.

TO PREPARE THE SOUP:

Heat oil in a soup pot. Add onions and garlic, sauteing until onions are translucent.

Add celery, carrot, and potatoes. Sweat over medium heat for 30 minutes, until the vegetables are soft, stirring occasionally.

Add chili powder, chipotle, cumin, paprika, and cinnamon, cooking over low heat for 10 minutes and stirring occasionally.

Add tomatoes, 6 cups stock, beans, peppers, wine and cilantro, simmering for 35 to 40 minutes.

Add turkey, mustard greens, corn and vinegar. Cook for 15 minutes.

Season to taste with salt, pepper, Tabasco, and lemon. Serve with 1 or 2 garnishes.

http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_31/2005/NOV/35315.html

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I've made this chili many times, and I love it.  Best there is.

The video I attached has one specific aspect I'd like to highlight.  When Gordon puts in the tomato puree`(paste), he talks about cooking it before adding other liquid ingredients to avoid a tartness taste to occur.

Thoughts?

 
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I've made this chili many times, and I love it.  Best there is.

The video I attached has one specific aspect I'd like to highlight.  When Gordon puts in the tomato puree`(paste), he talks about cooking it before adding other liquid ingredients to avoid a tartness taste to occur.

Thoughts?
Thoughts are I'm going to be making beef short ribs in the near future.

 
That was my longest prep time. Didn't multi task. Finally simmering. Looks like big time potential. I went with a pound of chorizo since I heard someone in here say they do that and my butcher has killer chorizo. As soon as I started browning it though I realized chorizo is loaded with cumin so I cut the cumin dosage in half to start and will monitor and add as needed. 

 
Just want to thank @Judge Smails and other contributors to the thread.

My personal version has a few twists but I have been using this recipe as my baseline for ten plus years.

We'll be serving it again this weekend at our Super Bowl party. :thumbup:

 
example video

I've made this chili many times, and I love it.  Best there is.

The video I attached has one specific aspect I'd like to highlight.  When Gordon puts in the tomato puree`(paste), he talks about cooking it before adding other liquid ingredients to avoid a tartness taste to occur.

Thoughts?
I made chili today so I can have it ready to go for the game tomorrow.  Cooking the tomato paste for just a couple of minutes before introducing the liquids makes a world of difference.  I also smoked poblano peppers instead of reconstituting dried peppers in beer.  Smoked poblano peppers give the chili a smoky heat you cannot achieve from a jar.  It's sublime.  Lastly, I roasted several cloves of garlic and used them instead of raw garlic.  

Between those three changes, I have truly achieved chili nirvana. This is what the judges chili was supposed to be.

 
Does anyone have a handle on what the yield on this recipe is?  I have to make roughly 2 gallons for a charity event Saturday and am wondering how much I have to tweak the quantities here to achieve that yield.  The goal is to dole it all out and shut down my booth so I can get plastered the rest of the night.  If I run out too early, I get disappointed looks from the organizers.  If I make too much, I'll be the last ###hole standing there ladling out chili while everyone else has closed down and is partying.  2-2 1/2 gallons seems to be the right amount (requirement is "enough for ~150 1.5 to 2.0 ounce servings.")  TIA.

 
Does anyone have a handle on what the yield on this recipe is?  I have to make roughly 2 gallons for a charity event Saturday and am wondering how much I have to tweak the quantities here to achieve that yield.  The goal is to dole it all out and shut down my booth so I can get plastered the rest of the night.  If I run out too early, I get disappointed looks from the organizers.  If I make too much, I'll be the last ###hole standing there ladling out chili while everyone else has closed down and is partying.  2-2 1/2 gallons seems to be the right amount (requirement is "enough for ~150 1.5 to 2.0 ounce servings.")  TIA.
I can probably help you, but first I need to know if you have a chili suit 

 
Does anyone have the original Taco Bell Chili recipe?  I really want to make some authentic Chili Cheese Burritos.  Tia.

 
Does anyone have a handle on what the yield on this recipe is?  I have to make roughly 2 gallons for a charity event Saturday and am wondering how much I have to tweak the quantities here to achieve that yield.  The goal is to dole it all out and shut down my booth so I can get plastered the rest of the night.  If I run out too early, I get disappointed looks from the organizers.  If I make too much, I'll be the last ###hole standing there ladling out chili while everyone else has closed down and is partying.  2-2 1/2 gallons seems to be the right amount (requirement is "enough for ~150 1.5 to 2.0 ounce servings.")  TIA.
The original recipe will give you more than 2 gallons.  So, make a whole batch, set aside what you need for the event, then keep the rest for yourself.

 
My wife just showed me this recipe, she had found it on Pinterest named “Judge Smails Chili”.  She was surprised when I told her it was the same recipe I’ve been making for like 7 years now.

 
My buddy that I've made this with a few times just finished making it this weekend for a work chili competition.

No surprise -- 1st place and multiple people asking for the recipe. 

I'll be making it this week I think.

 
Making it this weekend as a test run before a chili competition at work in a few weeks. Been a while since I have made chili.

Couple of things I’ve picked up along the years that may or may not have been previously been discussed here:

-toasting whole cumin seeds and then grinding them brings out more intense flavor

-adding some umami flavor really deepens the entire flavor profile. I know it sounds insane, but an anchovie or a bit of anchovie pasts is a great addition. I’ve heard that you can use marmite as well for some great umami, but stores around me don’t have it.

-bakers chocolate or a bit of quality Dutch cocoa adds a nice element

-trying Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey this time. I figure kill 2 birds with one stone by adding a touch of sweet honey flavor along with the JD

And of course the types of peppers you use make a big difference, both in flavor and heat. I actually like to mix a few types to give both the flavor and heat I want

 
Making it this weekend as a test run before a chili competition at work in a few weeks. Been a while since I have made chili.

Couple of things I’ve picked up along the years that may or may not have been previously been discussed here:

-toasting whole cumin seeds and then grinding them brings out more intense flavor

-adding some umami flavor really deepens the entire flavor profile. I know it sounds insane, but an anchovie or a bit of anchovie pasts is a great addition. I’ve heard that you can use marmite as well for some great umami, but stores around me don’t have it.

-bakers chocolate or a bit of quality Dutch cocoa adds a nice element

-trying Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey this time. I figure kill 2 birds with one stone by adding a touch of sweet honey flavor along with the JD

And of course the types of peppers you use make a big difference, both in flavor and heat. I actually like to mix a few types to give both the flavor and heat I want
Yes to all of this. 

 
This confession on Reddit made me think of this thread and get a little angry at the people with terrible enough tastes that they voted for Wendy’s chili with some Tabasco in a chili competition.

Making this for a workplace chili competition next week. Hopefully the complex flavors in this are appreciated by my coworkers!

 
This chili is a mainstay for me. For years and years. The best I've ever had.

The only thing I've experienced is that it's not done well for me a chili cook off because it's more authentic chili than anything you'll find. Some pumpkin spiced or green chili enchilada corn chili always seems to get the win for uniqueness :(

 
This chili is a mainstay for me. For years and years. The best I've ever had.

The only thing I've experienced is that it's not done well for me a chili cook off because it's more authentic chili than anything you'll find. Some pumpkin spiced or green chili enchilada corn chili always seems to get the win for uniqueness :(
That actually makes sense. The average person stuffs sugar loaded overly salted food into their face all the time and have no palate for deep layered flavors. So when they taste chili at a competition they think that all of the more traditional chilis taste the essentially the same and so they pick the major outlier because it’s simply something that differentiates itself.

 
i have been throwing a couple of reesers peanut butter cups into my chile lately it gives it sort of a peanut butter and chocolately zing take that to the bank brohans 

 
Selling my latest versions Smails legendary + this week at McBBQ since we finally cooled off.  3 gallons sold out in an hour yesterday....made 15 today so will probably get through Saturday.

5 different chilies rehydrated.  I also add some dark chili powder and oil in the paste.

7 meats including Brisket Burnt Ends, Pulled Pork, Pork Sausage, Smoked Ground Beef, House made Tasso ham, Rib Meat, and pork tenderloin chunks.

Black Beans, Pinto Beans, Northern Beans, Red Kidneys, Black Eyed Peas

Yesterday I used some venison and duck sausage and chorizo.   It was too overwhelmed by everything else, and ground meat isn't working as well in this unless you put it in halfway through cook.  The ground beef I used today were smoked as hamburger patties and crumbled better....ala Wendy's chili.   See my instagram or facebook page for some pics.

In January we are hosting a chili cookoff between all of the Louisiana breweries that choose to enter (up to 40 teams).   Tuning up now and trying some new stuff to get dialed in.

 
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This confession on Reddit made me think of this thread and get a little angry at the people with terrible enough tastes that they voted for Wendy’s chili with some Tabasco in a chili competition.

Making this for a workplace chili competition next week. Hopefully the complex flavors in this are appreciated by my coworkers!
Speaking of confessions - every time this thread gets bumped I laugh because back when Scoresman did his Anonymous Confessions thread I submitted a "confession" that was supposed to be from the good Judge saying that he had never even made this chili before - takes too long.  :lmao:

 
i tried throwing a jolly rancher into my chili last night it turned out pretty good i think it was a grape one take that to the bank brohans

 
Speaking of confessions - every time this thread gets bumped I laugh because back when Scoresman did his Anonymous Confessions thread I submitted a "confession" that was supposed to be from the good Judge saying that he had never even made this chili before - takes too long.  :lmao:
Hah. Not true. But only make it once a year or so. Just doesn’t get that cold in So Cal to make me think comfort food often. It’s about time though!

 
What is the estimated servings for the standard recipe? Need to make a bunch for a school banquet (2 doz servings), and want to make sue I have good amount.

TIA!

 
have you brohans ever put a bananana in your chile it adds a banananana zest take that to the ban bromigos

 
Any problem using Italian sausage for this? I was looking at using 50/50 hot and mild.
Nah, in fact I think that's what I've used most of the time.  Not too many things on this recipe I'd tinker with, but you can futz around with the meat options.  I've done everything from stew meat to tri-tip to nicer tenderloin to venison.

 
Any problem using Italian sausage for this? I was looking at using 50/50 hot and mild.
Nah, in fact I think that's what I've used most of the time.  Not too many things on this recipe I'd tinker with, but you can futz around with the meat options.  I've done everything from stew meat to tri-tip to nicer tenderloin to venison.
Cool. Going to make a double batch, so I am looking to do a little as possible. Went with stew meat, that I will cut in 1/2; that's easier than cubing large amounts of meat!

 
Any problem using Italian sausage for this? I was looking at using 50/50 hot and mild.
I used chorizo on my last one and it was the best one yet.

For the meat, I get chuck roast and then cut it myself.  I get a 4 lb piece of meat (easy to find) and do 2 lbs of chorizo.  Great ratio, IMO.

 
Any problem using Italian sausage for this? I was looking at using 50/50 hot and mild.
I used chorizo on my last one and it was the best one yet.

For the meat, I get chuck roast and then cut it myself.  I get a 4 lb piece of meat (easy to find) and do 2 lbs of chorizo.  Great ratio, IMO.
Next time I have a more controlled audience, I will do chorizo (one of my favorite sausages!), but this time I'm doing it for a HS Band Banquet, so I need to go more on the plain and simple flavors, and not very spicy. I will have a bottle of hot sauce for those that want to pump it up some.

 

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