I swear to you – Granny Schmidt makes the best chili in the world! She finally sent me the recipe and was surprised when I told her that I wanted to share with the world!
She just won second place in a Chili Cookout in Seaforth, Ontario, Canada – and I am sure it had to be a very, very close and the judges had a difficult decision to make!
Well – here it is – enjoy and “Thanks Granny”!
Granny Schmidt’s Award Winning Chili:
2 teaspoons of cooking oil
3 lbs. of lean ground beef
1-1/2 lb. of mild Italian sausage (casing removed)
2 stalks of celery – chopped fine
1 large red pepper
1 large green pepper
2 medium onions
2 small Jalapeno pepper (seeds removed and chopped fine)
2 large garlic cloves – minced
1 large can of diced tomatoes
2-8 oz. cans of tomato sauce
2 teaspoons of chicken bouillon granules
½ cup of honey
2 large cans (15 oz each) of red kidney beans
2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon of dried oregano
1 teaspoon of ground black pepper
3 teaspoons of sea salt
4 tablespoons of chili powder
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
¼ cup of white sugar
2 teaspoons of cumin
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 teaspoons of cocoa powder
1 can of dark beer
Cooking Instructions:
This recipe will make about 40 cups of chili – enough to feed at least 20 people!
And just a little note: If you have any leftovers (it usually doesn’t happen – but just in case) you can package them in smaller servings as you choose and freeze them with no problem!
Enjoy and send in your comments and experiences – they are always welcomed!
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Very similar to my own recipe minus a couple of ingredients, I look forward to trying her variation this fall.
Thanks so much for your comment Lucky Lester – and please send in your recipes anytime!
I just LOVE chili and cannot wait to try Granny’s recipe. It looks delicious!
Did you make the chili yet? I really want to hear how it turned out for you – please let me know! And – if you have a recipe – or a story you would like to share, I would love to hear back from you!
Great chili !! Won the church chili cook off yesterday. Thanks for the recipe
Wow Jerry! That is awesome – thank so much for letting me know! If you have any pictures, I would appreciate if you send them to me and I would post them on the website. Congratulations!
I made it and it’s great. One thing I noticed was the chili powder is missing from the list of ingredients. I winged it by using three tablespoons but am curious what the actual measure should be. Thx!
Thanks for pointing that out Dan – I double checked with granny Schmidt and she told me she usually puts in about 4 tablespoons of chili powder – so your guess was pretty much right on!
10 out of 10 — 2 thumbs up!!!!
My dad found your recipe and made it a few weeks ago…I’m not a huge fan of chili, but this recipe was fantastic, I couldn’t get enough of it. The flavour was great!
Thank you for sharing
Thanks so much for your message and Hurray for your dad and for the chili! Hope you will keep visiting my website often – there are more great recipes there and more to come!
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Just made this chili today for a minor hockey team that I coach. It was for a coasting party. It was gone in 20 minutes. even the 10 year old kids ate it! Amazing! We loved it! Thank you so much for sharing. I wish more people would share there family secrets. Great job!
Excellent! And thank you so so very much for letting me know – I love reading messages like yours – it just makes my day. If you have pictures that could be added to my site, I would love to do that – please let me know and I hope you stay in touch!
Thanks! It turned out great and won the cookoff at a friends place. First choice from both the kids and adults. I found it a little sweet to what i am used to but hey, i have the trophy! Cheers.
Thanks so much for letting me know – love receiving feedback like yours! And big congratulations to you – hope you keep visiting my website often and sending in more comments. If you have picutre from your fabulous win and would like me to feature it on this site, I would be very happy to do that!
while using this recipe for the first time I’ve noticed the list of ingrediants calls for cinnamon and chicken and chicken bouillon granules but in the directions I do not see eaither cinnamon or chicken bouillon granules, So I figured they went in and added them anyway, hopefully it turns out as good as it looks!
Hi! Thanks so much for your comment – you were correct in adding the cinnamon and chicken buillon granules in – they go in at the same time the rest of spices do and I didn’t realize that the recipe didn’t list them separately. I would love to know how your chili truned out – it has been one of my most popular recipes and everyone reported success,m including couple of people who won chili cook-outs! Let me know and thanks again!
I enjoyed it but my guests thought it was too sweet… : (
hi, thanks for the recipe,i need to know a couple things, what kind of dark beer did you use, an how many ounces is the large can of diced tomatoes, thank you for your time
Hi! I do apologize for the very late rely – hope the information will still be helpful to you. I use whatever dark beer I have on hand – we have a local brewery that makes great dark beer – the brewery is Brick Brewing Company and the beer is Waterloo Dark. If you want to find out more about this brand, check out their official Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/#!/waterloo.dark.beer. As far as the can of tomatoes goes,the one I used is 16 oz. Let me know how your chili turned out and thank so much for your comments!