Cincinnati Chili 3, 4, or 5 Way (Crock Pot or Not!) Recipe

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Crock Pot instructions:

Step 2

Brown meat and drain fat. Place meat in the crock along with the remaining spice ingredients; cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours.

Step 3

Stove Top Instructions:

Step 4

In a large pan brown ground beef along with onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic, breaking up meat as it cooks.

Step 5

Drain any accumulated fat.

Step 6

Add rest of ingredients to pan, mixing well.

Step 7

Bring to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for 1 1/2-2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Step 8

Adjust consistency with water as needed.

Step 9

Serve your chili as follows (items for the 3,4, and 5 way listed in ingredients- others may require items not listed).

Step 10

How to Eat It:

Step 11

-3-Way: chili, spaghetti, and cheese.

Step 12

-4-Way: a 3-Way plus onions or beans.

Step 13

-5-Way: spaghetti, chili, onions, beans and cheese.

Step 14

-Chili spaghetti: spaghetti with chili.

Step 15

-Cheese coney: hot dog, bun, mustard, chili, and cheese.

Step 16

-Chili cheese sandwich: a coney minus the hot dog.

Step 17

-Cincinnati burrito: chili beans wrapped in a tortilla, topped with chili, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and black olives.

Step 18

-Cincinnati potato: baked jacket potato topped with chili, diced onions, beans and shredded cheddar cheese.

Step 19

-Chili-cheese fries: french fries topped with chili and shredded cheddar cheese.

Step 20

-Low-carb Coney: 3 small hot dogs (about 1 1/2 regular) in a bowl covered with chili and cheese.

Step 21

-Serve oyster crackers and hot sauce on the side (crackers doused with sauce) or as a topping, if desired.

Tips & Variations

No special items needed.

Cincinnati Chili 3, 4, or 5 Way (Crock Pot or Not!)

Ingredients

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