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Cincinnati Bengal Chili Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Place large pot over medium heat
  • Melt botter
  • Add 2 med. onions (finely chopped) and cook until soft, about 5 min, stir often
  • Add garlic, cook 2 min
  • Increase heat to high and add meat
  • Cook until all pink disappears, stirring frequently and breaking meat up with spatula or back of spoon
  • Add chili powder, cocoa, cinnamon, allspice and cumin, cook 2 minutes stirring frequently
  • Add water. bay leaves, vinegar, and honey
  • Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, 45 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep bottom from scorching.
  • Add beans and cook 15 minutes more
  • While chili is cooking, fill med. stovetop pot with water and salt generously with kosher salt
  • Bring to a boil
  • Add macaroni, EVOO and butter
  • Cook until al dente
  • Drain and rinse
  • Serve in bowls with pasta on bottom, chili, then cheddar cheese and diced red onion on top.
  • *I like to add chopped tomato, black olives and sour cream

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    " It was excellent "
    tazoncaffeine ate it and said...
    love a good chili over pasta!
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    " It was excellent "
    linebb956 ate it and said...
    I had never.... had cincinnati chili till I found this site... It just did not sound good.. THEN I TRIED it... I love it... and this has cumin.. so I have to have it!
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  • pat2me 16 years ago
    I'll be showing this to one of my sons, he loves making chili for his family! Thanks!
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