Carroll Shelby Chili Mix

[LTsTexasRed]

Hello All, any one tried carroll Shelbys Texas Red dry chili mix???????? I think I'll get a package and try it out....never used a prepackaged chili mix before.

LT

[thehotpepper.com]

Usually avoid them cuz of MSG and other crap.

[bubbaschili]

my "throw down" freestyle chili is based kinda on carol shelby....i use to work for a company that grocery retailed carol shelby's brown bag mix. i just got in the mail cpl of days ago a mix from 2 time world champion cindy wilkins i will try that and give you my opinion between her chili and carol shelbys......stay tuned........but of course if you want the best dry chili mix you need to try BUBBA'S CHILI or BUBBA'S BAD ATTITUDE CHILI MIX

[bubbaschili]

love your site...i need to have a cpl of hours handy to just go to each link and enjoy it.........its all about chili........the dish........the bowl of chili......whoooooooooooooooooooooooo

[LTsTexasRed]

Well I ordered a package......cant wait to try it.

LT

[Cap'n Bones]

Well I ordered a package......cant wait to try it.

LT

Keep us posted...

[kamikaze cowgirl]

okay, hubster decided he wanted chili and i didnt have my usual stock so i got shelby's as a starter. i added a cup of sandia super hot green chiles, a cup of chayamo dried red chilis, 2 chopped onions and 2 1/2 lbs ground turkey..drained the fat, added 2 cans dark red kidney beans, half a jar of mexana powder, stirred some more. hubster said it still needed something so he added 4 good size glops of defcon#1. announced it good enough for his lunches this week. and people wanna know why i don't go near meat.he can't wait to get some death in the desert. i spent the weekend roasting, cleaning and freezing 2 50 lb sacks of hatch chiles cause hubster is afraid we may run out. the stuff actually died my porcelin sink bright yellow. kewl.:hell:

[DevilDuck]

Another ABQ chilihead!!! I'm gunna have to sample some of that chili...even though you put beans in it.

[Hillbilly Chili]

I was in a cookoff and some folk (whom I wont mention)......used a mix for the CASI Red and placed.....grrrrrrrrrrr,,,,, did I say frickin GGGGGGRRRRRRRR.

[marcosauces]

So... if you put beans i guess it cannot be called chili..? :confused:

[kamikaze cowgirl]

hillbilly, that's downright sacreligious!!!

[kamikaze cowgirl]

you can put beans in it but when you do, it's not a real bowl of red.

[POTAWIE]

you can put beans in it but when you do, it's not a real bowl of red.

Not this debate again. Almost everyone's profile I've read prefers beans including myself. Maybe it's not a true bowl of red to southerners, but it sure is good.

[chiliman]

Go Beans!!!

Boo cheaters! (I have lost to cheaters and 10 years later I am still pissed!)

[bubbaschili]

there was one time at a cook off they were doing a "peoples choice" if they liked what you got you give em a ticket. well there was a guy at the very end that was telling people...and i know this because he told me out of his own mouth... if you give me that ticket ill give you a cold drink. so he won peoples choice. that kinda ticked me off for a while.

[marcosauces]

there was one time at a cook off they were doing a "peoples choice" if they liked what you got you give em a ticket. well there was a guy at the very end that was telling people...and i know this because he told me out of his own mouth... if you give me that ticket ill give you a cold drink. so he won peoples choice. that kinda ticked me off for a while.

haha...nice cheating.. :)

[Hillbilly Chili]

He should have just bought his own award and saved the brews.
what a knucklehead.

[bubbaschili]

one thing about that event that made me feel good...i was the first tent right next to the place you get your sample cups...he was at the end....i had several people walk all the way back to where i was to give me there ticket and refused the drink to vote for me.....now that makes ya feel good.

[Hillbilly Chili]

That says it all Bubba.
The proofs in the puddin...errr "chili"

[marcosauces]

that's nice bubba...

[cjxxx49]

the mix is a great base you can alway add heat-cj

[Cap'n Bones]

Welcome to The Hot Pepper CJ!!!!!

[chilehunter]

I love the carroll shelbys chili mix kit in the brown bag, but for us in MN we dont have many choices to choose from either, but its still a good one IMO.
but I'd like to add that I also add other ingredients to the chili, & even more of certain ingredients that are already in the package. as for MSG it doesnt have any in carroll shelbys, its all natural ingredients far as I know & you dont have to add the salt either, its all separate packages.
make the chili really thick & pack it full of veggies & beans then throw in hamburger or venison.
I might get some slack for this, & you all say this MN guy is crazy :) I add carrots to my chili, yea I said CARROTS :shocked: :) it tastes good, well at least the way I make chili.

[bubbaschili]

carrots......belive it or not ive seen weirder....was at a cook off in durham last year and there was a group that made chili using pinaple.:sick:

[chilehunter]

pineapple in chili :shocked: yuk! I think no fruit should be in chili.

[bubbaschili]

last cook off in tanglewood i went to a guy was like..try my chili try my chili...im like ok......right before i tasted it he squeezed a quarter of a lime into the tasting cup....keep in mind a tasting cup is like 2 ounces..so i had 1 ounce of chili and 1 ounce of lime juce......all i could taste was the lime juice.

[bubbaschili]

:silenced: oh and i forgot the ones in durham used chicken so it was chili chicken pinaple.

[chilehunter]

yea I forgot lemons/limes are fruit :doh: a little of lime or lemon can be ok if you dont over do it, I dont use them but I could see where it might be ok in moderation, maybe.
as for chicken chili sure why not, that'd be alright, but I'd prefer beef or venison.

[xgrafcorex]

old thread, but i picked up a pack of the cs chili mix just because of the novelty i guess.. gonna make some today, just have to go to the store to get some more stuff to mix in. making two batches, one for my grandma, and one for me, so i'll be adding some heat to mine! :hell:

[xgrafcorex]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/xgrafcorex/food/IMG_3173.jpg

it was delicious. had some last night, and a bowl today for lunch.

the ingredients in the actual chili mix are: corn masa flour (to thicken), ground chili peppers, salt, garlic, cumin, oregano, onion, paprika, and cayenne pepper.

the corn masa flour, cayenne pepper, come in their own separate pouches, while everything else is in a larger pouch as the main chili mix.

since i made two batches at once (my grandma doesn't like it hot at all), i used 1 lb of ground beef for each, half a green bell pepper in each, sort of eyeballed the rest, except the peppers.

in mine, i used 3 habaneros, 2 serranos, 2 large jalapenos, some carrot (thanks for the idea chilihunter, was a good addition.), fresh diced garlic, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, (how could i forget->) kidney beans, crushed and ground red pepper, oregano, chili powder, ground cumin, paprika, cilantro, salt, and black pepper. i think that was it. oh, and all the seeds from all the peppers.

not burn your mouth off hot, but cleared out my sinuses and was easily as hot as my "thai hot" thai food last week. :)

[Canuk Pepperhead]

Man that looks good your making me hungry lol

[chilehunter]

XG - that chili looks mighty tasty, just the way I like it chunky with everything in it. glad you liked the carrot idea, it gives the chili a little different taste & not over powering either also gives the chili some color for pazazz :lol:

[xgrafcorex]

thanks. yea, the carrots are a good ingredient. i tried to soften them up a little by letting the chili cook (on low heat) for a little longer.. they were crunchy at first..didn't get quite as soft as i intended, but it really didn't matter.

that's what i love about chili, you can throw in just about anything.

yesterday i picked up a bottle of blair's mega death sauce..stirred in a little bit into a bowl of chili tonight for dinner. it was great, and definitely had a bit more of a burn to it. :hell:

[LUCKYDOG]

Looks good I've wondering if those chili mixes are any good -- I tend to do it by eye and havent measured anything. I'll try one of those mixes though thanks

[xgrafcorex]

heh i think i said it earlier..but i basically bought it for the novelty. i'm into cars and saw carroll shelby chili mix, so i had to buy some. :lol:

good stuff, but not something that would be too hard to mix on your own. to tell you the truth, i had almost forgotten to add the actually chili mix into the chili since i had already added so many ingredients and spices.