Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009

Thank you for the great recipe! I got FIRST Place today at my works chili cook off. Everyone loved it and all said it would have been great on Hot Dogs (Yummy Chili Dogs)...so we are gonna try that with the next batch. I only changed it up a bit: Used 2 15oz cans of kidney bean. Only used 1/2 onion Doubled the Minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce Did not use the pepper or the tomato paste as I did not need to thinken it.

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2009

I was really hoping this would be fantastic, but it left something to be desired for me. I love the smokiness of the chipotle peppers, but I found the overall taste to be flat. It lacked the richness I was looking for. My hunt for the perfect chili continues... Edited to Add: I found that adding a touch of butter gives this chili enough of a boost to bump it to 4 stars.

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Andrea

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Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2008

This is pretty darn good, coming from the "Chili Queen" herself!Used quite a bit more chipotle and adobo sauce than called for, it really did make it for me!

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Mallery

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Living In: Noblesville, Indiana, USA

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Reviewed: May 20, 2008

I have to 5 star this one although I really only used it as a base because it was the only Slow Cooker chile that sounded good so I didn't follow the recipe exact. I made the following variations.. Meat: 1.5lbs 90% lean beef and 1lb ground turkey (we were looking for healthy chile). Dropped the chipotle peppers and only had about 4 tablespoons of chile powder in the pantry so that's all it got. My wife and I are hot food whimps so that was enough for both of us. I also used pre-minced garlic (in oil) since I didn't feel like buying a whole head for 2 cloves. I also only used half an onion because a "large onion" here is HUGE so 1/2 of one was a good cup of onions. I did use the red kidney beans as well. The final product was AWESOME, the combination didn't need any additional water or anything like others have done, but I did use less meat. I realize I took the chipotle out of the Chipotle Chili, but like I said I was really just looking for a good base crock-pot recipe for chile and this more than qualified.

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Fizz

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Home Town: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2008

One of the best chili recipes! I substituted the meat with shredded chicken. I will definitely be using this recipe often.

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KellyJean

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Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2008

I adjusted the seasonings to suit our taste (threw in a couple of Knorr tomato and chipotle bouillon cubes), and had to add about a cup of water as it was very very thick. This turned out to be one of the best chilis I have ever made. Served it with jalepeno cornbread. Thanks, emily!

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Caroline C

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Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2008

Alterations to make it even better: Double, triple, or quadruple the chipotles Add 1 cup of corn Add 1 - 2 tablespoons of the Chipotle Tabasco (to taste) I used shredded beef! MMMMMMM mmmmmm Good!

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Reviewed: Feb. 6, 2008

We loved this recipe! I only used one pound of ground beef instead of two. I doubled the amount of kidney beans and made them from scratch. I also didn't add the tomato paste at all, the chili was so thick already I couldn't see adding a thickener. I also cut the spices down a bit - I only put 4 tbsp of chili powder and 1/2 tbsp of cumin. Even so I found it very spicy. My husband and I both thought it was great, I think next time I will only use 1/2 lb of ground beef (but I'll still keep the whole pound of sausage), and i'll completely omit the cumin but increase the chipotle peppers to get more of the smoky flavor without increasing the spice too much. All in all a fabulous chili recipe! Thanks.

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Genie

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Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2008

This probably one of the best chili recipes that I ever tried! I made some changes to it though. I tripled the chipolte in abode sauce. I also fire roasted one red bell pepper, then chopped it up and added that to the chili recipe. I also added 2 cans of fire roasted diced tomatoes. I got some rave reviews about this chili after it was served to a bunch beer drinking guys. So take my advice, because this will taste like you simmered over an open fire for a whole day. Enjoy

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Fred Norris

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Living In: Palmyra, Maine, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2007

I thought this chili was just ok. It wasn't bad but it wasn't great. It had a very unusual chili taste and not what I am used to.

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Living In: Asheville, North Carolina, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2007

Being from TX, I have many chili recipes. I did use the entire can of chipotle chilies & sauce. Also didn't have the canned tomatoes, so used Rotel instead. Thanks for a new family favorite.

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Living In: Odessa, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2007

My granddaughter and I entered this in a Chili Contest at our Church last week end, and won Best Taste Award, Hottest taste, but makes you come back for more, and we named it FIRECRACKER CHILI, and won Best Name. Everyone just loved it, it was like a firecracker exploding in your mouth with all the flavors. Best Chili I have ever tasted

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2007

My boyfriend and I made this recipe last night and we LOVED IT!!! We made a few variations: we substituted spicy chicken sausage for pork sausage, fiery roasted tomatoes for plain tomatoes, doubled the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (which I thought would be hard to find, but were at a regular grocery store!), left out the coriander because my boyfriend hates cilantro. It was spicy, smokey and wonderful - huge hit and we will make again!

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2007

We loved this chili. I did however double the amount of chipotle peppers and sauce because we liked a little more spice

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2007

Hubby & I loved this chili!! Being from TX we omitted the beans, but followed recipe exactly. Only down was it could have been used a little more liquid. Think I'll add some tomato juice next time. This is very, very hearty and meaty and the adobo pepper gives a really unusual smoky taste. This will definately be MY chili recipe from now on. Thanks so much.

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