9 Prizewinning Reader Chili Recipes

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9 Prizewinning Reader Chili Recipes

When we asked for readers' best chili recipes, Midwest cooks submitted dozens. In our 9 favorites, innovative ingredients--whiskey, red wine, cocoa powder and molasses--work magic on the basics of meat, beans and, of course, chilies.

Three-Bean Beauty Chili [1]

Erica Whitson, Maplewood, Minnesota, mixes black, kidney and garbanzo beans that bubble away in tomatoey brown sugar sauce with ground beef or turkey. Our heat rating: ! (Mild, Not Wild)

Three-Bean Beauty Chili [2]

White Meat, No Heat Chili [5]

Betsy Repine of Leawood, Kansas, uses ground turkey to put a slight twist on a traditional approach. Our heat rating: ! (Mild, Not Wild)

White Meat, No Heat Chili [6]

Go Whole Hog Chili [9]

This pork-hominy dish from Jerry McDonald of Overland Park, Kansas, draws its smoky, roasted flavor from two of its four kinds of chile peppers. Our heat rating: !! (Touch o' Heat).

Go Whole Hog Chili [10]

Potluck Pleaser Chili [13]

Beverly Gardner or Franklin, Illinois, lets her Bavarian-Austrian heritage show with added vinegar, sour cream and lots of sugar. Our heat rating: ! (Mild, Not Wild)

Potluck Pleaser Chili [14]

Bring the Heat, Skip the Meat Chili [17]

Audrey Anderson of Deadwood, South Dakota, replaces meat with bulgur in her vegan chili and heats it up with cayenne. Our heat rating: !! (Touch o' Heat).

Bring the Heat, Skip the Meat Chili [18]

Red Hot Whiskey Chili [21]

Karmen Reid of Rochester, Minnesota, lets her version--submitted by daughter Meredith--simmer three hours to mellow the whiskey and beer. Chipotle adds kick. Our heat rating: !!! (It's Blazin'!).

Red Hot Whiskey Chili [22]

Artful Compromise Chili [25]

Karen and John Zink from Park Forest, Illinois, prove that too many cooks don't spoil the chili with this recipe that blends both their favorites. Our heat rating: ! (Mild, Not Wild)

Artful Compromise Chili [26]

What's the Secret? Chili [29]

Intriguing Italian-style flavors lurk in this medium-spicy bowl of chili from David Prosser of Fargo, North Dakota. The cayenne heats it up without too much punch. Our heat rating: !! (Touch o' Heat).

What's the Secret? Chili [30]

Texas Heat Chili [33]

Beef tri-tip simmers to a tender finish. John Augustin of Cincinnati uses Texas-made Gebhardt's chili powder in his bowl of red. Our heat rating: !! (Touch o' Heat).

Texas Heat Chili [34]

More great soup, stew and chili recipes [37]

Related Links:

40 Family-Favorite Soups & Stews [38]

Hearty Slow-Cooker Soups, Stews & Chilies [39]

Simmering Soups and Stews [40]

Warm-You-Up Freezer Soups [41]

Midwest Soups State by State [42]

9 Prizewinning Reader Chili Recipes [43]

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Chili [46]

Soups [47]

Fall [48]

Fall recipes [49]

Winter recipes [51]

January February 2012 Midwest Living [52]

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