A Super Bowl means football. It also means parties.
Really, if your favorite team isn’t in the Super Bowl, you might care more about the food or the commercials than the game itself.
If you still haven’t decided what food to bring to the big game, here are a couple of Super Bowl-ready recipes, one more time-consuming (yet satisfying), and another easy and versatile.
Chili consistently ranks high on the Super Bowl food list. It’s tasty and filling and has several different variations. When I have the time, I like to make a three-bean, smoked brisket chili. But that’s a 24-hour undertaking by the time you smoke the brisket, let it rest, and simmer the chili base for hours to get an incredibly thick and smoky meal.
If you don’t have hours, you can cook the chili recipe below in under 60 minutes.
I like big chunks of meat and a pronounced tomato taste in my chili. So I make a chili with mini turkey meatballs that satisfies my cravings. You can substitute beef, but these turkey meatballs come out light, and I like how they complement the chili.
Mini turkey meatball chili with sweet cornbread
You can find the sweet cornbread recipe here.
FOR THE MEATBALLS
1 pound of ground turkey
½ cup seasoned Italian breadcrumbs (plain works fine)
1 beaten egg
¼ cup parmesan cheese
½ cup finely chopped parsley
1 tablespoon cumin
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
FOR THE CHILI
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 large onion, roughly chopped
1 large stalk of celery, chopped
2 tablespoons of fresh garlic
1 large red pepper chopped (optional. I don’t add it)
3 tablespoons chili powder (add a fourth if you like a more pronounced chili taste)
1 teaspoon of cumin
14 ounces of chicken broth (water’s OK in a pinch but hurts the flavor)
1 can black beans, drained
1 can pinto beans, drained (feel free to substitute red…
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