Slow Cooker Crock Pot

Everyone loves to eat. Relationships are forged and built around food since time immemorial. The preparation itself is a show of care and love for the people who will be dining on the sumptuous meal. For many, meals with the added spice tickle the senses and with the use of modern technology of crock pot, a number of recipes have been introduced in preparing chili recipes. At present, the chilies have made their way for slow cooking.

Chili, though spelled in different ways like chilli, or chile, refers to the fruit from the Genus Capsicum plants and Solanaceae or otherwise known as nightshade family. The chili fruit is used as spices or vegetables in food preparation and medicine. For the rest of the world, it’s called paprika, pepper, bell pepper or capsicum, all referring to the same fruit.

The usage of chili, be it the bell peppers, chili powder or the long jalapeños in gourmet and cuisine, they never fail to bring out the flavor of the meal prepared. Even the use of Tabasco on our pizza brings out the taste of each ingredient, giving us the enjoyment of eating while others prefer to eat the chilies raw and whole or minced with sauces. The intensity of the chili comes from the inside of the pod with the seeds and the substance that causes the fiery intensity or heat is called capsaicin. Not all chili peppers are “hot”. According to the Scoville scale, a sweet pepper or otherwise known as bell pepper has a 0 SHU (Scoville unit). This measure was designed by diluting a solution of pepper extract in sugar water, until the heat is no longer felt by a panel of usually five tasters.

There are varieties of preparing and cooking crock pot chili recipes. The turkey crock pot chili uses ground turkey with pinto beans, tomatoes, salsa, chili powder and cumin but before adding all the ingredients in the slow cooker, the ground turkey is browned in a skillet with onions and is transferred to the crock pot after removing the excess fat. The beef crock pot chili uses ground beef with all the ingredients like the typical chili con carne with black beans and tomato sauce. You can go vegetarian with the vegetable crock pot chili that includes rice, potatoes, beans and tomatoes. Another variety of crock pot chili is the taco crock pot chili if you want to go Mexican loco over tacos. Whichever recipe you choose, you’ll still get the needed spice and intensity just the way you want it and get a dose of Vitamin C.

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