Dudes Big Lebowski Cowboy Chili Recipe – Daniel Bellino Zwicke

“Sure DUDE. I’ll Give You My CHILI RECIPE”

DUDES COWBOY CHILI

Dude got this recipe from a friend of his at the Bowling Alley. A guy who never bowled himself but hung out at the bar, drinking Sioux City Sarsaparilla. He had a big thick Salt & Pepper Mustache and wore a big ass cowboy hat and Cowboy Garb. The cowboy at the bar (The Cowboy Stranger) was pretty cool. He got the Dudes stamp of approval, so you know he’s cool. Dude and the Stranger would sit around, Dude drinking a White Russian (“I’ll have another Caucasian Gary”) and the Stranger sipping on his Sarsaparilla. These two had conversations on all sorts of things. One day the conversation turned to Chili and Tacos. The Cowboy said he didn’t eat tacos all that much, but he did make a killer Chili. Dude and The Stranger talked Chili for a bit and the Dude liked what he heard.

The Dude asked the Cowboy if he wouldn’t mind giving him his Chili recipe. The Cowboy obliged the Dude, and right then and there, wrote his excellent Chili recipe down for the Dude on a couple of cocktail napkins at the bar. The Dude pasted those napkins with the cowboys Killer Chili right into his spiral bound notebook, and the Dude has been making his Chili with this recipe ever since. The Dude passes it on to you to. Go forth young man, make Chili and multiply.

PS Dude knows, as most do, that “Cowboys make the Best Chili” !!! The reason Dude was so anxious to get the Cowboy Strangers version.

DUDES COWBOY CHILI

INGREDIENTS:

3 pounds ground Beef (Chuck is preferred)

4 medium Onions, cut into a medium dice

8 cloves of Garlic, peeled and minced

1-28 ounce can crushed Tomato

1 cup water

1 teaspoon Salt

2 tablespoons Cumin, 1 tablespoon Oregano

2 tablespoons Sweet Paprika

1/2 teaspoon ground Black Pepper

1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

1-2 teaspoons Hot Sauce (Tabasco, Louisiana Hot

  Sauce, Crystal or which ever brand you like)

1 tablespoon Lea & Perrin’s Worcestershire Sauce

CHILI COOKING PROCEDURE:

1) Get a large 6-8 quart pot and line the bottom

       with vegetable oil. Turn the flame to medium

       heat.

2) Add ground chop meat and cook for about 12

       minutes until the meat loses its raw color.

       Turn off heat.

3) Put the meat in a colander to drain excess fat.

4) In the same large pot, add the onions and cook

       over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the

       garlic cook for 3 minutes.

5) Add the ground meat back to the pot. Sprinkle

       the salt and Black Pepper onto the Beef and

       sauté for 2 minutes.

6) Add the tomatoes, oregano, Paprika, and Cumin.

       Turn the flame up to high until the ingredients

       start to bubble. Lower flame so the Chili will

       cook at a gentle simmer. Let simmer for 1 hour.

7) Add the Hot Sauce and Worcestershire Sauce and

       continue simmering the Chili for another ½ hour.

       The CHILI is now finished and ready to eat on

       Its own or with a couple crushed Saltine Crackers,

       with rice and beans as Chili con Carne, or to make

       into Burritos or Tacos, or even a most outstanding

       Chili Dog. “Enjoy!”

If you want the Chili hotter, you can increase the amount of Cayenne and Tabasco or other Hot Sauce. In Dudes recipe here, he makes it so you can just start to discern that it is just slightly hot, but not really too hot. This is the way Dude likes it. Later on when he’s making a Taco or Chili Dog with his Chili and he’s in the mood to have it a bit hotter he can always add a bit of Hot Sauce then and there. If the Chili is made very hot, you can never take the hot out, but you can always add some later. You catch The Dudes drift?

NOTE on the CHILI: This is a large recipe. Dude makes a recipe, as he wants to help you save time as well as a lot of MONEY. You take two hours one time to make the batch of Chili that you will cook that evening, and you will have quite a lot left to put into containers in both the refrigerator and freezer. You’re gonna get about 20 meals out of this recipe. See that, take two hours one time, and for 20 meals, you won’t need to hardly cook at all. Just a few minutes preparation. You will then have Chili that is ready to make into Tacos, Burritos, Chili Dogs, or just a Bowl of Chili with Cheese and fresh onions in a matter of minutes at any time. “Voila.

3 WAY CHILI

   Three Way Chili? It’s a great way to serve Chili The Dudes says. And The Stranger says, “It stretches Her Out,” the Chili that is. “3 Way Chili” is a beloved staple of the great Mid-Western City of Cincinnati. Dude found the recipe that was a clipped out of an article, sandwiched between a book on Bowling that the Dude bought at a “Garage Sale” when he was driven around listening to Creedence tapes while toking on a Dubey one day. The book and the free recipe inside, was just 25 cents. Dude thought the recipe to be quite interesting and a good way to stretch Chili with some inexpensive costing Spaghetti which he buys on sale at Ralph’s for just .69 cents a box.

    So, you ask ole Duder, “How do you make this Cincinnati 3 Way Chili.” Quite simple. Get yourself some shredded Cheddar Cheese, cook up some spaghetti, drain it, put it on a plate, and top with some Cowboy Chili and Cheddar Cheese. Sit back and Enjoy!

DUDES COWBOY CHILI

From This, You Can MAKE TACOS – BURRITOS

CHILI con CARNE & 3 WAY CHILI

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DaFino Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe from The Big Lebowski

MOMMA Da FINO’S SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS

Momma Da Fino’s Spaghetti & Meatballs

As all you Achievers know, the Dude didn’t care too much for that creep DaFino. Following the Dude around all the time, making remarks about Dudes Special Lady Friend and what not, and suggesting to The Dude that they pool their resources, “Fuck-Off Da Fino,” the Dude retorts to that.

A lot of good came out of that encounter between The Dude and Da Fino though. “Certain Things Came to Light” about Bunny. “Who The Fuck are the Knutsen’s?”

But even better than the Dude finding out about the Knutsen’s and other things coming to light, New Shit, Da Fino dropped a piece of paper with his mother’s Meatball recipe on it. Dude picked it up, and the Dude doesn’t have a problem using a recipe from someone he doesn’t like, “two different things,” and ole Duder can separate them, “No Problemo!”

It’s a great Meatball recipe and illustrates the many uses of tomato sauce. You make a good sized batch of tomato sauce and as it’s simmering, you mix up the ground meat and other ingredients to make the meatballs. You round off the Meatballs, then throw them into the sauce to cook for about 35 minutes, cook some Spaghetti and when it’s done, “Voila” you’ve got yourself some fine Spaghetti & Meatballs. If you’re smart, you’ll make a double batch of both the tomato sauce and the Meatballs, so you’ll have leftover Meatballs to make “Meatball Parm Sandwiches” for the next day or two. “Tony Bag of Donuts” suggested this to the Dude. It’s a great idea, and something most Italians do every time they make a batch. It’s an Italian-American ritual in fact, and Dude likes to do it too.

DUDES ENCOUNTER with Da FINO

Dude: Huh?

Da Fino: A Dick, Man! And let me tell you something, I dig your work. Playing one side against the other—in Bed with everybody – Fabulous Stuff Man.

Dude: I’m not a—ah, Fuck it, just stay away from my fucking Lady Friend, Man!

Da Fino: Hey, hey, I’m not messing with your Special Lady –

Dude: She’s not my Special Lady, she’s my Fucking Lady Friend. I’m just helping her conceive man!

Da Fino: Maybe we can trade information, pool our resources?

Dude: Fuck Off Da Fino !!!!

SPECIAL MEATBALLS

Recipe

1 lb. ground Beef

½ lb. ground Veal

½ Pound Ground Pork

4 Tbs. fresh Italian Parsley, chopped

1 minced onion

2 cloves garlic, minced

4 Tablespoons plain breadcrumbs

2 large eggs

Salt & pepper

½ cup grated Parmesan or Pecorino

Note: If you want, instead of this beef, pork and veal proportions, you can use just Beef (2 lbs.) or 1 lb. Ground Beef & 1 lb. Veal.

PREPARATION:

In a small bowl, break and beat eggs. Add breadcrumbs and let soak for 6 minutes.

In a large bowl, add all the remaining ingredients. Add eggs and mix well with your hands.

Shape meat mixture to form balls that are about 2 inches in diameter.

Coat the bottom of a cookie sheet or roasting pan with a thin film of olive oil. Cook Meatballs at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Make batch of Dudes Tomato Sauce (pg. 106). When the Sauce is finished cooking and the meatballs have partially cooked in the oven for 10 minutes, take meatballs out of oven and simmer for 35 in a the tomato sauce.

Serve Meatballs with Spaghetti for the Classic Italian American favorite Spaghetti and Meatballs or do as the Italians do, especially the Neapolitans and serve the sauce first with Spaghetti, Rigatoni, or ziti. Serve the Meatballs as the main course with a Salad or Potatoes on the side.

The SAUCE :

3-28 oz. cans of good quality Crushed Tomatoes

always buy them “when?” That’s right, ON SALE

1 medium onion cut into a small dice

9 cloves of Garlic, peeled and finely diced

¼ cup Italian Olive Oil

¼ teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon

of Crushed Red Pepper

14 fresh basil Leaves minced or

¼ teaspoon Dried Basil

1 lb. Of Dried Italian made Spaghetti

½ lb. Good quality grated Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano Reggiano

Place Olive Oil and onions in at least a 3 Qt. Pot. Set on stove over a medium flame. Cook for 2 minutes, then add the minced garlic and cook for three minutes. Add the crushed red pepper and cook for 1 minute.

Add the tomatoes. Turn the flame up to high until the sauce comes to the boil. Lower heat to a very low flame. If you are using Dried Basil, you will add in now. If you are using fresh Basil you will add it in the last 10 minutes of cooking.

Simmer the sauce over low heat for about 30 minutes. Stir the sauce and the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon every two minutes to keep the sauce from sticking to the bottom of the pot and burning.

The sauce is done after 30 minutes, turn the gas off.

To cook the Spaghetti you should have a large 6 qt. Pot filled with water. Bring the water to the boil and add 2 Tablespoon of salt to the water. Add the pasta and cook according to the directions on the package.

Drain the pasta in a colander then place the spaghetti in a large Pasta Serving Bowl. Sprinkle on about 1 tbs. Of olive oil and toss the spaghetti. Add a cup and a half of the tomato sauce to the spaghetti and toss. Serve four equal portions of spaghetti on 4 plates or pasta bowls. Top each serving of spaghetti with about 1/3 of a cup of sauce and serve.

Put a bowl of the grated cheese on the table and let everybody help themselves. “Bon Appetito”

Excerpted from GOT ANY KAHLUA ?

The COLLECTED RECIPES of THE DUDE

by Daniel Zwicke