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I have to skip the shredded cheddar cheese you usually find on top because I' can't eat dairy
Another Ohio weird fact: Ohio is the only state in the union that uses a pennant as a state flag.
I like Cincinnati
style chili.
The Lazy Budget Chef solution to make my own Cincinnati style chili in
the slow cooker – my personal Mrs. Patmore. I can tailor the ingredients to my
liking. I do not have to spend extra money for my favorite four way with bean
style either. Good thing, I have no idea
where my car keys are right now.
Slow Cooker Skyline Chili Recipe

I read a bunch of Cincinnati
chili recipes and cherry picked ingredients until I came up with something that
comes close to tasting like Skyline chili. We do not eat a lot of red meat as in
the restaurant recipe. I substitute ground turkey for hamburger and whole wheat
spaghetti for regular spaghetti but you are welcome to use those ingredients if
that’s what you like!
Ingredients:
2 pounds of ground beef or turkey
8 cups of water
1 chopped onion
1 ½ Tablespoons of baking chocolate powder (or ½ a square ofa baker’s chocolate bar) (not so secret ingredient #2)
1 ½ teaspoon salt
Grated cheddar cheese
Extra chopped onion
Make it:
1. Pour the water, ground meat, and onion to the crock pot.
Break up the ground meat with a spoon so it will further break up while
cooking. If you want to shorten the overall cooking time, you can simmer these
ingredients on the stove for 30 minutes to brown the meat first.
2. Add the black beans to the mixture. I don’t soak the
dried black beans. I just pop them in the crock pot. You can soak your dried
beans overnight or use canned beans if you want a faster cooking time. (Skip
the beans if you like to eat Cincinnati
chili as a three way – not that. See
Step 5 for the explanation.)
3. Add the tomato sauce, garlic, dry ingredients,
Worcestershire sauce, and vinegar to the slow cooker.
4. Cook in the slow cooker on medium for four hours if you
use precooked meat and beans or eight hours if you use unbrowned meat and dry
beans until the meat is loose and beans are thoroughly cooked. Cincinnati style chili isn’t
chunky. It looks a lot like spaghetti sauce.
5. Cook and drain the spaghetti. You are ready to experience
eating chili the Cincinnati
way! Grab the cheese, onion, and
crackers. You have the option of eating Cincinnati
style chili as a:
- 3 Way = Spaghetti topped with (beanless) chili and cheese
- 4 Way = Spaghetti topped with chili and cheese and beans in the chili or extra chopped onion on top
- 5 Ways = Spaghetti topped with chili and cheese and beans in the chili and extra chopped onion on top.
I make my Cincinnati
style chili with beans in the chili which automatically makes Husband’s chili a
Four Way
because he adds shredded cheddar cheese to the top of his chili. I don’t add
the cheese anymore because I can’t eat lactose.
Both Gold Star and Skyline serve their Cincinnati chili with oyster crackers on the
side. I usually skip them because I don’t buy them. However, I don’t turn down
the crackers on the rare occasions we go to a restaurant (not often they look
at me as if I have three heads when I order without cheese.)
If you'd rather buy than DIY this recipe, check out the following - and more! – below!
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Wanted to stop by and pin your image to My Link Parties Craft/DIY & Recipe Boards while I was here.
Hope you have a great rest of your week :)
Shauna
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