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While out at Boojum's for the Memorial Day holiday time, Vargr made a batch of this coney sauce and added the cinnamon and allspice some folks had suggested at the hotdog party wuff first served this at. Boojum and Shadowcat-x really liked it!
Shadowcat-x remarked that the sauce in its altered form tasted remarkably like the Skyline Chili she loves. She always stops by for a happy serving of it when she goes back home to Kentucky. Wuff had made "Cincinnati chili" before, but didn't realize this version approximated that of the famous "Skyline" version. So wuffy looked up the "copy cat" recipes for that on line, and what do you know!? The ingredients and techniques are nearly the same!
Whether you serve it "2 ways" or "5 ways", or anything in between, you can get a VERY close copy of that famous and unique Cincinnati flavor by making the following minor adjustments to Vargr's Coney Island Sauce.
Add the following spices when boiling the hamburger:
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Allspice
1/4 tsp ground Cloves
2-3 bay leaves
1-2 Oz baking Chocolate, or 2-3 Tablespoons powdered Cocoa
Prepare in the same way, boiling the beef and going for a thick "meat gravy" style with silky texture. Remove the bay leaves before mashing up or serving.
For those not familiar with Cincinnati Style Chili, the meat sauce is served over Spaghetti, and then optional beans, cheese, and/or diced onions are added on top. In Cincinnati, each additional layer of goodies is a "way", so 1-way is just the chili sauce, 2-way = sauce over spaghetti, 3-way adds a heaping mound of grated mild cheddar cheese, 4-way adds diced onions, and 5-way = "the works" with red kidney beans added. All are served with Oyster crackers on the side. And some folks like drizzling hot sauce over the pile.
Cincinnati Style Chili is about as unlike a typical "Bowl of Red" that you might find elsewhere, but it is a great variation and well worth a try, at least once, just to say "ya done it"! And it IS good eats, if also rather different!
Last edited on Tue Jun 17th, 2014 06:22 pm by Vargr
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