Obama's Chili Recipe

By now it's a well-known fact that Hillary doesn't bake cookies, but Barack has been known to brag about his chili, and today Good Morning America ran the recipe.

Obama Family Chili Recipe

1 large onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
Several cloves of garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound ground turkey or beef
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground oregano
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon ground basil
1 tablespoon chili powder
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Several tomatoes, depending on size, chopped
1 can red kidney beans

Saute onions, green pepper and garlic in olive oil until soft.

Add ground meat and brown.

Combine spices together into a mixture, then add to ground meat.

Add red wine vinegar.

Add tomatoes and let simmer, until tomatoes cook down.

Add kidney beans and cook for a few more minutes.

Serve over white or brown rice. Garnish with grated cheddar cheese, onions and sour cream.

Click here for John McCain's rib recipe.

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What are Obama's other favorite foods?

Think your chili is better than Obama's? Post your recipe below in comments.

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• John Quincy Adams

  Adams lived to the ripe old age of 80, perhaps in part due to a dedicated active lifestyle: the sixth president <a href="http://millercenter.org/president/jqadams/essays/biography/7">swam nude in the Potamac river each morning</a> and preceded dinner with a three-to-four mile walk.

• Theodore Roosevelt

  Roosevelt was <a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/876071.html">an <em>actual</em> cowboy.</a> The outdoorsy 26th president was so fond of nature-related activities that he trekked the Amazon and went on Safari in Africa. He also was an accomplished hunter and boxer.

• Herbert Hoover

  Lest you think Obama is the first president to drive a ball on the White House tennis courts, Hoover did so each morning. The difference? A doctor created a whole new ballgame for Pres. Hoover called, appropriately, <a href="http://www.hooverassociation.org/newsevents/hooverball/hooverball_rules.php">Hooverball</a>. The game most resembled volleyball and involved interval training with a medicine ball.

• Harry S. Truman

  A champion of lawn sports, Truman installed the first horseshoe court on the White House lawn. Later, during a renovation, he put two <a href="http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor0/bowling-alley.htm">bowling lanes in the basement</a>. What's more? According to reports at the time, <a href="http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mens_Health_Watch/2009/August/Walking-Your-steps-to-health">he was an avid walker</a> who regularly outpaced his security team.

• Gerald Ford

  Ford's <a href="http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/fordbiop.asp">accomplished football career</a> culminated in a spot on University of Michigan's roster, but only because he turned down offers from the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears to pursue law school. That doesn't mean he got soft: Ford stayed fit with swimming and golf and lived to be 93.

• George W. Bush

  Though he was the 43rd president, Bush was the first marathon runner to enter the office. What's more, <a href="http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/celebrity-marathon-times">he managed to finish the Houston Marathon</a> in under four hours -- <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/paul-ryan-marathon-lie_n_1858384.html">more than VP hopeful Paul Ryan can say</a>. Bush is also an avid cyclist.

• Barack Obama

  The basketball lover is as dedicated to fitness as his more outspoken wife; <a href="https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpt3wq">exercising for 45 minutes, six days a week</a>. And that's <em>in addition</em> to the pickup basketball games he plays to bond with staff -- and to assuage his anxiety on election days.

Comments

[NorthernCross]

05:54 AM on 03/07/2008

What, no hope and change in that recipe? What the hell kind of Obama food is this??

[manndan]

03:15 AM on 03/07/2008

Chili does not have beans.

[swokm]

11:49 PM on 03/06/2008

C'mon you Texans and New Mexicans, help the poor guy out! I'll give up my best for what it's worth... Here's an old school chili powder: (yes, do your own... easy, much fresher... I recommend Penzey's spices online if you don't have local shop) Combine 1/4 cup ancho chile powder, 1/4 cup red New Mexico chile powder, 2 tablespoons toasted and ground cumin seeds, 2 tablespoons onion powder, 2 tablespoons Mexican oregano, 1 tablespoon chipotle chile powder, 1 tablespoon garlic powder, and 1 teaspoon ground allspice. Smoke a cut of cheap _chuck_ beef (like cross rib, or even chuck "stew meat") over mesquite woodchips for 30-45 minutes. You can even do that in the oven, if you have a super hood over your stove -- careful, try it out first. Cool and cut into cubes, and throw 2-3 med white onions coarse chopped, 3/4-1 cup of above chili powder, a slash of cider vinegar and one of molasses and some salt (up to your tastes) in a large crockpot. Top with water and cook overnight, and the next day. Cooling and rewarming will actually boost the flavor.

But I don't make that one anymore (beef is to be savored solo, med rare grilled as a treat in these expensive times). Because I don't think it's possible to get any better than a variation on "Puerco Pibil" which was an extra on the "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" DVD. Harder, but worth it! FIRST grind the achiote paste: 5 T anato seeds, 2 t cumin seeds, 1 T black pepper, 8 allspice, 1/2 t cloves. THEN blend with 2 Guero (5" yellow conical) hot peppers diced minus seeds & membrane, 1/2 C orange juice, 1/2 C white vinegar, 8 cloves garlic, 2 T salt (or less), 2 T brown sugar. NEXT stir in the juice of 5 lemons or limes and generous splash of good tequila. FINALLY add 5 pounds _slightly_ fat trimmed Pork Butt (shoulder) in 2" cubes. Ziplock the whole mix for an hour or a few turning every so often, then dump into heavy baking pan, and BAKE @ 325°F for 3.5 hours. Don't overcook pork! Remove, slightly loosen foil cover (careful -- steam) and let rest for 10-20 minutes. Serve up know the best "chili" on the planet!

[way2muchsense]

04:18 PM on 03/05/2008

There ya go. Can you see Hillary Clinton mixing it up with Rachael Ray on her show? What does Hillary like to cook? Nobody knows.

She's from Upstate NY (just barely, and only since 1999); maybe somebody can teach her how to make chicken rigatoni.

[WilliamWallace]

01:42 PM on 03/05/2008

And what blows out their butts the next morning is called "policy".

[payforthepizza]

11:35 AM on 03/05/2008

I think the really issue is the fact that Clinton wont disclose her personal chili recipe.
How can democrats vote for her when they don't know what she’s hiding in there?
The last thing we need in a general election scandal involving ties to some unsavory ingredients ;)

[Dixiegirlz]

10:38 AM on 03/05/2008

Obama's recipe is a bit lame,

I'd use black beans instead of kidney and some frozen shoepeg corn....also a couple TB'S more chili powder and at least 1 TBS of smoked chipolte powder. Also I prefer chuncks of beef, like a corsely chopped chuck roast, saute'd well to produce good carmalized flavor than add the rest of the ingredients.

[momorune]

09:15 AM on 03/05/2008

Hardy har, gimme somma that ground chuck with my hope, sugar. To those who say they won't touch his chilli, it's funny how you spelled that. And also who cares.

[DonL]

07:02 AM on 03/05/2008

New England chili at best. I'm sure his family likes it, but yecch. Stick to politics, Obama. It's your strongest suit.

[sparkandy]

05:13 AM on 03/05/2008

Sounds like a good recipe. Thanks for lightening thing up a bit and reminding us that whichever candidate we're for we ALL love chili!

[kennedy]

02:44 AM on 03/05/2008

Obama and chili that is what Obama has become about??? Is there nothing else like 2 wars, health care, the ecom. or high gas prices Obama needs to be focused on?? Like...

HILLARY WINS OHIO

HILLARY WINS RI

HILLARY WINS TEXAS

GO HILLARY GO!!!! GO HILLARY GO!!!!!


Enjoy your chili Obama. Maybe Hillary will invite you to the WH and you can cook it for her.

[WilliamWallace]

01:43 PM on 03/05/2008

He's eating "Hili"?........."Chillary"?

[ruralguy]

01:55 AM on 03/05/2008

I think this chili recipe is a great idea. It will be like sitting at the table with the Obama's and enjoying it with them. This is exciting.

[frozenporklander]

01:42 AM on 03/05/2008

With a shitty recipe like that, it's no wonder he's lost the Latino vote.

[payforthepizza]

11:31 AM on 03/05/2008

I know for real. Where are his advisor at?
They should know that Latino's don't care about health care and the war, just chili.
Really porklander?
I don't want to say you sound like a clinton supporter, but....;)

[WilliamWallace]

01:44 PM on 03/05/2008

LOL :)

[swokm]

11:08 PM on 03/06/2008

I think it's sad the amount of trolling and bad conversation that's taken over HuffPo... but this comment is dang funny, and completely true! "1 tablespoon chili powder" (presumably mild)? For a pound of "ground turkey"? Man... luckily cooking isn't a character flaw -- easily fixable.

[frozenporklander]

01:40 AM on 03/05/2008

Tomatos? Red wine vinegar? Kidney beans? Ground turkey?

¡Que pinche gringo!

[HeevenSteven]

10:08 PM on 03/04/2008

Looks like false alarm chili to me. I chop up a jalapeno pepper with the green pepper. I use black beans instead of kidney, and some frozen corn near the end. I also squeeze in juice from a lime. And of course you need chili powder. I use several types depending on the heat I want. Just regular McCormick works though, and you can let each person add their own heat with hot sauce. If you need liquid, use red wine or porter. Oh, and don't forget some cilantro.

[way2muchsense]

04:14 PM on 03/05/2008

Chili is different depending on where you are. I'm sure chili in Chicago is not the same as chili in San Antonio. Not even close. Hell, in Cincinnati (and elsewhere in the Ohio Valley), they put spaghetti in it. Cincy chili rocks tha house, bro.