Hi everyone, welcome back to the kitchen. This is a super easy route 66 classic Southwest classic
It's called the chili size
You might know it as a chili burger, but I grew up in the southwest and we called this a chili size
I'm gonna give you a little background history on why it's called that I can't wait to show you how this all comes together
Today I'm gonna show you how to make a family dinner
That's all in one skillet, and it's a chili size
Now I'm gonna share with you where that name comes from a little bit later
When we serve it up because I think you'll kind of find it interesting
It's kind of hilarious to me why it's called that but I grew up in the southwest as many of you know
And chili size is a staple all along route 66 the American, Southwest, California
Nevada, New Mexico
We never questioned why it was called that because it was just called that it's called chili size when you when you order chili size
you know that you're getting a
Open-faced hamburger smothered in chili and then you can top it
However, you want cheese onions jalapenos and it goes on from there
so that's what we're gonna make today only we're gonna make it all in one skillet kind of like I'd make my pizza burgers and
And then we're gonna serve it up on some really nice potato. Kaiser buns and we're gonna use Rick's
homemade
woodsman's chili that he made a big batch of this last week and I stowed it in the freezer and we're going to use some
Beef and pork patties that we're gonna fry up and we're gonna start cooking these up and we're just gonna go ahead and start
cooking off these burger patties
my local Walmart has started selling these burger patties that are a combination beef and pork and
We tried them and they're delicious
they have really good flavor and
And they're just really very nice now, I always poke a hole in my burger
Are you guys if you have followed me for any length of time, you know that?
It's so that the burger cooks more evenly and doesn't end up looking like a golf ball
It doesn't puff up in the middle. It actually gives it a place to shrink into so that remains a flat patty
So we're gonna go ahead and we're gonna sear these off
I'm probably gonna drain some of the fat and then we'll come back and we will commence to making our skillet chili size
burger patties are all ready to go and I
Steered them off really good. I was really surprised that there was hardly any fat that came off of these
In fact, I had to add a little dab of vegetable oil to the pan
Before they finished cooking
And it is still dry. I'm really really surprised. I'm actually kind of impressed
so now what we're gonna do is we're going to very much like when I make
my pizza burgers
We're going to Chile size these burgers up
I'm gonna add chili to the top of each one. And like I said earlier, this is Rick's Whitman's chili
Rick makes excellent chili. You just want to make sure that your burger patty is covered
and what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna turn my pan down to medium and I want to make sure that the bottom of the
Pan here is covered
And then when we serve up, we'll make sure that everybody has a nice portion of chili to go along with their burger
This is gonna be served open-face
with both sides of the bun
mostly, I don't remember ever eating the top, but it's just really
really delicious
Now I'm gonna let this simmer for about five minutes on medium heat and then we're gonna come back and we're gonna cheese it up
And then we're gonna serve it up
Our chili has simmered for about five minutes and our burgers are almost ready
but we need to put some cheese on the top and just like when I make my pizza burgers, I
Simmer them in the sauce and then I put mozzarella cheese. But this time we're using a blend of
of cheddar and Monterey Jack
We're gonna let that melt and then I'm gonna bring you back and I'll fix you a plate because I know you want to learn
A little bit more about what chili size is all about. I promise you're gonna love it there. You have it chili size ready?
And waiting for you to enjoy as you heard me say earlier chili size. Why is it called a chili sighs?
Well, I'm gonna tell you why it's called a chili size
I did a little research not like I said I grew up with this and that's just always what we called it
I never questioned why I just called it a chili size now
Once you hear why you're gonna you're gonna understand why if it's harkens back to the 20s.
so
Tommy DeForest was a and this is from an article on
Quora and
It was it's written Tommy DeForest a local restaurateur claimed the invention of the chili sighs in 1920s
His specialty was hamburgers. So he looked for a way to make a different burger for his diners as legend
Has it he had a few ladles that he used to spoon the chili into bowls when a customer wanted straight chili?
He used a large ladle and the order was served on the hamburger
However, he used a smaller ladle calling that hamburger size. The ladle was hamburger size
and finally
He came up with a variation
Serving the larger amount of chili over an open-faced burger and then covered it with cheddar cheese and chopped onions
this open-faced sandwich was henceforth referred to as the chili size and sold for a whopping 20 cents as
Opposed to the chili burger, which was sold for 15 cents soon
people all over Los Angeles were asking for a chili size or some
Sometimes ordering just straight chili in a bowl as a bowl of size
By the time Tommy DeForest closed up his restaurant in 1958. The chili size was a popular item all over the west coast
That may sound like such a simple thing. But so many of our
Colloquialisms and the things that we just grew up calling certain things
That's where they grew out of, you know, so it's nothing special
It's called a chili size because that's the size of the ladle that he used for the chili burger. So
There you have it
mystery solved now, you know because inquiring minds always want to and
That kind of solves that mystery. I just love learning
Where our traditions come from and where our food history comes from and so when I can incorporate that into a video for you
That's all the much more fun for me and I hope it is for you too. Do you want to give this a taste?
You already know what your
What your
chili tastes like but and there is a bun on the bottom here and I serve the burger on top of that and then the
cheddar cheese and the chili and
we'll give Rick a little bitty taste here so that you doesn't
There you go, how is that is that good? Yeah, of course, it's good
There you go got it all so that's how you make a chili sighs and that's what the chili size is all about
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