Main Dish

http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipes/detail.asp?id=836...

I've heard that a real "Cincinatti chili" contains chocolate. You should be able to find a recipe for it online.

K.,

You might want to check out www.foodnetwork.com for a recipe using chocolate in a main dish. They are starting to have shows on using chocolate and different things for Valentines Day dinners. I hope this helps you.

B.

hi K.,
no exact recipe, but cocoa powder is the "secret" ingredient in my chili almost everytime. gives it that mysterious dark flavor. i would add it to whatever your favorite recipe already calls for.

happy party!
J.

Hi K., If you like hispanic /latino dishes you could try Chicken Mole. Mole is a sauce made with chocolate (very yummy). I have one recipe for it, but I haven't tried it yet, but you could check www.allrecipes.com for others that people have rated. Allrecipes is an awesome site, I use it all the time.
A.

Go on Google and look up Chocolate Main Dishes.
You'll find so many recipes that you might read right
through Valentine's Day. Enjoy!

Cincinnati chili has chocolate in it -- it's sort of a sweet style chili that you serve over pasta like a sauce. You can add cheese, chopped onions and the like on top. It's actually quite delicious.

I make a kind of chili dish with corn bread on top and I put a few handfuls of chocolate chips in the chili. It is fabulous and the only tomato based sauce my five year old will eat. If you are interested in the recipe contact me and I will email it to you. D. C

Hello K.,

Not weird at all!!! I am actually a Dove Chocolate at Home Independent Chocolatier and we have an Aztec Dark Sipping Chocolate that I use as a rub with olive oil on my chicken and steak and grill it - WOW!!! It is awseome!!! If you'd like more information or to get yourself a can of it give me a call ###-###-#### - Thanks and good luck D.

wellllll, i just saw a recipe for chili with a couple T's of cocoa......(author said it was her "secret ingredient") or you could do a mole' sauce on chicken or something.....sounds fun!

You could use Mole. Its mexican chocolate that they use to spread on chicken and cook it etc. It is very spicy though. You can get it in the mexican isle of any grocery store.

I'm not completely sure, but i think mole has some cocoa in it (a mexican sauce for enchiladas) Sounds like fun!

Hi K. B,

I found this recipe at www.foodnetwork.com. They had a couple other chocolate recipes but for a February "theme" dinner, I thought this recipe would definitely be a good one. Hope you enjoy!!!

Grilled New York Strip with Chocolate Merlot Sauce Recipe
courtesy Sandra Lee
Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee
Episode: Chocolate 2

Sauce:
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium-sized yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 jalapeno, finely chopped
1 1/2 cups Merlot wine
1 tablespoon onion soup mix
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
Steak:
2 (1- inch thick) New York strip steaks
1/4 cup taco seasoning mix

In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onions, garlic, and jalapeno, saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Add Merlot and reduce by half over high heat. Reduce heat to low and stir in soup mix and chocolate. Stir until smooth. Keep warm on very low heat until ready to serve.
Preheat grill pan over high heat. Season steaks with taco seasoning. Spray pan with cooking spray and grill to desired doneness.

Serve steaks with chocolate Merlot sauce.

Using cocoa powder as a "rub" on a roast especially beef , creates fantastic, interesting flavor. . .

I just went to a super bowl party and the host made chili that had a secret incredient of chocolate/cocoa. I would try googling chili and cocoa and I bet you could find a recipe like the one my friend made. It was very good!

You can try a Mole. A Mole is a savory main dish- sometimes made with chicken. It uses cocoa and savory spices as a sauce. I think it's Mexican in origin.Check out Allrecipes.com (I Love this site)for specific recipes.

Not very romantic ... but my favorite chocolate dinner recipes - CINCINNATI CHILI! Good luck!

Cincinnati Chili Recipe

1 large onion chopped
1 pound extra-lean ground beef
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon red (cayenne) pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa or 1/2 ounce grated unsweetened chocolate
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 (16-ounce) package uncooked dried spaghetti pasta
Toppings (see below)

In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, saute onion, ground beef, garlic, and chili powder until ground beef is slightly cooked. Add allspice, cinnamon, cumin, cayene pepper, salt, unsweetened cocoa or chocolate, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, cider vinegar, and water. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, 1 1/2 hours. Remove from heat.

Cook spaghetti according to package directions and transfer onto individual serving plates (small oval plates are traditional).

Ladle chili over spaghetti and serve with toppings of your choice. Oyster crackers are served in a separate container on the side.

Cincinnati chili lovers order their chili by number. Two, Three, Four, or Five Way. Let your guest create their own final product.

Two-Way Chili: Chili served on spaghetti

Three-Way Chili: Additionally topped with shredded Cheddar cheese

Four-Way Chili: Additionally topped with chopped onions

Five-Way Chili: Additionally topped with kidney beans

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

1/4 chile poblano pepper
3 chiles pasillas (poblano, or can substitute a red pepper)
3 chiles ancho (dried version of poblano)
a handful of almonds
a handful of sesame seeds
turkey stock
a hard roll (1/3 concha roll)
peanuts
1/2 onion
wine
2 squares chocolate
anise
lard ( I don't use lard, I use whatever is on hand)
cinnamon
pepper
sugar
seeds from the chiles
5 cloves garlic

Cook a turkey.

The almonds and sesame seeds are toasted in a griddle. The chiles anchos with their membranes removed, are also toasted - lightly, so they don't get bitter. Do this in separate frying pans. Afterwards the toasted chiles are ground on a stone along with the almonds and sesame seeds.

When the almonds and sesame seeds have been thoroughly ground, mix them with the stock in which the turkey was cooked and add salt to taste. Grind the cinnamon, cloves, anise and pepper in a mortar, adding the roll last, after frying in lard with chopped onion and garlic.

Next, combine the mixture with the wine and blend well.

Combine all the ingredients in a large pan, add the cut up turkey, the chocolate, and the sugar to taste. As soon as the mixture thickens, remove it from the heat.

How's about a Mexican mole dish? Mole is a sauce made with chocolate. Here's a link to some sample recipes: http://www.texascooking.com/features/aug2004molerecipes.htm

I myself don't have one favorite, but I do enjoy it when I eat out and can find it.

Enjoy!

A. P.

Hi K.,
I am sorry that I do not have the actual recipe, but I do have a good idea for you... look up a recipe on the internet for chicken mole... it is a Mexican dish that uses unsweetened chocolate sauce with chicken... I personally do not like it, but most everyone else does...

good luck,
S.

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/chocolate,main-dish

Hope that helps!

H.

Hi K.. My name is J. and I thought that maybe I can help you. If you go to foodtv.com and type in chocolate, you will find a ton of recipes. I am a tv food junkie! There is a recipe for a chocolate pizza which may be fun for you. I am also a Pampered Chef consultant and did not find anything in our recipes, but if I can help in anyway, please let me know.

have a great and blessed day!
J. C.

Hi kKelly .. not weird at all .. my one dd is crazy about chocolate yogurt!

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/chocolate,main-dish

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