Smoked Clod > Chili > Chili Balls

[Smoke & Beers]

So last weekend we had a meat sale at a local grocer and I picked up a 19 lb choice shoulder clod....and I made the mistake of smoking it like a brisket instead of cooking it to medium rare....

Was so frustrated that I didn't get any pics of the finished product...
What to do with all that pulled beef?

Make Chili...amoung other things..

And what's better than Chili??

Chili Balls...inspired by the Chili-On-A-Stick thread I read on here some time ago...

These are AWESOME...think Hushpuppie stuffed with Chili...

For the Chili...I just used what sounded good...
Here's the cornbread batter recipe I used:
2 cups Cornmeal
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup water (+ or - for thickness)
1 egg
Mix all dry components then add buttermilk & water then beat in the egg.

I used ice cube trays the first go around and filled them up with chili (sprayed with PAM first) but the batter was done way before the chili was thawed...so I made another batch filling the ice cube holes up only 2/3's full instead of completely full...this worked out great...

I prepped 64 tonight to take to our tailgate party tomorrow....
Thanks to all of you who contributed to the Chili-on-a-stick thread!

 

[texman02]

Nice lookin chili balls .... gonna have to try that.

 

[BobBrisket]

NICE!! Deep fried chili balls.........gotta try those!! Looking good. I'd hit it.

 

[Que-Dawg]

WoW!! Nice

 

[NorthwestBBQ]

Wow! Amazing food bro! :-D

 

[Mark Stanton]

That looks great!

 

[chambersuac]

Oh my goodness, that looks GREAT!

 

[Bushwacker]

Very Interesting !!!! Bet they tasted great...

 

[cowgirl]

Shoot that looks great! Nice job!

 

[bbqfans]

Hmmmmm........................;}-

Ya know S&B,I thought I had a grip on tomorrow's party for the God-son. Then Trish walks in and sees this Chili Ball thingy and NOW she wants to do some of them for tomorrow too!
Thanks;but they do look good.......:redface:
Post my endeavor
Happy Smokes
Stan aka old school

 

[bigabyte]

AWESOME! Bravo!

 

[Sunra]

Great looking chili balls. Excellent idea! Now you got me doing a search for the chili on a stick thread.

 

[Bill-Chicago]

Great looking chili balls. Excellent idea! Now you got me doing a search for the chili on a stick thread.

Here you go!

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37197&highlight=frozen+chili

NCGrimbo is the chili stick master

 

[Phubar]

Great idea!
Looks yummy!

 

[ipls3355]

I've tried this and had trouble with the batter breaking apart then having a mess of chili in oil. Your batter must have been much thicker than mine.

Yours look great!! I may try again with your batter recipe

 

[BlkJeep]

The exact reason I'm joining this site! Those look amazing. That is a must try! ASAP

JA

 

[Cliff H.]

Why didn't the clod work out smoked like a brisket ?

 

[igolf2]

Those look awesome - it's 36 degrees here in N.E. Ohio so I already am experiencing Chilli Balls

 

[Westexbbq]

Outstanding and those chili balls look delicious; gotta try those soon.

 

[big range bbq]

Good God

I blame you people for the 20+ lbs me and my family have put on since being on this site. I hope your happy (cause we sure the hell are). On my way to the store to get what I need to make these. Maybe wrap them in bacon and go into cardiac arrest.