Reba McEntire: Chili Recipe, Cook-Off Chaos & 'Happy's Place' Return

Reba McEntire’s Hot 'n' Spicy Chili Recipe Offers Comfort and Vintage Cookbook Nostalgia After New Year Holiday

Reba McEntire shared her Hot 'n' Spicy Chunky Beef Chili recipe over 3 decades back making it a staple of home-style cooking for those cold and snowy days. This particular recipe originated from Oklahoma based cookbook and has a great flavor that will likely make those who eat it sweat. McEntire the Happy's Place star featured her classic chili in a vintage cookbook. She also made her appearance at a recent cook-off .

Reba's Signature Chunky Beef Chili Excludes Beans For Unique Spicy Home Style Recipe

Reba McEntire's specific chili recipe uses lean boneless beef chuck cut into small pieces which creates a signature “chunky” texture for her unique soup recipe. Unlike many traditional chili recipes Reba's version omits both ground beef and beans showing a focus on beef and spiciness of recipe instead. Her specific ingredients emphasize the spice and heat by including multiple tablespoons of chili powder plus crushed red pepper pods as integral ingredient to her particular chili style.

Reba McEntire's particular chili also uses specific ingredients such as chopped onion canned plum tomatoes green bell peppers garlic creating distinct flavor profiles along with other specific recommendations from McEntire. Topping the recipe with green onions along with cheddar cheese from Watonga factory in Oklahoma. The full version of Reba McEntire’s Hot 'n' Spicy Chunky Beef Chili is obtainable on The Lost Ogle website plus inside copies of the original “Oklahoma Celebrity Cookbook.”

The Oklahoma Celebrity Cookbook Features Reba McEntire Alongside Garth Brooks and Chuck Norris in 1991

Reba McEntire contributed her signature chili recipe to The Oklahoma Celebrity Cookbook in 1991 showcasing her cooking abilities along side well known names Garth Brooks and Chuck Norris. Garth Brooks shared a recipe for his special cabbage rolls whereas Chuck Norris put his specific White Enchilada recipe to be considered by those with culinary tastes. Oklahoma based cookbook which also featured Reba showed her deep roots from the state as all of these celebrities all grew up in Oklahoma during their early lives.

Reba McEntire's Oklahoma Upbringing Shapes Her Perspective On Life Food And Culture

Reba McEntire proudly displays her strong ties to Oklahoma as she was born in McAlester in 1955 growing up on her family ranch located in Atoka County. In her 2024 conversation with local Oklahoma City television station News 9 Reba stated gratitude towards upbringing on cattle ranch stating that experience was difficult but educational for her as she was treated like just a member of hired help among family during growing up and her time on the ranch. Reba also operates a restaurant called “Reba's Place” in her Oklahoma hometown of Atoka where visitors could order a bowl of her Cowboy Chili for fans and visitors alike. McEntire is openly proud of her Oklahoman roots and tells the public during news interviews that people and heritage of Oklahoma means the most to her excluding the “tornadoes” from the statement.

Reba McEntire Placed Last At 2024 Hillbilly Chili Cook-Off Despite Previous Experience and Spices

Reba McEntire alongside her Happy's Place co-star Rex Linn held their 3rd annual “Hillbilly Chili Cook Off” in January of 2024 but Reba was surprisingly placed last at end. McEntire humorously stated to CBS Mornings that perhaps her recipe failed to incorporate spices even though she believes it to have a lot of spice. Reba states she used a “Texas recipe” for the contest and not her popular “ Hot ‘n’ Spicy Chunky Beef Chili ”. Reba put chili powder and Hatch Green chilis into mix believing it would surely help the recipe when making chili but the end result was still lacking the needed flavor and punch for proper awards.

Judges including Reba's boyfriend Rex Linn also thought that Reba’s chili was so poorly flavored they jokingly gifted her a chili pepper that was inside of a toilet as a form of funny consolation prize . Rex whispered in her ear that he is "Sorry" but he did not vote in her favor giving her the award which showcased humorous atmosphere of her chili competition event. As they say do not “mess with the classic” chili which may be a great explanation as to why Reba failed to capture first place at the cook off event.

New Episode Of 'Happy's Place' Returns To NBC After Hiatus

Reba McEntire’s NBC sitcom “Happy’s Place” just came back following recent show hiatus with several fans happy to see the popular comedy show making its anticipated return after it was absent from television lineups. She ended the season of The Voice returning immediately after the filming to take back the television screens in popular sitcom Happy’s Place . New episodes return on January 3 including one titled “Emcee Squared” which showcases Bobbie trying to become anniversary party’s emcee along with a competing character named Gabby that all vie for the same position. Isabella and Steve play betting game showing further comedic tension between characters to the overall humor on new show.

The new show had Reba partner with Melissa Peterman and Belissa Escobedo to create “click or clique” type videos popular on social media to promote the return. Reba stated in a post “The clique is back tonight!” for the promotional videos in lead up to season premier that aired recently after break on TV programming. Her large fan following have shown great positive responses stating they think Reba and crew were on top of their social media marketing skills while some original fans are excited about seeing the old TV show interactions now back on new platform. This new episode represents the midway point of current season that has viewers wanting more on the NBC show with no word currently being given on possibility of season 2 but hopeful in future possibilities . fans can catch missed episodes online on Peacock channel if episodes were missed.