Chili beans

Why the HECK did you bump this

A 13 year bump, good job. Gotta be close to a record.

Anyway, chili's good. I just made some and put the remainder in the fridge in tupperware.. Now I need cornbread to go with it.

no no no no no no no no

There are no beans in chili. You say that in Texas, you will get run out of the Chili Cookoff on a rail. Chili is only meat in a chili sauce. I once had Emu chili. It was great. I know the world thinks of chili and they think of beans. Come to Texas. Go to the 32nd Annual Chili Cookoff in Snook. Be ready to have a lot of fun. Don't mention beans.

Chili Cookoff Rules: "Chili must be cooked at the Chilliest venue on the day of the cookoff. It should be cooked from the raw basic ingredients such as raw meat, individual spices (no premixed spice packets to just add meat) and should be cooked in the open where it can be seen."

"There shall be no fillers such as beans, rice, pasta, potatoes, etc."

Mexicali-blue Dotcom article states: Beans? "Yes and no." "Chili is a popular and beloved dish that has been around for centuries... While Mexican chili traditionally does not include beans, there are some recipes that contain them, and they can be a tasty addition to the dish...we will take a closer look at the traditional recipe for Mexican chili, as well as some modern variations that include beans. By the end, you will have a better understanding of the dish and its many potential variations."

Seriously, never ask why there are no beans in your chili when you are in Texas. We do plenty of other things with beans. Of course, vegetarian chili has no meat, so you have to add something else. I like TVP.

Enjoy. 

Beans are a filler added to save money. You have to balance the beans with corn to get a complete protein. Eating beans alone isn't a complete protein and you won't feel as full as if you just eat meat. Beans and rice, tofu and rice, felafel and hummus. Each region of the earth developed two different staples which compliment each other and give protein without meat or dairy.

Just another thread killing post from your favorite local pedantic id***.

And yes on the cornbread.

I've made chili with and without beans. When I did use beans, it had to be pinto beans. Now that I'm on keto, beans and cornbread are out...

I wouldn't like it without beans. I put kidney beans in it.

This is frozen, it looks better when its ready to eat. I put 80/20 hamburger in it (a lot of it). Onions and green peppers. Diced tomatoes. Mushrooms. Multiple different packs of chili flavoring. And I melt Velveeta cheese into it. I still might put a lot more onions and bell peppers in it, red, orange, yellow, and green ones. Maybe more diced tomatoes. I like a lot of color in it. I still need to make some cornbread but I'm too lazy right now.

If I'm too lazy to make it from scratch, I'll just get the Wick Fowler's 2-Alarm mix. But it doesn't really compare to making your own chile pepper from dried ancho and pasilla peppers. And I do use a little masa flour to tighten up the chili.

I've never tried black beans in chili but I have to put them in any burrito, whether I make it or go to a restaurant.

@pcwildman I was patiently waiting for someone from Texas to check in on this. Beans in chili are fighting words in Texas.

My mom used to make the best chili, using leftover roast beef for the following night's dinner....and horror of horrors, chili is very good on a bowl of white rice too we used to do that for lunch with leftover chili from the night before! Lol...Some people even like to put Fritos chips in their chili too.

I didn't even notice the year. It's just that any self respecting Texan instantly has to rise up and proclaim the truth when his cherished ideals are threatened by misguided notions of fine dining and the culinary arts.

Right.

There's no cheese in chili either. I know, I know. Talk to the hand. I use cheese sometimes. Depends on the chili. And the cheese. Sorry, not Velveeta. It's for Mac and Cheese.

My face is on fire from the chilies, in the emoji, Tour.

Another confession, I don't know if anyone else does this but I add a little bit of sugar to it. I think it helps the flavor.

You could probably make a chicken chili. Why, I don't know? It's better to put the chicken on the head of the potato in the potato gun to make a Barn Piercing Projectile. Some people put cocoa, or cacao, in. That would make it a mole.

Now that I think about it...that makes sense for the same reason cooks add sugar to spaghetti sauce. A little sugar cuts the acidity of the tomatoes, helping to balance the flavor. I love spaghetti, but get really, really bad heartburn when eating it from the acidity. This recipe link (don't click the link @pcwildman) looks & reads like a good project, it's variations mention sugar. I may have to get a six-pack of beer and make it a weekend project.

https://therecipecritic.com/chili-recipe/

Now I wanna make spaghetti.

I've been puzzled most of my life, why trout bait is sold in the grocery store and not at the Bait & Tackle.

Well, Velveeta isn't cheese, and it shouldn't be for anything.

I used to frequently make tortilla chip dip using Rotel and Velveeta. It tasted great , but it probably contributed significantly to my heart attack...

Unfortunately it's a highly processed food and those type of foods are linked to heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke. At least you made it, I had two co-workers who didn't survive their heart attacks and you know better now, hope your health is good.