Chili 🌶️

[43.6N]

Cornbread is really important

Agree.
Good chili, but bad cornbread makes a wreck out of the meal. But good cornbread can carry a mid chili

 

[grfox92]

Beans are good. I like ‘em! Buncha Bean Hatin’ Possum Gobbling Savages…..

I think you need to add some type of Squirel Gravy insult to your list.

Like "Squirrel Gravy Chuging Savage". Maybe too long winded, I'll let you take it from here.

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[HunterGatherer]

Is chili supposed to have beans ? Originally, no. But like all things, food evolves- or gets bastardized depending on your perspective…

I took a class in culinary school called “Foods of the Americas” which detailed the history of how food evolved in the western hemisphere. The story goes, that “chili” came about because of the necessity of meat preservation in hot climates. (Capsaicin has antibacterial properties). It was mainly a travel food. Before a long journey , like a cattle drive, thin cuts of meat and dried chiles would be pounded/smashed together and then dried completely- like pemmican or jerky. Then this could be reconstituted with water to make something sort of like a stew each day-, but very basic. If people had beans they would eat them next to the chili, as a side, not as an ingredient in the chili. At some point some dumbass (probably a white guy) started mixing them together and that’s when this debate most likely started.

When I make chili it’s 90+% meat but I will admittedly add some red kidney or pinto beans just to stretch it out a bit and add a different texture. I also fire roast and peel fresh chiles and add them near the end of cooking. The secret is to pull out a portion of the mixture and throw it in a blender with tortilla chips, some peanut butter and a little chocolate, blend it and add it back in. It helps to thicken and bind the liquid. When it’s done, add a bunch of fresh toppings - diced avocado, onions, cilantro, maybe some sour cream.

 

[43.6N]

At some point some dumbass (probably a TEXAN) started mixing them together and that’s when this debate most likely started.

Had to fact check you.
But super cool story.
I’m going to try the blender and chocolate/PB thing this weekend

 

[Reburn]

Little known fact: There are different kinds of cinnamon. Most people are using Cassia cinnamon as that pretty much what is available at grocery stores. However, Ceylon Cinnamon has a noticeably different flavor profile. Cassia: 95% of its oil contains cinnamonaldehyde Vs. Ceylon at around 50-60%. Cassia cinnamon has a strong, dominate flavor where Ceylon is a much more subtle by comparison, with more of a "woody" flavor. The difference is pretty noticeable. I'd never use Ceylon cinnamon as a dominate flavor in chili, but a hint of it ads richness and depth to the spiciness of chiles.

I was actually aware of the different kinds of cinnamon. I use ceylon in my cooking. Just not in my chili. I get the woody flavor from my different kind of chiles I use. I use more then one kind of chile.

 

[Jon C]

I like it with and without beans. One of my favorites is mushrooms instead of beans along with side pork and venison steak. Along with at least three habaneros.

 

[Chris in TN]

I think you need to add some type of Squirel Gravy insult to your list.

Like "Squirrel Gravy Chuging Savage". Maybe too long winded, I'll let you take it from here.

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You might mention squirrel gravy as some sort of insult, but I am not cultured enough to take it that way.

 

[robtattoo]

Suck it, nerds!

Green turkey chilli, with pintos, fresh cilantro & home made gluten free cornbread.

De - frigging - lish!

 

[wolfe]

Always beans here.. Either venison (my first choice) or beef.. A fan favorite in our household is to add a can of chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce

A real question is what is too much to add? My old lady likes when we add canned corn which seemed a bit eccentric to me at first

 

[Scoutfan]

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Suck it, nerds!

Green turkey chilli, with pintos, fresh cilantro & home made gluten free cornbread.

De - frigging - lish!

Poor squirrel headed b-tard. No red meat or gluten and he thinks he s eating cornbread and chili. He s only a step away from possum stew

 

[OneGunTex]

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Suck it, nerds!

Green turkey chilli, with pintos, fresh cilantro & home made gluten free cornbread.

De - frigging - lish!

Yeah that's bean soup

 

[Tobe_B]

it’s got green stuff in it….those are vegetables, that’s stew.

 

[Billy Goat]

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Suck it, nerds!

Green turkey chilli, with pintos, fresh cilantro & home made gluten free cornbread.

De - frigging - lish!

Looks like stew.


It's like this stuff sold now as "moonshine".

If my chili has a visible liquid level, its wrong.


It does look good tho, but more FNGToby level.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Yall really wanna mix it up. Toss in a can of PorkNbeans in with the rest of the pintos an such.

 

[fngTony]

Looks like stew.


It's like this stuff sold now as "moonshine".

If my chili has a visible liquid level, its wrong.


It does look good tho, but more FNGToby level.

Your from Virginia, stay in your lane

Chilli?
Chili?
Chille?
Chile?

Do we really need another poll, or would you just accept that you're wrong?

Only people from New Mexico can answer that.

 

[Billy Goat]

Your from Virginia, stay in your lane

FYI, before the colonies, it was mead and wine......



You are welcome.

 

[Reburn]

Your from Virginia, stay in your lane

Only people from New Mexico can answer that.

I dont know who to root for. The VA hillbilly or the midwesterner from O-HI-O.

Oh wait. yes I do.

 

[Phaseolus]

Yall really wanna mix it up. Toss in a can of PorkNbeans in with the rest of the pintos an such.

Real fans of the genus Phaseolus use fresh dry beans...

 

[Jmoore]

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Suck it, nerds!

Green turkey chilli, with pintos, fresh cilantro & home made gluten free cornbread.

De - frigging - lish!

I see cornbread but no chili.

The soup does look good tho.

 

[Jmoore]