Chili

[theknight571]

How do you like your Chili?

We (the wife and I) are arguing over the Beans.. she like's 'em and I don't.

We do agree on the mild-medium heat range though.

Figured I'd ask and see what everyone else thought.

 

[MiniDoom]

beans\hot:|

 

[adairusmc]

If it does not have beans, then it is not chili - it is sauce.

I like mine hot.

 

[loup garou]

Sometimes I like beans, sometimes I don't. I don't like it too spicy, I like to add the fire after it is cooked with some diced chiles.

 

[TheSlamma]

Chili without beans is for guys who like to frolic through the tulips

 

[waggy]

NO beans! and hot as you can eat. with big chunks of meat. yumm.

there is a chili cookout thats pretty big in Rockford. maybe 200 stands. cost like $5 to get in and you get free samples (small cups). very few have any beans in (maybe 3-5 out of them all) i look foreword to going every year.

 

[Baked]

Explosive diarrhea blowing out your A ring FTW!

 

[Lola]

i want beans in my chili, but i cannot do hot... i like to taste the flavors melding together.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: adairusmc
If it does not have beans, then it is not chili - it is sauce.

I like mine hot.

Uh no...chili is just meat cooked with dried chiles.

 

[dullard]

Beans, hot.

Do it with two types of heat. (1) Quick heat like chili powder that you can taste immediately. (2) Slow heat like habaneros that'll be with you long after you eat the chili. For some reason you can't just use all habaneros in chili because it doesn't taste hot soon enough. But keep it hot and not "Call the Ambulance". The heat should enhance the flavors of everything in the pot, not cover them up.

Chili needs beans to be chili. I agree with adairusmc, without beans it is just a form of enchilida sauce. Beans are what make it chili. If you don't like the beans, just leave the beans in the pot when serving yourself.

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: adairusmc
If it does not have beans, then it is not chili - it is sauce.

I like mine hot.

Uh no...chili is just meat cooked with dried chiles.

Uh yes. What I said is absolutely correct.

 

[KK]

real chili doesn't have beans in it. I prefer pretty hot chili with red kidney beans.

 

[Thraxen]

Beans are actually not allowed in quite a few chili cookoffs, but I personally think chili is better with beans.

beans/hot

I love hot food, but I don't want it so hot that it destroys the flavor and enjoyment of the food.

 

[nageov3t]

no beans + hot

 

[Conky]

If it doesn't have beans it's not chili... it's meat soup.

Must have beans, meat, and be hot(both spicy and temp).

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: adairusmc
If it does not have beans, then it is not chili - it is sauce.

I like mine hot.

Uh no...chili is just meat cooked with dried chiles.

Uh yes. What I said is absolutely correct.

Rule #1

Originally posted by: Beachboy
If it doesn't have beans it's not chili... it's meat soup.

Must have beans, meat, and be hot(both spicy and temp).

Same goes for you.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Rule #1

For every contest without beans that you link, we could link one that allows beans.

Too many Texans are just chicken to eat beans. Let everything in the pot but one ingredient. Why? Because they know that the recipe with beans will beat the snot out of their wimpy enchilada sauce.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: loup garou
Rule #1

For every contest without beans that you link, we could link one that allows beans.

Too many Texans are just chicken to eat beans. Let everything in the pot but one ingredient. Why? Because they know that the recipe with beans will beat the snot out of their wimpy enchilada sauce.

Hey, I don't disagree, I like chili with beans and so do lots of other folks. But you cannot say that chili without beans is NOT chili, historically, it is the grand-daddy of all chilis.

 

[Raduque]

Chili with beans is not Chili.... it's nasty. It's frickin' Spicy Beef'n'Beans.

I like Chili so hot it burns off layers of tissue inside my digestive tract. WITHOUT BEANS, you friggin Yankees.

edit: For the record, I love beans, and eat them just about every way EXCEPT IN MY CHILI.

 

[JonTheBaller]

It's either Chili or Chili with beans. lmao at the canned-chili eating noobs thinking beans are a main ingredient in regular chili.

 

[LanceM]

Chili with beans is not "chili." It's "chili with beans."

I like to keep things simple. Might as well ask me to put orange shavings on a big hunk o' steak.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Hey, I don't disagree, I like chili with beans and so do lots of other folks. But you cannot say that chili without beans is NOT chili, historically, it is the grand-daddy of all chilis.

I think the history of chili has lots of origins. It may be debated forever. Even that International Chili Society that you linked earlier can't seem to get it narrowed down to just one origin legend. But it does say this:

There may not be an answer. There are, however, certain facts that one cannot overlook. The mixture of meat, beans, peppers, and herbs was known to the Incas, Aztecs, and Mayan Indians long before Columbus and the conquistadores.

So no matter what you call the origins of chili, you cannot say that beans weren't historically part of that overall taste mixture.

Personally, I think whole beans distract from the goal of chili. So I understand why some people don't like it. However, a small amount of beans blended into the juice is the most perfect thickening agent. It makes the whole chili so much more savory.

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: TheSlamma
Chili without beans is for guys who like to frolic through the tulips

i like both

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I prefer to prepare a batch of beans (Pinto) seperately. That way you can mixed the beans with the chili at the time that you are serving it.

 

[DainBramaged]

Beans. Med-Hot.