Thread: Should beans of any kind be in a Chilli?

Yes, Chili Beans !!!




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Little Peppers !!

One of my favorite recipes calls for no beans. It's amazing stuff but I don't make it too often as I have to order some of the powders online. But most of the time I use beans. Makes it go farther. Occasionally I like to blaspheme and skip the beans and make it a little thin and then pour it over rice.

I like kidney beans myself. Got a buddy at work and he made chili once with like 20 cans of different beans......It was a boisterous afternoon......

I'm poly-bean-erous, I suppose. Some recipes call for beans, some don't. To me, it's all good. I grew my own chilies for the first time this year. Nice, but a little mild for supposedly "hot" chilies (cayenne peppers). Next year I'll put a couple of different varieties in, I think. Home grown jalapenos sound pretty good right now.

If you try putting beans in chili in Texas, that razor will be used for more than shaving!

The last lot I made myself had no beans but the last lot I bough did have 'em. Even "Texan Chili" seems quite variable on the matter depending on who you talk to. Personal preference I guess.

Growing up in Texas, we didn't put beans in our chili. Usually a side dish with chopped peppers, grated cheese, and beer...lots of beer, served on the side. While in college, and flat broke, we made Frito pie, pouring chili over a bag of Fritos still in the bag. Fewer dishes to wash that way.

Originally Posted by jlands3

If you try putting beans in chili in Texas, that razor will be used for more than shaving!

Then you haven't had my chili!

I think alot of the issue boils down to regional (or individual) preference. Personally, I prefer chili with beans (kidney, black, pinto, or all of the above), lots of aromatics (onions and garlic) and lots of spicy, jalepeno and/or habanero peppers. Almost always served over a bed of rice with shredded cheese and green onions on top. If it's not spicy enough to make your forehead sweat, it needs work. Of course, you've got it right when several cold beers are required to wash it down. Add in the aforementioned cornbread (made in an iron skillet) and you're totally in business.

Lived in Texas for five years or so and as is evidenced by the previous post, even in the chili captial of the planet, there is no consensus as to beans or no beans. To paraphrase Bob Ross, "In my little world chili has beans but in your world, you can put whatever you want in it."

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Yes, Chili Beans !!!




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Little Peppers !!

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