from what i have read, using a square of mexican chocolate is supposedly "perfect".

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Chili/Stew season!

Couple weeks ago was green pork chili

Last week made a jambalaya (creole). Made it too soupy but eetz goot!

This week was beef (cubed not ground) chili.

Couple of things with the chili/stews:
+ Beans -- don't use them. I want to try putting them in there but just can't pull the trigger
+ Consistentcy -- little too heavy on the liquids. However, I'm not an idiot. I know I need to lessen the stock/water/beer.

Once you go beans...you'll want to make them the star of the show.

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Beans are literally filler in any chili.

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Bush's chili beans have a really nice flavor profile.

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@audioidkid

Yes, that's what's holding me back from adding them. What would they actually provide to the chili? I'm already throwing 5lbs of glorious chuck roast. The meat, onions, jalapenos, serranos, chipotles, tomatoes and spices doing the heavy lifting here.

Beans are part of my chili that is better than your chili. I don't use kidney beans. I'll use black/white/pink etc. Much better texture and flavor.

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Chickpeas.

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NO

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...and chocolate. It's fantastic.

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The key to beans is to puree them and then add them to the chili. Does a great job thickening up the base and also adding flavor.

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I too am a bigfan of black beans in chili. I generally thrown a can of corn in there as well just to add more color.

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Driving EXPERT douchebag knows all the RULES of the RAOD???

NOW, chicago to LAKEGENEVA on theotherhand...................

isn't everything in chili filler except the meat...and if it's a veggie chili, then it's all filler.

i put corn in my chili as well because it looks nice and i like corn. also filler. whole grape or cherry tomatos too. they squish hot tomato juice.

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No. It would be hard to make a chili without chili powder and peppers. It is very easy to make chili without beans.

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so a bowl of chili powder and peppers is chili to you?

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@audioidkid

A guy making good chili is like being the tallest midget.

You would need some sort of liquid element, and a few more spices but I was simply pointing out how wrong your statement of "everything in chili is filler" was.

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I think Doug also said that there were 3 MLB games the other night instead of 2. You might want to correct him on that as well.

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I haven't made chili in a couple of years. I'm planning on experimenting this winter with what is more akin to a beef version of carne adovada. New Mexico red and hatch green chilis as the base. Stew meat and end pieces of ribeye for the beef.

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This will be outstanding.

Stew meat chunks work really well in chili. It has to simmer forever...like a pot roast(which also works well).

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Yeah, now that I think about it, I'd probably use half of a pot roast instead, so I can control how small I cut the pieces.

I have a trusty 8 qt double-bottomed pot, so I usually go with 1.5# of meat if I'm using beans, or 2# if not.

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Our oldest daughter won a competition recently using this base and a beef brisket.

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Congratulations to your daughter

please enlighten me on all the items in chili that are filler and are not filler.

then we can move on to beef stew.

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@audioidkid

What point are you trying to make here? Is it a discussion of the concept of what chili is? Are you arguing there is nothing that defines what is in chili that would be considered vital?

In my opinion, chili should contain these items:
Meat(or whatever substitute vegetarians use)
Peppers
Onions
Garlic
Chili Powder
Cumin
A liquid element
Tomatoes/Tomato Paste or both
A Hershey Kiss

You can put other stuff in it too just like most other recipes but I would find it hard to consider it to be a chili without those items in there or very close substitutes.

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