Good day for chili! I like McCormick's spice packets to make the base chili, mild only or my wife won't eat it. She considers ketchup to be a hot sauce!

Mine I bump up with just a pinch of the mix in that little bag. Bought it from some madly insane pepper grower.

Contains habanero, bhut jolokia, Trinidad scorpion pepper, and the king of them all the Carolina Reaper. Not for the faint of heart. It WILL give you a "Come to Jesus" moment!

And the fight begins.

No fucqing beans !!! 😜

That pepper mix sounds intriguing.

The bag in the pic is full. The working bag is about 1/2 way used, and I bought them over a year ago. Some guy had them for sale on a Hot Pepper growing FB group. Wish I kept his contact info.

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That bean soup needs some deer feed in it

A "Come to Jesus" moment? Wait till Happy Camper sees this. Sinner !

And the beef should be cubed, not ground .

I make keto friendly chili nowadays, but before when I wanted beans in it, I used Ranch Style Beans. Those things are flippin’ good...!

Beans, no beans, as long as it's red I can make an argument either way.

Things that are not acceptable:

1. White chili (if it ain't red and if it ain't got beef, it ain't chili)

2. Chicken chili (see #1)

3. On spaghetti (wtf Cincinnati?)

4. Weird ingredients (black olives, green olives, carrots, corn, celery, you get the picture)

5. Vegetarian chili (enough said)

That's my top five, feel free to add to the list.

How do you feel about putting it over rice?

Other than it’s damn good!

Insert evil 👿 grin here.

I’ve posted before how weird I thought cincy chili was the first couple times I had it.

I’ve grown to like it, but chili is just a name. To me, it’s a brown meat sauce as opposed to a red meat sauce, a la eyetalian spag sauce.

Where do ya'll come down on green chili?

Red, green, or Christmas, it’s all good to me. Even white chicken chili.


I’ll will however second the rebuke of Cincinnati meat sauce. That schit is gross.

You ain’t had the good stuff. Stop by sometime. 😉

Yarp.



Although I have not had the Cinci chili yet.



It sounds good with the cinnamon and what not.

You mean chili verde ?

You mean chili verde

Yes

No beans, no tomatoes, just quality red chile sauce, and meat simmered to thick gravy. Refried beans on the side and a good flour tortilla to mop it up with, hard to beat the real deal. I will eat chile bean soup and enjoy it, just cant bring myself to call it chile when it's not.

Good man, it's one of my favorites !

I'm usually not much on minutia, but its my understanding that chili has no beans and that chili with beans is actually chili con carne.

the mccormicks is a very good base and the recipe on the pack is easy and good. i like extra cumin, chili powder and onion in mine and kidney beans. even throw in a can of black beans if i think about it. and i like it on elbow macaroni too. i don't care what its called, chili, bean soup, whatever.

Chili mac, ate a ton growing up.

Chile con carne translates to, chile(peppers) with meat...no mention of beans(frijoles). When I lived and worked in El Paso in the '70s, that's what the mezcan day laborers ate for lunch; 1/4" cubes of diced hot chiles and meat sauteed and mixed together with nothing else.

This is my "go to" chili recipe. I usually add 3- 4 chopped jalapeno's and/or 3- 4 chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. I highly recommend trying this with the grated swiss cheese.

Red Game Chili
By executive chef, John Schumacher
Serves 6- 8

Ingredients
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 lbs. ground game meat
3 cups diced onion
2 cups sliced celery
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups diced tomatoes w/juice (canned diced tomatoes)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup dry red wine (cabernet sauvignon or merlot)
1 Tbsp beef base (this is a little jar of paste you find at the grocery store)
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground cumin
¼ tsp cinnamon
3 cups canned kidney beans, drained (optional)

For serving:
Garnish with shredded swiss cheese, sour cream
In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add meat, garlic, onions and celery. Cook until meat is browned. Add remaining ingredients, except kidney beans, and cover.
Bake in a 350°F oven for 1 ½ hours. Add kidney beans (Optional), combine and bake for 1 more hour. Adjust chili powder or red pepper flakes to taste. (This is not going to have a thick sauce.)
Note:
Feel free to experiment by adding chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, jalapeno’s or other ingredients.

Wife’s family is from Northern NM. I got schooled.

MIL makes a breakfast out of sheep with red chile, fried potatoes, eggs, and fresh tortillas. Holy fook is it good.

Breakfast burritos.