Chili---beans or no beans?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I add beans to mine, and btw I'd put my chili up against any of y'all. I have secret ingredients and . My chili and guacamole cannot be beat!

[JudynTX]

No beans.

[Chomag]

Real true Chili has no beans. Not saying it dosn't taste good with them though.

[Ginofan]

I like mixin my chili with rice AND beans...a little cornbread on the side too.

[EmptyMan]

I love beans in my chili but no one ever puts them in.

[tp2021]

As far as chili goes? No beans for contests; beans for actual eating.

I make my chili thick and meaty. It's got fresh jalapeno's and serrano's in it but it's not super pepper hot, but it's very y. I like it thick enough that the serving spoon will almost stand up in the pot/bowl. I usually serve it with my pinto beans and don't mind if people mix them but I don't cook them together.

Great answers

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I think chili "purists" around the country all poo-poo the notion of beans in chili. But I like it that way, and as PM5K said, only with homemade beans.

thank you. fry purist

[Nash2TimeMVp]

dude your not funny or witty. just shut the up

[Dex]

Since chili originated in Texas, "true" Texas chili is made with only meat, that's why a lot of contests and compe ions hold to this rule. I think beans started making their way into the mix as the chili recipe started traveling westward to cultures where beans were common and inexpensive ingredients.

A little history:

"The main differences between Texas chili recipes and those other chili recipes is that "real" Texas chili has no beans and the main ingredient, after the meat, is chili peppers - whether chopped, diced, powdered, or liquified. Oh, and Texas chili just tastes better."

"As I hope we all know, chili was invented in San Antonio, Texas, about the middle of the Nineteenth Century. It began as a simple peasant stew using materials inexpensive and at hand. Meat, chile peppers, comino, oregano and garlic made up the first recipes. All the es except the comino grow wild in South Texas. The comino was imported from the Canary Islands by settlers in San Antonio in the 1700's."

Either way, if I'm eating chili out of a bowl, I prefer it to have beans. Gives it more diversity and makes it a heartier meal. (Crackers on the side too, kthx). If the chili is going on anything like a burger or chili dog, beans are just going to complicate the situation.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

looky here. a foreigner who thinks he can cook tex-mex because he posts on a san antonio message board.

¡Sorry creñor! Sorry you don't have any ¡tortillas¡

Yeah, because only San Antonians can cook tex-mex...

I can cook tex-mex because I started experimenting with recipes 10 years ago, and on top of that I learned a lot from talking to people during my trips over there.

I think if you tasted what I cook you'd be pleasantly surprised.

PS I make no claim to what is "authentic" or not - I just cook a mean batch of great-tasting chili.

[David Bowie]

I like Chile with beans. Always good.

You could go a bit more creative as well. I love eggplant Chile. Delicious and easy to make. It's a Thai dish .

[baseline bum]

I like Chile with beans. Always good.

I like Chile more for the mountains and beaches, myself.

[TheManFromAcme]

If your trying to stretch your dollar and get full faster, Chili with beans.
If your living high on the hog and want more meat, then of course, Chili w/o beans.

[CosmicCowboy]

Actually, my favorite way to eat chili is in a salad. Put original fritos on the bottom of the bowl, spoon your chili over that, then finely shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes if you like them, a little salsa on the lettuce, then more chili and then top with finely shredded longhorn cheddar cheese. Most awesome.

[I. Hustle]

Richers don't use beans.

[SpursStalker]

With beans but if its going on my hotdog ... without.

[Drachen]

If your trying to stretch your dollar and get full faster, Chili with beans.
If your living high on the hog and want more meat, then of course, Chili w/o beans.

I disagree. I put about $30-$40 of meat in my chili and add beans. They add to the flavor.

[CosmicCowboy]

Richers don't use beans.

The we don't. I just made a big pot of beans this weekend. Mine just kick ass. Of course, since I'm a richer I served them with smoked beef tenderloin and twice stuffed baked potatoes that I made while I was doing a big batch of pulled pork.


The pork about 5 hours later (after the tenderloin and potatoes were served)

[SpursStalker]

The we don't. I just made a big pot of beans this weekend. Mine just kick ass. Of course, since I'm a richer I served them with smoked beef tenderloin and twice stuffed baked potatoes that I made while I was doing a big batch of pulled pork.

My invite must have gotten lost in the mail ...

[mrsmaalox]

I made chili on Saturday. With beans

[I. Hustle]

I meant they don't use beans in their chili.

[SAGambler]

i like all kinds of chili. My mom makes some damn good chili con carne and it is soupy and with beans. i just love it and so do my kids. I like chili rice too with thick chili.

roflmfao

[SAGambler]

Actually, my favorite way to eat chili is in a salad. Put original fritos on the bottom of the bowl, spoon your chili over that, then finely shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes if you like them, a little salsa on the lettuce, then more chili and then top with finely shredded longhorn cheddar cheese. Most awesome.

Agreed. When my mother started making this in her restrauant back in the seventies, she called it a "Taco Salad". Everyone loved it, especially on a cool winter day.

[TheManFromAcme]

I disagree. I put about $30-$40 of meat in my chili and add beans. They add to the flavor.

hmmmmm

I may try that. Thanks.

[RandomGuy]

This thread is useless without a poll.