They both have their place. I can be in the mood for either and I do love a good bowl of chili beans. But I am never NOT in the mood for all meat Texas chili and I’ve never tasted a bean based chili that was as scrumptious to my taste buds as the all-meat chills I’ve had.
That’s just me. Thing is, an awful lot of people have never had an all meat chili. Chilil with beans is all they know. They may have had chili with a touch of browned ground beef added for a bit of meat, but most people I’ve talked to have never tasted an all meat Texas chili. They don’t even know it exists until I’ve told them.
I’m in California. In Texas, I am sure that is different.
Yes, I’ve seen that same puzzled look on folks before, chili without beans?
I like to cook and I like big bold flavors so it’s no surprise to me that like Texas q.