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The Best Chili Ever Recipe A methodical approach to perfecting classic beef chili.
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Posted on 01/31/2022 3:17:16 PM PST by mylife

gotta admit up front: The title of this article is somewhat misleading. Yes, we will discuss chili, and yes, it's the best chili I personally have ever made.

But! To call something "the best chili ever" implies that the recipe is perfect, and perfection implies that there is no room for improvement. I can only hope that others will continue perfecting the chili work that began on the Tex-Mex border, and that I continue testing, well after the last rich and spicy remnant is licked clean off the bottom of the bowl. With that disclaimer out of the way, let's move on to the testing.

My first step was to set up some parameters that would define the ultimate chili. Certainly, there are disputes in the chili world as to what makes the best. Ground beef or chunks? Are tomatoes allowed? Should we even mention beans? But I think we can all agree on a few things.

The ultimate chili should:

Have a rich, complex chile flavor that combines sweet, bitter, hot, fresh, and fruity elements in balance. Have a robust, meaty, beefy flavor. Assuming that it contains beans, have beans that are tender, creamy, and intact. Be bound together by a thick, deep-red sauce.

To achieve these goals, I decided to break down the chili into its distinct elements—the chiles, the beef, the beans, and the flavorings—perfecting each one before putting them all together in one big happy pot.

The Chiles: this important, as is the meat, i add beef chorizo as well

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To: nesnah

Thanks. I should have known. She and I kid each other.


41 posted on 01/31/2022 3:52:56 PM PST by laplata
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To: nesnah

if you must use beans, only kidneys, black beans and pintos are acceptable


42 posted on 01/31/2022 3:53:42 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: Tommy Revolts

sounds very acceptable


43 posted on 01/31/2022 3:54:54 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: LastDayz

**No self-respect’n Texan puts beans in thar chili.**

No silf-rispectin Tixen puts baynz in thar chilluh.

That is spelled the way it is actually spoken.


44 posted on 01/31/2022 3:55:32 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: chronicles

acceptable, turkey is NOT


45 posted on 01/31/2022 3:57:13 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: Trillian
South African Lentils!! are you mad?


46 posted on 01/31/2022 4:02:37 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: mylife

Rule #1 for chili...it has to be simple. THis one has too many ingredients and too much labor.


47 posted on 01/31/2022 4:03:00 PM PST by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intend to RULE.)
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To: Ouderkirk

took me 30 years to figure out browning the meat is a waste of time


48 posted on 01/31/2022 4:07:34 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: mylife

Family secret recipe for chili. Passed on down. It’s called “DFC”. Dads f***ing chili. Noone beats it and our friends flock to it whenever I make it. I don’t give up secrets either. It does have beans in it though.


49 posted on 01/31/2022 4:07:45 PM PST by TermLimits4All (Biden will never be my President. There’s only 1 option left and it won’t be pretty.)
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To: LastDayz

I not only put in beans, but (because I grew up with it that way) I also put in macaroni noodles...and I like it.


50 posted on 01/31/2022 4:09:36 PM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: laplata

yes, red beans, because I’m an artist and all about color. Green bell pepper adds beautiful color. Just me.


51 posted on 01/31/2022 4:09:52 PM PST by hoe_cake
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To: Ouderkirk

at least it contains no lavender, no cinnamon no prunes
wtf? its chili yall


52 posted on 01/31/2022 4:09:59 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: reed13k

like pasta fazoul?


53 posted on 01/31/2022 4:10:55 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: mylife

This makes me want to go to a chili cook off. The weather is just right for it.


54 posted on 01/31/2022 4:12:24 PM PST by Allegra
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To: TermLimits4All

Hormel?


55 posted on 01/31/2022 4:12:28 PM PST by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /joke?)
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To: carriage_hill

You an also use raisins for the chili. Add handfuls to taste. The raisins will disappear during the simmering and no one will know the secret.


56 posted on 01/31/2022 4:13:51 PM PST by Hootowl99
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To: mylife

I used to brown my meatballs.. waste of time...


57 posted on 01/31/2022 4:14:37 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: mylife

Sounds like chilli mac


58 posted on 01/31/2022 4:14:41 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: Allegra

hence the thread, tis the season.


59 posted on 01/31/2022 4:15:29 PM PST by mylife (France? what can you say? How do you rule a land with 246 kinds of cheese?)
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To: mylife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPItJS1gtVY


60 posted on 01/31/2022 4:22:25 PM PST by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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