Here's a picture of the two chilis Mike and I made. My chili is on the right; his is on the left. I call his "man chili" because we threw in a lot of strong coffee, beer, and cocoa powder to it and it had a deep, brown(?), rounded flavor to it. His meat to bean ratio was higher than my chili because I like a lot of beans in chili. Mike took his chili to work to share with co-workers.
My chili had more of that typical canned chili flavor that I thought most people would like. I didn't win the competition, but I thought that my final chili came out pretty good, considering this is probably the fourth time I've made chili in my life.
Look at all the cans of tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and beans we used!
Here's a list of the ingredients that ended up in my "no recipe chili." Ground beef, ground pork, chorizo, kidney beans, chili beans, pinto beans, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, chili powder, chili flakes, cumin, soy sauce (for the umami flavor), brown sugar, salt, pepper, jalapenos, bell pepper, garlic, onions, beer, coffee, cocoa powder, italian seasoning. I'm sure we put other ingredients in the chili but I forgot what else was thrown in there.
3 comments:
that is a LOT! sounds delicious even if you don't use a recipe :)
i never use a recipe for chili. i find it best to make on a whim and use what i have so it's always different and fresh. my chili tends to be high in black beans and a variety of colors of bell peppers.
Thanks Kat!
Suraya-See, that's my philosophy on chili too. Plus then you have to measure things. I rather just throw random stuff into my chili. Mmm...black beans in chili sounds delicious!
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