not only Texas ; some other states believe it is a sin to put beans in chili.one of the worst sins.[:@] [:@]more punishable than cheating on you wife.[&:] [&:]

Taste the meat hell. Taste the habenero brother

I'll eat every one of those beans. Pile them on. I would like to taste some authintic texan chili though.

I put beans in my chile too. I was brought up in Maryland. We use kidney beans as well. Good stuff.
That's the neat thing about this site. Lot's of diversity.

PS And by the way...I can eat all foods especially those with venison in it.
We tried a new chili recipe last night. We don't use our venison to experiment with though. We use ground beef. If it's good we will then use our venison. The recipe stunk. We pretty much make chile like Chris Womack.
Chuck7

My recipe is similar to yours but has half the beans(chili hot beans only) , twice the chile powder(Bloemer's only , it's a locally made brand) , and I use the Rotel with green chiles in it .

For the Texans: My wife insists on some sort of pasta in her chili , I'll bet those beans aren't sounding so bad now , huh ? [:'(]

Pasta in chili? Oh my! I usually put pinto beans in mine, but also like it without the beans. Your taste for chili, and a lot of foods, kind of depends on where/how you grew up with it. I like itonly mildly hot, and withnot a lot of tomato taste to it. I tried a new recipe a few days agothat was pretty good.Saw an advertisement on TV totry Owens Hot Sausage. Used 1 lb sausage, 1lb of ground beef, and it was good. Also, used the Williams Chili packet seasoning mix.

I like beans in mine too. Does anybody else put is some beer. Lots of green chilies. I use the rotel also.
Ham and beans with some jalapeno cornbread, that sounds good too.

Texas chili is overrated. New Mexico chili is the real deal. Here is a real simple "competition red"

1/4 cup red powder (Molida or puro is the best)
1/4 cup carribe or pequin
1/4 cup flower
4 cloves of garlic
1 lb of cubed pork or beef
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt

Brown everything over low heat. Cover with water, bring to boil, turn down and let it simmer for a few hours.


That is it. No beans, no tomatoes, but this stuff is good.

Tomato Juice????

Fresh ingrediants are the key to any cooking.