"Beans in Chili." Topic

Putting beans in chili is just so…. Yankee.

1, C, AND 13.

I'll also add, are you uncivilized?

If you put beans in your chili, then the answer is yes.

DEFINITION – Chili is a stew-like soup made entirely with meat, chiles, or chili powder (or both).

I got the above definition off the inter-webs, so it must be true.

Chili does not have beans. Period.

Never had chilli without beans……………..

It seems to depend on which side of the Atlantic you live

One is a pot of beans. The other is chili.

I'd love to leave the beans out, but here in Germany it's impossible to find vast quantities of actual chilis for a reasonable price, so I have to use them :(

I've grown up with beans in chili. Ground beef, onions, peppers, tin of tomatoes, couple of tins of beans (black, kidney and-or garbanzo depending on what's in the cupboard), add spices.
Which in the 70s were pretty mild!
Otherwise it's beef stew.

Yankee and yes it gets beans, and few different kinds if I make it.

I'm a Yankee from Ohio, no beans but spaghetti noodles and lots of cheese.

It depends on the type. White Chicken chili doesn't have beans. Beef chili does.

Yea, wouldn't beef chili with no beans be a spicy beef soup?

-Will

Red Kidney Beans always in a good pot of chili!

I've always thought chili was beans with onions, garlic, spices and corn meal.
Chili con Carne is the above with meat added.

Chili without beans is just hotdog sauce

I make (just like Mama used to make) what I call "Yankee chili":

Ground beef
Bacon
Onion
Red Kidney Beans (canned)
Diced Tomatoes (canned)
Throw in a little Old El Paso "Chili Mix"

This stuff is so lightly seasoned Smokey probably couldn't even taste it.

Beef Chili with beans over a bed of white rice.

But, unlike my mother, I don't serve it over mashed potatoes.

Chili needs beans.

White chili needs white beans.. That's why they are sold.

FulsilierDan nailed it.

Rick

I prefer it with beans, and agree served over rice is delicious. Or with cornbread.

But this is an old argument that won't get solved here--best just to eat what you all like and be done with it. People get in the same sort of arguments over what constitutes a proper gumbo, and it can silly fast--and occasionally ugly.

Its just like anything else.Ask 100 Grandmas,get 100 different versions of the same thing.

I've never seen a chilli without beans – and would never cook one without them. There'd be a riot.

If there's no beans, it's just spag' bol' with chilli powder.

I've never had it without, but I'd give it a shot.

I'll eat it veggie or meat too.

Come, come, now! We all know that Yankee chili has beans, and Texas chili does not. The real issue is the beef:
authentic chili has **shredded** beef,
everything thing else uses ground beef.
Oh, and really authentic chili uses only chilis, not tomatoes.

That is all.

Perry

I go by what it says on the McCormick spice pack.
It calls for meat and beans.
But heck. I'm from Pennsylvania c

Chili without beans is just a "Sloppy Joe" with too much sauce!

Why do "Chili Beans" come in a can?

Dude, Beans!

You can have chili with spaghetti, chili with rice, chili with beans. In any event it's chili with something. Chili has no beans. End.

I guess there is no such thing a vegetarian chili then, huh. That's a shame since the women in my family really like it and don't eat meat. What do you call beans with chilies? Spiced beans? Seems like since Chilies provide the main flavoring; whether it is meat and chilies, or beans and chilies, it would still be called chili.

And that cornbread better be in a skillet,made from all cornmeal.
White cornmeal. Yellow corn is for the animals. Or po' folks.

Cherno, you can make Chili without fresh or dried chilis, by using chili powder. Just use 1 – 3 Tablespoons of ground chili spice per pound of beef, depending upon how hot you like it, and which type(s) of chili powders you are using.

Chili, served over rice, or spaghetti?????

My, you all really are savages, aren't you?

Here's a link to the recipes from the World Championship Chili cookoff:

link

I do Chili w/ Andouille sausage and Black beans…seranno chilis…there is no right or wrong..that's the beauty of cooking…..except ketchup on Hotdogs ..that's wrong.

No no no no!! See a parallel discussion. Beans in chili is WRONG in Texas. What goes on in Cincy, stays in Cincy. And so on.

Beans in chili is the gravest food heresy I know of. Just the idea gives me the yips.

On the side (pinto beans only, please), fine. Otherwise, it's deguello time!

Only ever had chili with beans and tomato.

Ketchup goes great on hot dogs……

Never put beans in anything!

How can you have a chili without beans?

Beans, no beans, meat, no meat, if you are fixing it and serving it do it your way and I will eat it.

My French Canaian wife makes a Cili con Carne with Penzey's Chili Con Carne spice that convinced me that you don't need a fiery kick (though I grew up with it that way in SoCal) to be delicious.

Once to make a point I made chili without meat or beans for a workplace competition, it was different enough that they made on the spot an award for most innovative chili. I did not tell them that it "Old School" because it would have seemed inappropriate. I had fun making it, people ate it, I never expected to beat out all the diverse regional variations presented so I was happy to be recognized for not being lockstep.

link

Yes you can.

Piper909,

As they say in New Mexico, "Well, it's Texas, that explains it."

Battle of Glorieta.

Chili = Beans

Anything else would be un-Boliviable.

Sorry, had to go there.

Eric

It is possible to add something other than Chili's to beef and get "Chili". I always add Comino and Cayenne! Keeps the Yankees away!

Chili is made with:

-- Chili pods (the mix of pods is where the flavor and heat comes from, so this is personal preference) soaked and skinned. Aim for somewhere on the Scoville Scale than won't bring your intended diners to tears. (have plenty of milk handy just in case…) Here's a really good Scoville guide: link

-- Meat (cubed, NOT ground) Low quality meat is fine--it will be slow cooked for a long time. Make the chunks big enough that they don't disintegrate.

-- Salt

-- Water (use the water from soaking pods)

-- Garlic

-- Herbs of preference (Cilantro, Oregano, etc.)

-- Onions

Notice that there are NO beans nor ground beef. Making chili with ground beef is just plain disgusting.

-- Corn meal (for thickening)

No beans!

Can't we all just get along?

This thread makes me want to make chilli.
And since the thought is father to the deed, just watch me.

The meat component will be lean steak mince OR lean diced steak. Either's fine.

There will be beans.

Beans,meat,sauce or Cincinnati style 3-Way,I like both with crackers on top. In fact ,I had some Hormel canned chili with beans last Saturday. Not bad.

It just doesn't matter. If it tastes good, beans or no, I want to eat it. If it is bland and tasteless, beans or no, I won't bother. If it allows me to attack the family with hideous toxic fumes a few hours later, that's a bonus. I am trying to teach my son the joy of gas warfare, but his inherent politeness is an inhibiting factor.

Job done.
Extra lean steak mince, kidney beans, and chopped onion. Sauce knocked together using some fresh plum tomatoes as a base, salt, cayenne pepper, little bit of brown sugar (cuts the acidity when using fresh tomatoes) and fresh chillies.
Simmering away now.