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Any Unique Ingredients You Use When Cooking Chili?
Posted on 9/26/13 at 8:31 am
Posted on 9/26/13 at 8:31 am
Making a chili this weekend, (I know it will be hot as hell, wasn't my call. Guess we have to crank the A/C) and aside from the usual ingredients like onions, chili peppers, tomatoes, garlic, chili and cumin powders, etc...are there any unique ingredients you like to throw in? Tsp of cinnamon? Stone ground mustard? Any ideas or successful experiments? I think I may try some tasso cubed up in this one.
This post was edited on 9/26/13 at 8:32 am
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Posted on 9/26/13 at 8:33 am to dnm3305
Posted on 9/26/13 at 8:33 am to dnm3305
Siracha
Posted on 9/26/13 at 8:35 am to dnm3305
Scott Tenorman's parents
Posted on 9/26/13 at 8:37 am to dnm3305
Not really unique but I use beer for liquid in mine. Been wanting to do one with some Mexican chocolate in it for sweetness but hasn't gotten cold enough this year.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 8:55 am to dnm3305
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Tsp of cinnamon?
definitely no to this...reminds me of that god awful cincinnati style chili, with cinnamon, allspice and cloves. still gives me nightmares thinking about how bad that stuff is...
(besides the fact that a tsp may not sound like much but, with a spice like cinnamon, a little goes a long way...a tsp of that stuff in even a large pot of chili would overwhelm...and, yes, i know this from experience....
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Posted on 9/26/13 at 9:00 am to dnm3305
beans...
Posted on 9/26/13 at 9:04 am to dnm3305
No one said to throw in a Hershey bar yet? The food board loves that.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 9:05 am to dnm3305
I put half a Hershey bar in mine - maybe 2-4 ounces, depending on the pot size.
You didn't mention oregano, which I also use. I can't remember what I put in the one that follows - see link, but it was a good plain-jane standard chili.
Chili photos
I like crushed saltine crackers or rice with mine, but that's just me. You probably like yours hotter than I make mine, too but that's just personal preference. I have sampled competition chili that is like chunky fire it was so hot.
Some folks use paprika. I don't. I have seen coffee put in, but never by me. I usually drink the beer instead of adding it to the chili. I only purchase so much beer each month and it seems a shame to put it into chili.
If you want special chilies in your chili, that is OK. The kind of chilies you use will definitely make it your special chili. The competition cookers all have their special blend and they usually grind it themselves from whole dried chilies. They will quickly tell you that the stuff in a jar is a waste of your time. I guess I waste my time, because buying dried chilies and grinding them is more than I want to do - even for company. If I competition cooked I guess I'd make my own chili powder. Maybe using some smoked chilies and a little more heat than I do if it is for me.
You didn't mention oregano, which I also use. I can't remember what I put in the one that follows - see link, but it was a good plain-jane standard chili.
Chili photos
I like crushed saltine crackers or rice with mine, but that's just me. You probably like yours hotter than I make mine, too but that's just personal preference. I have sampled competition chili that is like chunky fire it was so hot.
Some folks use paprika. I don't. I have seen coffee put in, but never by me. I usually drink the beer instead of adding it to the chili. I only purchase so much beer each month and it seems a shame to put it into chili.
If you want special chilies in your chili, that is OK. The kind of chilies you use will definitely make it your special chili. The competition cookers all have their special blend and they usually grind it themselves from whole dried chilies. They will quickly tell you that the stuff in a jar is a waste of your time. I guess I waste my time, because buying dried chilies and grinding them is more than I want to do - even for company. If I competition cooked I guess I'd make my own chili powder. Maybe using some smoked chilies and a little more heat than I do if it is for me.
This post was edited on 9/26/13 at 9:24 am
Posted on 9/26/13 at 9:08 am to dnm3305
bittersweet chocolate
Posted on 9/26/13 at 9:36 am to dnm3305
Beer, usually a dark one, guiness is normally good
Posted on 9/26/13 at 9:51 am to dnm3305
A cup of chickory coffee.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 10:18 am to dnm3305
Coffee. The way it was told to me, the Chili Queens would pour the rest of their coffee into the Chili when they started making it in the morning. Cowboys would do the same thing; pour their leftover coffee in. So I tried it, and it adds depth.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 10:19 am to dnm3305
I drop a few dried chipotle peppers into the mix when simmering. Remove them before serving.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 11:17 am to dnm3305
Can of French Onion soup
Posted on 9/26/13 at 12:47 pm to dnm3305
Sweet smoked paprika.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 12:51 pm to dnm3305
I put waaay more cumin than any recipe requires. Love the smell.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 3:12 pm to dnm3305
last pot i used cocoa powder and chipotle chili powder. beer, breakfast sausage. i usually combine things i like from a few recipes and just mess with it. the cocoa and chipotle was the best ive made though
Posted on 9/27/13 at 9:33 am to dnm3305
They used leftover coffee on the cattle drives because water was a precious commodity. I put coffee and usually a beer in mine too.
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