Is cooking chili at home generally a waste of time and money?
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Anonymous
| The ingredients cost more than you think. It takes so much time and cleanup, even with a crock or instant pot. I have no idea why but it's always a challenge to get the recipe just right (sometimes it comes out way too spicy or just incredibly mediocre). No matter what, we always make too big of a batch, so the kids are tired of it and nobody wants chili on day 2 or 3. Moving forward, I think if we're craving chili we're just going to get it to-go from a restaurant that specializes in making it. |
Anonymous
| Agree. |
Anonymous
| I don’t know what u put in your chili that is so expensive or complicated but you must be doing it wrong. |
Anonymous
| You could freeze it, I suppose. |
Anonymous
| What? No. Ground beef, canned beans, chili powder, tomato sauce, boxed cornbread. Freeze half for another time. |
Anonymous
| Maybe if it's beef chili? I make vegetarian chili, so the cost is next to nothing, but the taste difference is significant. Most take out places make veggie chili using canned beans, which are disgusting, or they just plain overcook the beans, which is also disgusting. |
Anonymous
| You’re nuts. Cheap and easy and why not freeze the extra? Best tip: cook the chili spice with the onions to cause the flavor to bloom. Get rid of kidney beans and use pinto beans (or a combo with black beans and pinto beans) instead. |
Anonymous
| What are you using as a recipe? And why aren't you modifying it to better suit your preferences for next time? |
Anonymous
| So much cheaper to make it at home. No one else in my family likes it though, some sometimes I grab a cup from Wendy’s. |
Anonymous
LMAO I have no idea whaat this is aa recipe for but it's not chili anyway, OP, I just freeze it. It freezes really well and I like to have it for lunch. |
Anonymous
| I actually find ground turkey absorbs the spices a bit better. My office has a chili cook off every year (well did, pre COVID) and I'd chat with the people who made my favorites. Turkey was a tip I picked up one year. |
Anonymous
WTF are you talking about? Post your recipe. |
Anonymous
| It would be in our house, since nobody would eat it. |
Anonymous
| Chili is so easy to make. And definitely not expensive. We have it several times a month. Who are you people? You don’t know how to cook a pot of chili? |
Anonymous
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I like to make it at home because I can add more veggies, get the meat to bean ratio the way I like it, and adjust the spice level to my kids' liking. Chili purists would scoff at my chili, but it makes all of us happy.
I freeze leftovers or we do chili Mac which makes it feel like a different meal. |