Is cooking chili at home generally a waste of time and money?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

That's not chili. That is some sort of cheap slop they'd serve at a primary school summer camp in the woods.

Again, please post your recipe. Otherwise, STFU.

NP. Can you stop asking for a “recipe” for chili? Chili is not something you need a RECIPE for. Hopefully the other poster can post his or her method.

Here’s my method:
Organic ground beef
(Sometimes I add hot Italian sausage)
Finely diced onion
A little bit of minced garlic
(Sometimes I add finely diced yellow and red peppers)

Sautée those two bad bows, then add to the crock pot along with:
Big can diced tomatoes with mild chilis
Small can tomato sauce
Salt and pepper
Lawry’s seasoned salt
Smoked paprika
A very tiny hit of cinnamon: it makes the beef taste “meatier”

No chili powder or cumin? How is that chili?

As for cinnamon, just no. That’s disgusting.

That PP came back and said she forgot to mention chili powder and hot sauce.

Anyway, I’m surprised you don’t know that cinnamon in any beef dish (Bolognese, chili, any type of stew) is a common “secret ingredient.” I’ve read that in numerous cook books and magazines, and have seen that on numerous cooking shows. It brings out the meaty flavor of beef.

[Anonymous]

Hello Cincinnati Chili! Made with, among other things, chocolate and cinnamon. Yum!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All those hours of simmering. Who has time for that with a quick go to recipe. It’s chili not lobster

It’s called a crock pot, dumbass. Honestly, sometimes I just can’t with this forum.

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Anonymous wrote:Our family loves chili. I make the ground beef onions peppers in advance and freeze. Also a base for spaghetti.
Tomato juice, fire roasted tomatoes, the thawed beef in the pot.
Next I purée red pepper, carrots, and sprinkle with maza
Cook in microwave for 3:30 minutes in steamer.
Add spices from the orange bag: Six gun chili seasoning. I only use half
Frozen corn 2 packages. No beans.
Seasoning: smoked paprika, garlic, smoked salt if handy. Red cayenne pepper. Salt.
2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Stir up and cook for 15 minutes in crockpot in high.
Serve and add shredded cheese.
We like it.

I’ve never heard a recipe that’s 15 minutes in a slow cooker. Mine is barely getting anything warm by then.

Probably means pressure cooker, not slow cooker

Then why are they cooking everything in advance? Color me confused.

The attitude in this thread makes me afraid to clarify but: everything is cooked in advance. The meat is cooked frozen and reheated in the microwave. The peppers, carrots, and masa are steamed in the microwave. The tomato juice and tomatoes are heated up in the microwave. Then it all sits in the crock pot for awhile. It’s quick it tastes good. It’s healthy. The crockpot just keeps it warm and let’s it simmer a bit. More of a holding pattern for late arrivals. We don’t usually sit around for hours cooling things on the stove. To each their own.

[Anonymous]

^^ strangely everyone loves it and always asking for the recipe. And why cook it in the microwave? Because the whole thing takes 30-35 minutes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All those hours of simmering. Who has time for that with a quick go to recipe. It’s chili not lobster

It’s called a crock pot, dumbass. Honestly, sometimes I just can’t with this forum.

Plus also - please don’t cook lobster for hours!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where is a Texan to tell us that putting beans and ground meat in chili is wrong?

I'm a Texan and we use ground meat, we just often also use chuck. (The person who said they used brisket is top 3 craziest in this thread - chili is making something delicious out of not amazing meat. There are far better uses for brisket.) Beans vs no beans is a blown out of proportion joke rivalry amongst chili makers - most agree that beans in a chili is just a personal preference and a good chili with beans is still 5 steps ahead of, for instance, using oatmeal as a thickener or putting sugar in cornbread.

White chili is not chili FYI. It's chicken stew.

I posted a Bruce Aidells recipe upthread that calls for brisket. It is good with chuck but fabulous with brisket. There is nothing crazy about using brisket so long as you have the funds and are not trying to pass it off as an authentic TX recipe. Also? Brisket was vastly cheaper back in the day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our family loves chili. I make the ground beef onions peppers in advance and freeze. Also a base for spaghetti.
Tomato juice, fire roasted tomatoes, the thawed beef in the pot.
Next I purée red pepper, carrots, and sprinkle with maza
Cook in microwave for 3:30 minutes in steamer.
Add spices from the orange bag: Six gun chili seasoning. I only use half
Frozen corn 2 packages. No beans.
Seasoning: smoked paprika, garlic, smoked salt if handy. Red cayenne pepper. Salt.
2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Stir up and cook for 15 minutes in crockpot in high.
Serve and add shredded cheese.
We like it.

I’ve never heard a recipe that’s 15 minutes in a slow cooker. Mine is barely getting anything warm by then.

Probably means pressure cooker, not slow cooker

Then why are they cooking everything in advance? Color me confused.

The attitude in this thread makes me afraid to clarify but: everything is cooked in advance. The meat is cooked frozen and reheated in the microwave. The peppers, carrots, and masa are steamed in the microwave. The tomato juice and tomatoes are heated up in the microwave. Then it all sits in the crock pot for awhile. It’s quick it tastes good. It’s healthy. The crockpot just keeps it warm and let’s it simmer a bit. More of a holding pattern for late arrivals. We don’t usually sit around for hours cooling things on the stove. To each their own.

Is it so wrong to ask for clarification of a recipe that was posted? Especially one not the way it’s normally done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

That's not chili. That is some sort of cheap slop they'd serve at a primary school summer camp in the woods.

Again, please post your recipe. Otherwise, STFU.

NP. Can you stop asking for a “recipe” for chili? Chili is not something you need a RECIPE for. Hopefully the other poster can post his or her method.

Here’s my method:
Organic ground beef
(Sometimes I add hot Italian sausage)
Finely diced onion
A little bit of minced garlic
(Sometimes I add finely diced yellow and red peppers)

Sautée those two bad bows, then add to the crock pot along with:
Big can diced tomatoes with mild chilis
Small can tomato sauce
Salt and pepper
Lawry’s seasoned salt
Smoked paprika
A very tiny hit of cinnamon: it makes the beef taste “meatier”

Oh, stfu. Yes, there can be a recipe for chili. It looks exceedingly similar to what you just posted, but with amounts. Stop being a pedantic ass.

[Anonymous]

^ that's not chili.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

That's not chili. That is some sort of cheap slop they'd serve at a primary school summer camp in the woods.

Again, please post your recipe. Otherwise, STFU.

NP. Can you stop asking for a “recipe” for chili? Chili is not something you need a RECIPE for. Hopefully the other poster can post his or her method.

Here’s my method:
Organic ground beef
(Sometimes I add hot Italian sausage)
Finely diced onion
A little bit of minced garlic
(Sometimes I add finely diced yellow and red peppers)

Sautée those two bad bows, then add to the crock pot along with:
Big can diced tomatoes with mild chilis
Small can tomato sauce
Salt and pepper
Lawry’s seasoned salt
Smoked paprika
A very tiny hit of cinnamon: it makes the beef taste “meatier”

Oh, stfu. Yes, there can be a recipe for chili. It looks exceedingly similar to what you just posted, but with amounts. Stop being a pedantic ass.

Ooooooh, someone touched a nerve!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

That's not chili. That is some sort of cheap slop they'd serve at a primary school summer camp in the woods.

Again, please post your recipe. Otherwise, STFU.

NP. Can you stop asking for a “recipe” for chili? Chili is not something you need a RECIPE for. Hopefully the other poster can post his or her method.

Here’s my method:
Organic ground beef
(Sometimes I add hot Italian sausage)
Finely diced onion
A little bit of minced garlic
(Sometimes I add finely diced yellow and red peppers)

Sautée those two bad bows, then add to the crock pot along with:
Big can diced tomatoes with mild chilis
Small can tomato sauce
Salt and pepper
Lawry’s seasoned salt
Smoked paprika
A very tiny hit of cinnamon: it makes the beef taste “meatier”

Oh, stfu. Yes, there can be a recipe for chili. It looks exceedingly similar to what you just posted, but with amounts. Stop being a pedantic ass.

Ooooooh, someone touched a nerve!

Should have specified that I was a NP, but yes…people who say dumb shit touch a nerve with me 🤡

[Anonymous]

Pure DCUM

[Anonymous]

^^LOL!!

Obviously many of us are wedded to our various chili recipes. I think the question should be - Is buying chili a waste of money? I think yes. WHY oh why would you BUY chili when you make good homemade chili??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^LOL!!

Obviously many of us are wedded to our various chili recipes. I think the question should be - Is buying chili a waste of money? I think yes. WHY oh why would you BUY chili when you make good homemade chili??

Exactly! Buying it deprives you of the joy of yelling from the DCUM rooftops what chili is right or wrong! Beans!?? CINNAMON! Oatmeal??? It’s not a recipe without amount! Don’t use brisket! COOK FROZEN MEAT IN THE MICROWAVE???

This is what chili and DCUM are all about. Perfect pairing.