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

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Anonymous wrote:We only eat veggie chili, and I make it like I like it, and it's one of my easier dinners, so not at all for us!

I use:
-sautéed onions, garlic,green and red peppers, small amount of jalapeño, and often very very small cubed carrot or sweet potato or butternut squash
- spice blend is: cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, brown sugar (a lot more than you think), cayenne, and oregano
- spice and salt while cooking and when veggies are browned deglaze with half a can of beer
- add tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, sometimes diced fresh tomatoes/rotel, can of green chilies, chipotle in adobo, frozen corn, handfuls of chopped cilantro, and a lot more spice mix

Ready in 30, better in a few hours (can thin with veggie broth or chicken broth).

Keeps great the next few days!

We add small pasta and top with sour cream, more cilantro/jalapeno, tortilla chips, cheese, and sriracha.
Sometimes I make guac or a simple green salad or cornbread.

Forget to say add beans but duh. We use black beans, kidney beans, and a Whole Foods three bean mix.

This sounds delicious.

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Anonymous wrote:What? No. Ground beef, canned beans, chili powder, tomato sauce, boxed cornbread. Freeze half for another time.

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.

WTF are you talking about?

Post your recipe.

No onions? No garlic? Also, what about crushed or diced tomatoes or even whole tomatoes? I don't use chili powder, I used ground red New Mexican chile (a friend keeps me in stock so I never have to buy it), cumin, mexican oregano. Can't imagine it without sauteed onions.

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^^ and always pinto beans

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^^and also a bit of unsweetened chocolate or cocoa powder

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I make cashew vegetarian chili. Yum.

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What in the world are you talking about? It couldn’t be easier. Make a double batch and have some in the freezer for a cold night.

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Where's is OP's recipe? I need to see an expensive chili.

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An underrated chili ingredient is the middle of celery—little pieces and leaves, finely chopped.

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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.

Hmm. NP here and I guess I also make cheap slop and call it chili.

Brown ground turkey with cumin/chili powder/garlic powder, add a can each of corn, rinsed kidney beans, and crush fire roasted tomatoes. Top it off with some bone broth and a little salsa from a jar. I also throw in a little steel cut oatmeal as a thickener. Bring to a boil and then simmer.

Not chili maybe but inexpensive and quick
Perhaps real chili is too time consuming?

Oatmeal. Oh my god. OH MY GOD. OH GOD!!!!!!!!

I did leave out the fact that I keep a bag of pre-cut cabbage (I think it's for coleslaw) in my fridge. Before I start the simmer, I throw in a few handfuls of it and make sure it submerged so it disintegrates a little. Okay maybe you are right in that it's not chili.

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Anonymous wrote:Where's is OP's recipe? I need to see an expensive chili.

I have a tingly feeling we’re about to launch into the $80 or whatever the dollar amount was lasagna thread!

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I hate beans, so yes, waste of time. Who wants much ground beef and tomatoes? It's fine for an sppetizer maybe with chips.

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What cut of meat are you using, OP?

I'll generally use brisket (can get pricy) or a chuck roast cut. All of the other ingredients are cheap. Regardless of price, it doesn't take much time to make it and I can get 2-3 days of meals. It's worth it to me.

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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”

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Y’all need to stop it with the box of cornbread. Especially if you are making that gross stuff with sugar. Cornbread is so easy to make. Self-rising cornmeal, an egg, milk (or buttermilk if you have it), and oil. That’s it. Use Crisco (only Crisco) to grease a cast iron skillet. Heat it up in the oven (about 425ish). Once the skillet is hot, add the batter. Cook about 20-25 minutes. It doesn’t get any easier than that.

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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.