Chili, Beans or no beans?

[Turtle]

I am in a chili contest this weekend and my wife tells me that people love beans in chili. Well I do not and I have never put beans in my chili. But I want to hear what WB thinks.

[JoeyDVDZ]

Depends. For hotdogs, no. for eating out of a bowl, definitely.

Then yes, if out of a bowl, beans are a must have. Also must MUST be hot as shit, with grated cheddar cheese & cornbread.

[Turtle]

out of a bowl

[more-gooder]

is it even chili, if it doesnt have beans?

[JoeyDVDZ]

Nah, it's just beef-a-roni minus the roni.

[Turtle]

No, chili is about the meat! not some fucking bean

[Shaggz]

Depends. For hotdogs, no. for eating out of a bowl, definitely.

Then yes, if out of a bowl, beans are a must have. Also must MUST be hot as shit, with grated cheddar cheese & cornbread.
I agree with everything you said, except for the cornbread, I prefer regular saltines. And maybe some sour cream.
Hmm, now I dont know, never tried cornbread in chili, I must try it next time.

[JoeyDVDZ]

No way dude.

Chili is all about spice, beans, meat, and the interplay between them. If they're out of balance, you get shitty chilli.

[LiddyRules]

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Or may I also recommend Guatamalan Insanity Peppers?

[Turtle]

No way dude.

Chili is all about spice, beans, meat, and the interplay between them. If they're out of balance, you get shitty chilli.
Chili is about the balance of three spices and meat, beans just fuck thing up.

[JoeyDVDZ]

If you're so dead set against beans, why did you bother asking our opinions? We all seem to want beans!

[rustytrombone1]

Chili is about the gas & the ability to clear a room so you can watch the game in peace & quiet.

[Turtle]

If you're so dead set against beans, why did you bother asking our opinions? We all seem to want beans!
I'm hoping that this is just an annomoly with you guys. But I would like to win and to do that I need information on personal pref.

[KneeKnee]

Beans, no meat. Thats how I like it.

[ih8Uboo-boo]

No, chili is about the meat! not some fucking bean

I like it with beans too...

What kind of meat are you using???

[whoisisthis]

beans!

[GreatAmericanZero]

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Or may I also recommend Guatamalan Insanity Peppers?


I'm on the same brainwave...i was going to say to make it with Scott Tennermen's parents

[d0uche_n0zzle]

I like my chili with ground turkey and beans, not too hot, but hot enough to clear the old sinuses.

If you're worried about gas from beans use Beano when preparing them.

[JoeyDVDZ]

Gotta be beef, and gotta be hot enough to fart fireballs the next day.

[Budyzir]

I think its a regional thing. Not sure, but I think its in Texas where its all meat. Other parts of the south its beans and meat.

Myself, when I make chili, its beans and meat.


OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH 999 Posts. Time to come up with something special for 1000.

[Stormrider666]

Beans. Without them, you're just making Mexican meat sauce.

[roche]

I think its a regional thing. Not sure, but I think its in Texas where its all meat. Other parts of the south its beans and meat.

I have seen it both ways here, but I prefer no beans.

[GreatAmericanZero]

I am in a chili contest this weekend and my wife tells me that people love beans in chili. Well I do not and I have never put beans in my chili. But I want to hear what WB thinks.


I always had beans in my chili, but i'm thinking that it might be good without beans. Like, it would be different tasting but its like, less filler. Its like how i like to eat salad without lettuce...i just want the good stuff. Yeah, so just make chili with meat, it will probably help you out in the end now that i think about it. Anyway buddy, i'm going to give you the biggest help with your contest.

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[Turtle]

I like it with beans too...

What kind of meat are you using???

3lbs of flank steak or stew meat
4lbs lean ground beef
1 1/2 lbs ground pork.

1 large onion
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
2 tbs garlic
1 can tomato paste
3 cans diced tomato
6 oz. Peach Snapple
1 cup chili powder (added to meat when cooking)
1/2 cup cumin (added to meat when cooking)
1/4 cup red pepper ( added to meat when cooking)

when meat is cooked, drain grease, and smimmer onion & garlic til onion is transparent. Add remainder of ingredeants & simmer for 3 hrs. Add snapple in last 45 min.

[BigDickGuzinya]

I say drop in a habanero or 6 and leave the beans for the rookies.More gooder without the "filler".

[Turtle]

I say drop in a habanero or 6 and leave the beans for the rookies.More gooder without the "filler".
I love the spicy, the problem is that the chili needs to be palatable to a wide range of tastes, so I have to tone it down.

[Death Metal Moe]

BEANS!!!! Are you MAD?! Beans ARE Chili as far as I'm concerned!

[Turtle]

BEANS!!!! Are you MAD?! Beans ARE Chili as far as I'm concerned!
Filler, Filler and Filler. But it seems like most people want beans. I don't get it. But I will give it a try and hope for the best.

[Death Metal Moe]

It's a different texture in the chili. Trust me, with a few kidney beans in there it'll be a whole new world for ya.

[Turtle]

make my chili & you'll never want beans again, or my name isn't Turtle.

[Ballbuster1]

Sorry, Turtle. Chili gots to have beans........:chefico

[Turtle]

Sorry, Turtle. Chili gots to have beans........:chefico
So it would seem Cheff. You should try it without, you'll never go back.

[GreatAmericanZero]

make my chili & you'll never want beans again, or my name isn't Turtle.

i'm thinking ur chili seems cool.....can u fedex me some?

[Turtle]

i'm thinking ur chili seems cool.....can u fedex me some?
Make some, you will love it. cook the meat with the chili powder, peper & cumin. Don't dump the spice into the pot after the tomato and onion are added. The meat will have a lot of the Chili flavor and it will tenderize the meat as well.

[GreatAmericanZero]

Make some, you will love it. cook the meat with the chili powder, peper & cumin. Don't dump the spice into the pot after the tomato and onion are added. The meat will have a lot of the Chili flavor and it will tenderize the meat as well.

a friend of mine is a really good cook and he hates beans so i sent him the recipe and it appealed to him

[Death Metal Moe]

I won't lie that putting beans in is kind of a filler and a way to keep the cost down. ALL MEAT is expensive, but I just love beans so I would miss them if they were gone.

[Hudson]

No, chili is about the meat! not some fucking bean
From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II Belief are ya?
Has to have beans
I use Chorizo, Beef, Beans, Fresh Jalepenos, and other peppers, Onions , and a teaspoon of Hershey's cocoa for mellowing
Highly spicy yet highly acclaimed
Course your house smells like a fart for three days
Beans might be a regional thing, I have seen it both ways, also have seen it without meat. (told that was how it was originally...beans...NO Meat!)

[angrybeerguy]

I always put beans in my chili. Ive never seen beans in a contest before it always all meat.

[Frankie_Ballz]

i'm going to give you the biggest help with your contest.
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[Hudson]

Never put Barbacue Sauce in Chili...that is interesting and disturbing wrapped into one little package.

[ih8Uboo-boo]

3lbs of flank steak or stew meat


Good answer... Real chili has real meat not just ground beef.

How do you cook the flank steak (fry/grill/broil)? do you dice it or shred it??? I think that I like it better shredded.

I usually add some sausage to give it a little extra flavor...

[Hudson]

Good answer... Real chili has real meat not just ground beef.

How do you cook the flank steak (fry/grill/broil)? do you dice it or shred it??? I think that I like it better shredded.

I usually add some sausage to give it a little extra flavor...
Done it with a hand shredded Filet Mingnon, fried up with the spices, peppers, and onions in a pan with a tablespoon of extra virgin Olive Oil.
shit basically dissolved in the oven.
Ok how long in the cooker?

[Frankie_Ballz]

Never put Barbacue Sauce in Chili...that is interesting and disturbing wrapped into one little package.

yeah, i don't put it in chili. i do put it on damn near everything else.

[Hudson]

I put tabasco/ hot sauce on almost everything! especially Popcorn!

[Justadick]

I put tabasco/ hot sauce on almost everything! especially Popcorn!
Same here.melt the butter add the tabasco with the butter. uummm good
chilli with beans fresh onions .chocolate milkshake

[Frankie_Ballz]

tabasco on popcorn is good. my roomate in college used to put a1 on his popcorn, it wasn't bad.

[Hudson]

soak the corn in tabasco overnight and put on a baking sheet in the oven for about 45 min on 200 heat to dry (Wholly Shit I sound like Martha Stewart! Fuck it! break off the neck of the bottle and dump it onto the mix!)

[whoisisthis]

I say drop in a habanero or 6 ....


nice!


I think I'll start a pot right now for [big A]supper[/big A] tomorrow... with beans:rockon"

[BIV]

I eat Nalleys.
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Has to be served with shredded cheese and apple cider vinegar, with garlic bread on the side.

Biv doesn't cook, he "heats up."

[mascan42]

I've heard of chili without meat, but never without beans. For me, I like with both, maybe throw in a few bits of pepper and onion too.

[tar_baby]

good luck..let us know how it went

[Myhairygrundle]

At any chili cook off in Texas, beans are not allowed.

I believe that you can get your ass kicked for putting beans in chili here...it's a sin. Get yourself to confession for having such an impure thought.

[hoo cares]

You can put Beaners in your chili? Is this legal? Better slice 'em real thin! :icon_mrgr

[generoso]

I like you recipe there Turtle but would add beans and soak them in Southern Comfert overnight. And all chili needs hot sauce I understand competion you have cool it down. But no chili is complete without a few drops of Dave's Total Insanity...
As for you crazy SOB's with the popcorn I bought a few bags of Dave's insane popcorn. Could only eat like 2 handfull's try this if your have the balls.

http://hotsaucecatalog.com/hs3023.html

[Turtle]

I went a got a can of kidney beans... and I'll put them in.

Few points on chili.
1. I love hot chili, but most people like a milder chili so to win I'll need to tone it down.
2. I cut the meat into one inch cubes and cook them in the pot and add the chili powder, cumin & redpepper to the meat and let it simmer for about 30 min. I think the chili flavor in the meat and the spice in the meat make for a better flavor.
3. The 6oz of Peach Snapple at the end put a very slight sweetness to the flavor, most people notice it but can not id. the taste.
4. I've heard about choc. in chili before but never got a good grasp on quantity so I never gave it a shot.
5. And I agree with Joey DVD that cheese and cornbread go great with chili

[Mooseman]

3lbs of flank steak or stew meat
4lbs lean ground beef
1 1/2 lbs ground pork.

1 large onion
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
2 tbs garlic
1 can tomato paste
3 cans diced tomato
6 oz. Peach Snapple
1 cup chili powder (added to meat when cooking)
1/2 cup cumin (added to meat when cooking)
1/4 cup red pepper ( added to meat when cooking)

when meat is cooked, drain grease, and smimmer onion & garlic til onion is transparent. Add remainder of ingredeants & simmer for 3 hrs. Add snapple in last 45 min.

Sounds pretty good, how much does this make? Sounds like alot with 8 1/2 lbs of meat. I like my chili without beans.

[Turtle]

Sounds pretty good, how much does this make? Sounds like alot with 8 1/2 lbs of meat. I like my chili without beans.
It makes a lot of chili enough for about 15 people. make some and let me know what you think

[Hudson]

Sister got me some "Southwestern Chili" mix with 3 types of beans and calling for...CHICKEN??????

[tar_baby]

turtle..did u win?

[Farm Flufer]

I can have it either way.

[tar_baby]

well i suggested that we make chili tomorrow...both my parents said...NO BEANS

oh well...so i guess thatsa vote for NO...they are from michigan...and we are in danville...so i guess virginia votes no beans

[hoo cares]

Richmond here...Having spent time in Texas, I can tell you....No fuckin' beans, no how, no way, never.

[tar_baby]

trying to find a good chili recipe..anyone got one?

[tar_baby]

ahhhhhhhh shit..just made some chili..threw in some cilantro...green onions as well

almost threw in some sprite but the moms wasnt having it..i thought thatd be like ur peach snapple

[Turtle]

Well, I would like to say that I won the contest, but I didn't. Came in 5th out of 30, and 1,2,&4 all had beans. So it seems that WB was correct.

[tar_baby]

5th out of 30?
thats pretty damn good
congrats

[Turtle]

thanks, could be better, the woman who won 2nd had a meatless chili, dirty tree hugger.

[Legate]

Beans.

[BigDickGuzinya]

Because I'm lazy, I will cook some corndogs,pull out the sticks,cover w/ BEANLESS chili,cheese, onjun and a little hot salsa.You get your chilidog and cornbread all in one.

[Glenn Dandy]

Call me crazy i dont care but try this, when ya cook a burger use taco bell hot sauce,, one package per flip cook it in,,, turns even the shittiest burgers into awsome. Ill tell ya another awsome thing, ya know those stupid fireplace things for outside they are like clay or some shit? Put a grate on the top fluke and get the fire kickin, and flame broil a burger that way incredible taste,, and dont forget the Taco bell Hot sauce.

As far as beans..

I believe it was Abraham Lincoln that said,, ehhemmehhem,,,,'
Beans, Beans the musical fruit, the more ya eat the more ya toot!
The more ya toot the better ya feel, So eat your beans at every meal."

[Myhairygrundle]

Well, I hate to be the Spoiler Sammy here, but the official rules do not allow beans. Personal taste might, but for official chili cook-offs, there are no fillers such as beans, rice, etc....look at section A sub 2.

I'm going to eat fritio pie for breadfast, Cheers.


http://www.chili.org/documents/CASI%20Official%20Rule%20Book.pdf

A. CHILI COOKED ON SITE - All chili must be cooked from scratch on site the day of the cookoff. All chili
must be prepared in the open (no cooking in motorhomes, etc.).

1. CHILI COOKED FROM SCRATCH - "Scratch" is defined as starting with raw meat. No marinating is
allowed. Commercial chili powder is permissible, but complete commercial chili mixes ("just add
meat" mixes that contain premeasured spices) are NOT permitted.

2. NO FILLERS IN CHILI - Beans, macaroni, rice, hominy, or other similar ingredients are not permitted.

[Smokezilla]

Why not put beans into your chili? You can't get the farting action without the beans like you can WITH them. . . geesh!!! :icon_roll There's nothing like the inflicting the aroma of a good chili fart on the wife and kids while you're cooped-up in the car! Heh-heh-heh!!!:icon_wink

[JavaLogBoy]

you can have chill without beans.

[Turtle]

Well, I hate to be the Spoiler Sammy here, but the official rules do not allow beans. Personal taste might, but for official chili cook-offs, there are no fillers such as beans, rice, etc....look at section A sub 2.

I'm going to eat fritio pie for breadfast, Cheers.


http://www.chili.org/documents/CASI%20Official%20Rule%20Book.pdf

A. CHILI COOKED ON SITE - All chili must be cooked from scratch on site the day of the cookoff. All chili
must be prepared in the open (no cooking in motorhomes, etc.).

1. CHILI COOKED FROM SCRATCH - "Scratch" is defined as starting with raw meat. No marinating is
allowed. Commercial chili powder is permissible, but complete commercial chili mixes ("just add
meat" mixes that contain premeasured spices) are NOT permitted.

2. NO FILLERS IN CHILI - Beans, macaroni, rice, hominy, or other similar ingredients are not permitted.

I feel good.

[patbattlefield]

you can have chill without beans.

yeah, wouldn't it just be meat with sauce? the beans make it chili.

[Ballbuster1]

1. CHILI COOKED FROM SCRATCH - "Scratch" is defined as starting with raw meat. No marinating is
allowed. Commercial chili powder is permissible, but complete commercial chili mixes ("just add
meat" mixes that contain premeasured spices) are NOT permitted.

2. NO FILLERS IN CHILI - Beans, macaroni, rice, hominy, or other similar ingredients are not permitted.
Obviously those rules didn't apply to this contest since 3 of the
recipes that beat Turtle's either had beans or lacked meat.

Still a good job to get 5th place Turtle. Congrats.

[Turtle]

we did have to cook the chili on site, but other than that, put whatever you wanted in your pot. Thanks BB1

[Myhairygrundle]

I feel good.


Oh shit.. I did not mean to take away from your winnings. Cheers to you for placing...with or without beans.

[Mindriot]

Didn't see this thread until today. But I just wanted to give my input on the Beans or no Beans. You have to have beans.

When I make mine, I use more of the Frijoles Negro Beans And maybe one can of the Kidney.

The black Negro beans taste better and thcken up the chili better.

Anyway, good Job on placing though Turtle!

[whoisisthis]

congrats, Turtle!



chili rules

[Lambo]

Yes

[BobDammit]

True chili is bean less. It should burn your ass. It should taste great with a cold beer. Have at it!

[Big Dick Mcgee]

Beans beans the magical fruit
The more you eat them the more you poot
The more you poot the better you feel
So eat your beans at ever meal.

[Turtle]

Oh shit.. I did not mean to take away from your winnings. Cheers to you for placing...with or without beans.
Thanks MHG. I was just given you shit.

[Pasty Irish]

There's a fabulous Tex-Mex Restaurant in Charlottesville, VA known to those who have had the pleasure of stepping onto the premises as 'Continental Divide'.... They serve a gigantic bowl of chili, amongst other diarrheal inducers, and it carries the tag line....

"Chili made with the specific exclusion of beans... The way good Chili should be."

Needless to say, I voted no beans.

Paprika on the other hand....

[NORTONnFRIENDS]

How did this poll live and my Yes or NO one didnt. Fine job sir. (lil jellous)

[Ren5150]

Chili without beans is like **** without tears = Just not as satisfying.

[Big Dick Mcgee]

There's a place here in Lynchburg called the Texas Inn and they have great chili very meaty with very little beans goes great with cheese dogs and a little bit of mustard.:icon_bigg

[grail]

Chilli is definetly regional... texas and official contests are no beans... me I prefer beans specifically dark red kidney beans in mine. They absorb the flavor the best and maintain texture. Hot dog chilli is no beans. Weird IMO, is cinncinatti chilli because it has cinammon in it served on spagetti.

Hot as hell of course, chocolate definelty helps the counteract the acidity of the tomatoes... I prefer a couple of oreos.

Another variation that's not bad is chilli verde... green chilli... lots of jalapenos and tomatillos.

[Ether]

I am in a chili contest this weekend and my wife tells me that people love beans in chili. Well I do not and I have never put beans in my chili. But I want to hear what WB thinks.
Is it really "chili" without the beans?

[Jolie]

I would say, it completely depends on the chili. Green chili, no. Mexican red chili, no. Texas chili, depends on your definition of "texas chili" but typically, in texas, I think the answer is no.

[crescentwrench]

The answer is always no in Texas. There's a reason Texas is number 1 in executions, it's because people keep putting beans in the damn chili.

[roche]

The answer is always no in Texas.

correct sir

[Jolie]

The answer is always no in Texas. There's a reason Texas is number 1 in executions, it's because people keep putting beans in the damn chili.

Yeah, but I think people who don't live in texas have this strange misconception that texas chili includes beans.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Texas just doesn't like beaners.

[Elo]

I like chili.

[nessman]

Beans, beans good for your heart...

[predators1998]

As a fifth generation Texan, I was repeatedly told by my grandmother, "If you put beans in chili, you don't know beans about chili". Having emigrated to Tennessee, I ended up putting beans in chili to appease my wife and now actually prefer it. The compromise was made so that I wouldn't have to put fucking ground beef in the chili. That to me was more upsetting than beans.

[Hudson]

http://texaschainsawmassacre.com/tcm1/images/cook_jim.jpg
The secret's in the meat!!!!!!

[Razor Roman]

Chili without beans is just meat sauce than some mexican put too much spice in.

[25133WhooOoAH]

you need beans!

[Momjeans]

Beans, no meat. Thats how I like it.

Texas girl chili= beans + good meat + secrets

No meat? really?

[BIV]

Chili.....Beansh

[25133WhooOoAH]

lol

[DonTheTrucker]

Beans, but not too many. MUST have meat. MUST have the spices. Beans are optional, but barely so.

[Stormrider666]

When this thread and poll first came out, my answer was with beans. However, through the Food Network, I have seen what the chilli without beans looks like and I'm intrigued to try it out.

[Vyce]

Vegetarian chilli CAN be good - one of the best chilli recipes I EVER had was a veggie chilli a friend made - but 9 times out of 10, I got to have it with meat....and beans. To me, it's not chilli unless you have meat and beans.

[stillbornstew]

Chili.....Beansh

:haha7::haha7::haha7: lock it up.

gotta have beans. period.

[Sam_Adams]

:haha7::haha7::haha7: lock it up.

gotta have beans. period.

Just leave the fuckin' okra out :action-sm

[kloraferm]

Chili.....Beansh
:haha7::clap:

[mascan42]

Chili without beans is just a spicy sloppy joe.

[Vyce]

Just leave the fuckin' okra out :action-sm

Who puts okra in their fucking chilli?

Once you start doing that shit, just call it gumbo, cause that's the road you're going down.

[Sam_Adams]

Who puts okra in their fucking chilli?

Once you start doing that shit, just call it gumbo, cause that's the road you're going down.

psssssst, coonasses like to put the same ingredients in everything. I've had people make chili and put celery and okra in it and it wasn't the best.

[DonTheTrucker]

psssssst, coonasses like to put the same ingredients in everything. I've had people make chili and put celery and okra in it and it wasn't the best.

I know I give you shit but I agree 100% with you there. Mushy celery and okra in chili just sounds bad.

Keep it to meat, spices/peppers, and a little bit of beans. Simple is better for chili.

[Stormrider666]

psssssst, coonasses like to put the same ingredients in everything. I've had people make chili and put celery and okra in it and it wasn't the best.

SAM. I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THE COONS.:action-sm

Although I totally agree whoever puts okra and celery in their chili is fucking retarded.

[FAZ8218]

Starvin...

[Sam_Adams]

WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THE COONS.:action-sm

:icon_roll Coonass isn't the same thing as Coon :action-sm

[Stormrider666]

:icon_roll Coonass isn't the same thing as Coon :action-sm

My bad. I didn't realize there was a difference between coonass and coon. I stand corrrrrrrrrrrected.

[DonTheTrucker]

SAM. I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THE COONS.:action-sm

Although I totally agree whoever puts okra and celery in their chili is fucking retarded.

Do black people in New York even eat okra? I thought that was more of a southern thing than a black thing. I thought northern black folks ate the same thing everyone else up here eats.

[Stormrider666]

Do black people in New York even eat okra? I thought that was more of a southern thing than a black thing. I thought northern black folks ate the same thing everyone else up here eats.

If they moved up here from the South, then there is a good chance they eat okra. Myself, I was never a big fan of iokra.

[maz]

Beans
Definitely

[Vyce]

I wasn't kidding earlier. I love okra, actually (I'm not from the South but my family is), but in chilli? No. Okra is for gumbo.

[maz]

Come to think of it
maz will make chili monday nite
for the work week

Thanks for the inspiration guys

[maz]

Gonna start on the chili now
Fuck
I forgot the beans
too late to go back to the store
thats what In get for not putting them on the list

Oh well
got onions and jalapenos and diced tomatoes