@UmbaSaffire
Oh no you don't. I'm not giving out my recipe ... 😆
Suffice to say there are several kinds of chili that will qualify. And yes it's the Texans that get bent about the bean/no bean thing the most. I'm bi-legume, can take it or leave it. Sweet peppers and green peppers are not a thing that qualifies something as chili. You need Chiles. After that, there's a panoplyof things that can be added and may still legitimately be called chili. White bean and chicken w/ green chiles? Yep.
@tyghebright I have put all kinds of fun stuff in a "chili" but never beer! Red wine if I felt decadent. 🤣
What type of beer do you use because I want to try that!
@stueytheround @FireMonkey @UmbaSaffire
An amber, usually. Something not too bitter. Dark beers or stouts can be good, too.
You really only need about half a bottle for a large pot.
@tyghebright Well I just happen to live not too far from where they make Doom Bar amber ale! 😁 Thanks Tyghe.
@FireMonkey @UmbaSaffire
@FireMonkey I do add bell peppers *as well* as chili peppers but who is making chili without them?
That's like making chicken soup without the chicken 🤣
@stueytheround @FireMonkey @UmbaSaffire now i want chili
@stueytheround @UmbaSaffire
One may add red or green bell peppers to disguise the fact that you did not put enough chilies in. If discovered by the judges, you may be marked with demerits, however, and given a bowl of the winning Hot chili to eat until you understand. 😂🥵
@FireMonkey I just bought bird eye and scotch bonnets. We're good to go! The bell peppers are for colour and texture 🤣
@stueytheround @UmbaSaffire
All right, that'll work. You got a pass on that one.
@FireMonkey @UmbaSaffire
I am partial to ground beef and beans in my chili. My own recipe has several kinds of chiles (dried and fresh), beer, and cocoa... though these days I make it with beans and no beef--which is sacrilege, but so tasty.