Chili: Discuss

[CreamyGoodness]

Do you think your deer chili would be good in a ravioli?

 

[Melana]

Do you think your deer chili would be good in a ravioli?

I hate you. This sounds amazing. deer chili fried ravioli. Sign me up please.

 

[iijakii]

Anyone ever use some coffee in their chili? I have a bud that swears by it to get a little more earthiness. Might try it tonight. I love making chili and feeling like a mad scientist adding ten spices to it while half drunk.

 

[thatjonguy]

Anyone ever use some coffee in their chili? I have a bud that swears by it to get a little more earthiness. Might try it tonight. I love making chili and feeling like a mad scientist adding ten spices to it while half drunk.

I have! I like it, just a few ounces.

 

[Melana]

Chili with coffee is awesome.

 

[iijakii]

Alright, I'll give it a whirl. Just brew up a couple cups like normal?

 

[DrunkleJon]

That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!

Um, wait. I mean I am preparing a batch of leftover pulled pork chili tonight (take that purists), and I am adding beans too. In your face, space coyote!

 

[j1n]

Im in the no bean camp. dont really like beans all that much.

 

[iijakii]

Im in the no bean camp. dont really like beans all that much.

 

[z-bob]

Beans/No_Beans is a false controversy, IMHO. You can make good chili either way, but in any case the meat and the peppers (fresh green or dried red, but not both) should dominate. The beans need to not get in the way.

The *real* issue is Tomatoes vs No Tomatoes.

 

[j1n]

 

[iijakii]

Why never mix peppers?

 

[ChefRex]

Why never mix peppers?

It's your chili, do what feels right

 

[z-bob]

Why never mix peppers?

You can if you want (it's just wrong ) Green chili and red chili are both good, but they are different. Something in-between will be inferior.

 

[bob1852]

Something in-between will be inferior.

Or even better....

Gestalt chili

 

[Clarke]

I like Frito's in my chili

 

[vanishingpint]

Do you think your deer chili would be good in a ravioli?

Must... try....:rockin:

 

[vanishingpint]

Just made 5 gallons of deer chili this past weekend. Good stuff! Got like 3 gallons left over too. Probably freeze some to save for cold nights.

Wow .You ate two gallons of chili? My hat's off to you.

 

[iijakii]

Making chili and cornbread. Have the chili simmerin' away and then prepped the batch of cornbread and threw it in the oven. Cleaning up the kitchen and discovered my two eggs still sittin' there on the counter.

Making chili and cornbricks.

 

[FatDragon]

Anyone ever use some coffee in their chili? I have a bud that swears by it to get a little more earthiness. Might try it tonight. I love making chili and feeling like a mad scientist adding ten spices to it while half drunk.

I pulled off four liters of an IPA I made a few months ago and aged it for another couple days with some lightly crushed coffee beans - it was supposed to be one day but bottling got put off a day. The beer came out poorly for a few reasons, one of which was a way-overstated coffee presence. I held my nose and drank a bottle or two that way, which made it a little better, but I've found it makes a killer chili. I'd been told by a friend that coffee was a good addition to chili, and beer's always a good decision, so it's a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

Once that stuff's gone, I'll probably take the spent grounds from an Aeropress shot and toss those directly in the pot. No reason to toss a perfectly good cup of coffee in the pot when the grounds from said coffee will do the job just as well or better. A coffee shop I used to go to in college made a milkshake like that - vanilla ice cream blended with a dash of milk and the spent grounds from a shot of espresso. It was awesome.

 

[podz]

Why never mix peppers?

LOL!

In a typical batch of chili, I will put in 6 dry red rawits (thai) that I crumble up with my fingers before I go to leave a piss, an entire can of whole chipotles that I scissor up after I toss them in, half a bottle of chipotle sauce, a few good shakes of habanero sauce and then eat it with thinly sliced fresh green chiles on top.

I know it's good if SWMBO starts sweating bullets halfway through her bowl. She barely knew what a chili was before she hooked up with me nearly 5 years ago and now we eat raw chiles as snacks while driving home from the supermarket.

 

[iijakii]

Ive always just gotten a smodgepodge of various peppers and then adjust the smoked paprika and cumin up or down depending on the profile. I've never heard a thought against mixing peppers, don't understand why or believe it but am curious.

 

[iijakii]

Corn"bread" still came out delicious. Dry and crumbly, but with some chili on top that's the least of your worries.

 

[casualbrewer]

Wow .You ate two gallons of chili? My hat's off to you.

Had a big party at my house. Also made frogmore stew (lowcountry boil).

 

[Melana]

If you still have leftover chili you can turn it into empanada filling. There's a recipe out there for a pastry like crust made with half flour and half corn meal. delish!

 

[unionrdr]

Or a couple taco pies. I use two cornbread pans filled maybe 1/3 to 1/2 the way with chili. Then divide a batch of cornbread batter on top of both. Bake till golden brown, cut each in quarters & serve With spanish rice & maybe an IPA.

 

[Melana]

Or a couple taco pies. I use two cornbread pans filled maybe 1/3 to 1/2 the way with chili. Then divide a batch of cornbread batter on top of both. Bake till golden brown, cut each in quarters & serve With spanish rice & maybe an IPA.

i'll be over around 6, ok?

 

[unionrdr]

I'd love to chare stuff sometime...need to brew a " regular" IPA...unless some nice heat is something you enjoy?...

 

[Staestc]

So what is it with the Brits and chili? I never had Mexican food that was worth a damn compared to Texas anywhere in England in my years there, but any decent freehouse in any part of the country has awesome chili!!

 

[iijakii]

Brits are pretty familiar with spices. Curries etc are more British than they are Indian. Curry and chili share most of the same spices, really.