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oh also. today i went to whole foods to buy ground beef and i was too early or something so they didn't have any out yet and the guy was like what do you want and i said just regular 85% and he only had grass fed ready so he sold me grass fed for the price of regular so i didn't have to wait and i got FOUR POUNDS of it. what a savings!
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, 25 October 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
i make a paste out of reconstituted anchos rather than using ground
smart move, it always comes out better this way
btw i always think this thread is about chili peppers and not chili the dish
― marcos, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
ten months pass...
I am cooking chili as we speak! White chili: brown off some bone-on, skin-on thighs, remove and saute onion green pepper yellow pepper jalapeno pepper why because that is what I had; chopped garlic plus some minced chipotle in adobo and some chopped tomatoes; chicken stock (homemade thankyouverymuch); can o' rinsed hominy and then the chicken removed from bone and chopped up; maybe I should throw in some tempeh why because I have some in the fridge? Then to finish will do cilanto lime sour cream some grated cheese. Oh wait cumin coriander oregano in there too.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 27 September 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link
eight months pass...
first ever veggie chili experiment today. according to resident vegetarian, it is delicious.
adapted from here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/132394/meatiest-vegetarian-chili-from-your-slow-cooker/
1. starch:
5 x 6" corn tortillas
12oz beer
you can either throw both into the blender to make a sort of tortilla-beer puree, or what I do (makes a lot less mess): mince the tortillas by hand and then throw them in a tupperware, pour the beer in, then let it soak overnight. I stole this from america's test kitchen as a preferred thickener vice cornstarch, etc.
2. cans and hot stuff:
2 habaneros, seeded and diced
1 7 oz can of chipotles in adobo sauce, drained, rinsed and chopped
2 28 oz cans black beans, drained
1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
dump all that in the slow cooker first. then drain the beer/tortilla mixture and pour that on top.
3. fresh produce & protein:
4 C onions, chopped (I used 2 yellow + 1 white)
4 red bell peppers, seeded and chopped
15 oz tofu, cubed
5 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
1/4 C olive oil
^^^ all of this goes in a pan on medium high, onions first until glassy, then then peppers and tofu for about 10 minutes. Then throw all that in.
4. dry seasonings:
1 tsp salt
3/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne
2 tbsp cumin
5 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp oregano
2 bay leaves
I put all this together in a thing and then shake out a layer over the other ingredients in the cooker. Low for six hours.
I let the spice layer soak in on top and get nice and dark brown for a couple of hours before stirring everything around. Oh and push the bay leaves around so they're not just sitting on top. Or skip the bay leaves, I think they're probably placebo anyway.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 30 May 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
four years pass...
one of them is just using turkey and kidney beans and affecting this amateur schtick like they aren’t really that concerned with the results
one of them claims to be making chili con carne but then makes a big deal of adding a huge mess of beans to it
and the other one is making seafood stew and calling it chili
my chili rockism is killing me
― El Tomboto, Monday, 22 June 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
Tombot it has been a decade since I had what I would characterize as a substantive disagreement with you but chili is "a spicy bowl full of some protein-heavy stuff." Beans, meat, whatever, the weird "it's only chili if _____" stuff is pointless. Eat spicy bowls full of food and be free imo
scallops, crab, and shrimp in a bowl with vegetables and seasonings is seafood stew, I don’t care if you put two dried chipotles in it
― El Tomboto, Monday, 22 June 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
the turkey chili is fine it was just made with feigned carelessness which I found highly annoying
the “chili con carne” guy dumping chickpeas in there was just... OK man, words mean nothing
― El Tomboto, Monday, 22 June 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link