Chili Con Carne

[bassnut]

Here out West and South-West U.S.A., talking about Chili can be as emotionally charged and potentially life threatening as the debate over the best BBQ anywhere in the world.
You've heard of the Libs vs Conservs, Shiite vs Sunni, Male vs Female. Soccer (football) rivalries? Mere childish tantrums!
I say right here and now Armageddon will commence not over religion nor politics nor sport. The end will arise from conflict over food and I don't mean the lack of it although that does exists in Los Angeles combined with a serious Collagen epidemic - gut-wrenching horrible!
I'm talking about Chili my friends! Hot Chili!
And when I say Hot Chili I'm talking about Chili Con Carne!
That's right. Meat! Cooked and seasoned animal flesh!
And furthermore, when I talk about Chili con Carne I'm talking about Chili con Carne con Frijoles!
That's right my brothers and sisters. I'm talking about Beans! Beans in your Hot Chili con Carne!
There. I have set the trigger. Armed the bomb. The end is nigh.
I have only to say that the highest perfection Chili con Carne, combined the lowly Pinto bean, will ever hope to achieve will be found in a can of......I can't say it. Somebody else do it.
...or for the sake of the world, come up with a better recipe that doesn't contain Turkey!

 

[Moradiss]

My latest chili con-coction is browned stew meat (beef), simmered in whole peeled tomatoes (canned) until it about falls apart, then add seasoning and mucho frijoles. I do use prepackaged chili mix, but doctored up quite a bit.

It looks almost like pulled pork when done. Served over rice, or I sometimes mix some with refried beans, roll in a tortilla like a burrito, and fry in olive oil to toast the tortilla a bit

 

[bassnut]

I just drooled onto my keyboard.

 

[thelook]

STOP IT!!! I am on a diet!

must fit into swimsuit...........

 

[MacArthurBug]

No beans in the con carne! Now I make hot chili with beans and Meat- but I just call it Chili. If I called it con carne and DARED to put beans in it... bad things would happen. Ver ver bad things. Now hot smoked ancho chilies. Yes. Browned Beef cooked until it's fallen into happy hot spicy joy. Yes. Tomatoes? Yes. Beans? Oh heavens NO!

 

[bassnut]

...Now I make hot chili with beans and Meat- but I just call it Chili....

What? Kidney beans?
West of the Pecos, that's a hangin' offense. The cook bein' male or female makes no nevermind.

 

[MacArthurBug]

That's why I moved east They kept trying to weigh me - and a duck. And.. well it's terrible.

 

[bassnut]

That's why I moved east They kept trying to weigh me - and a duck. And.. well it's terrible.

That's funny!

 

[BradSmith]

I love venison chili!!!!!!! First take a rear quarter (from a small deer) and smoke it for about a day. Then strip the meat, spice to taste (salt, black pepper, and chipotle) and put it in a big/huge pressure cooker for about three hours. Release the pressure, rip the meat apart and add black beans, pinto beans and kidney beans, spiced canned tomatoes (last years from the garden seems to be the best), and once again spice to taste, mostly just getting the salt level correct. I leave the hottness mild because this is a recipe for family get togethers and some of the kids will only eat it mild. I keep three things available to add, cheese (a few kinds) Hot sause (again a few kinds, ranging from jalapeno to habanero) and last but not least oyster crackers. Oh and more salt, pepper and chili powder must be available (mostly for the old farts).

Northern Michigan Chili at it's best.

 

[minxy_fox]

I actually thought you were requesting a chilli con carne e-juice. LOL
Now that's a flavour that I could not imagine. Bit like bacon.

 

[bassnut]

Bacon flavored E-juice!

Yes!

Just kidding.

...although it shouldn't be too hard to drop a few molecules (that's all you'd need) of smoke flavoring into a cart.
Anybody? Anybody?