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You forgot to plug your beer in on my fitness pal

What beer? I had Kombucha. Wife had unsweetened iced tea. Beer is a scarcity until my diet bet is complete.


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  • Not bad for my first time. 2nd place out of 69 entries at the Texana Chili Spill. 

  • jimmyjazz
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    Probably my best ever:  an attempt to get close to the original San Antonio Chili Queens recipe.  I used less onion and more chile peppers & cumin, but the result was stellar.  I'd say the heat wa

  • elfenix
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    3.5 lbs chili grind, 3 or 4 lbs cubed smoked brisket, a bunch of peppers made into paste, powders bloomed in beef fat, bunch of onions + ones floating around the fridge, some serranos and jalapenos fl

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Fuck it....I am native of Austin Texas for 64 years and I like beans in my chili.

I don't mind chili without beans but I prefer beans in it. Oh and also cheese.

Now get off of my lawn while I yell at the clouds mother fuckers ! 

6 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Fuck it....I am native of Austin Texas for 64 years and I like beans in my chili.

I don't mind chili without beans but I prefer beans in it. Oh and also cheese.

Now get off of my lawn while I yell at the clouds mother fuckers ! 

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It's been covered, beans are fine...it's just not chili. Also some cheese is required. 

35 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

It's been covered, beans are fine...it's just not chili. Also some cheese is required

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Cheese, onions, and jalapenos are optional condiments.  

I can see Cookie throwing some beans into a pot of red out on the trail when beef and pork ran low.

I can also see the rest of the cowpokes stringing Cookie up on the nearest mesquite tree.

1 hour ago, Hank_Hill said:

It's been covered, beans are fine...it's just not chili. Also some cheese is required. 

It is called chili with beans.

 

1 hour ago, HouTex said:

Cheese, onions, and jalapenos are optional condiments.  

if by optional, you mean mandatory, then yes

48 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

It is called chili with beans.

 

It's called stew. 

On 2/18/2019 at 8:17 PM, hopkinsnhorns said:

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had a version of this on the brunch menu once upon a time.  We used fresh fried corn torts instead of flour, more crunch. and the bottom was covered in pulled pork topped with chili or bbq sauce, fired onion on top.....tits

  • 2 weeks later...

Cooked chili last night, enough for tonight as well. Pretty good over a spinach omelet also. 93a58903b858e624c68bc1099252db83.jpg

Leftover from Friday night...

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Not much left, but it’s in there...

Yesterday was texas Independence Day. So, bowl of red, with some homemade green chili cornbread.

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And I’ve really become a fan of reconstituted anchos in place of most/all of my chili powder. Just gives it that smoky richness that’s perfect.

+1 on the anchos.   Started doing them about a year ago.  Just adds extra depth of flavor.

On 2/21/2019 at 8:28 AM, Steamboat1874 said:

Fuck it....I am native of Austin Texas for 64 years and I like beans in my chili.

I don't mind chili without beans but I prefer beans in it. Oh and also cheese.

Now get off of my lawn while I yell at the clouds mother fuckers ! 

I'm 58 and agree.  Use beans about 50% of the times I make chili. It's superb either way.

What doesn't go in are large chunks of tomatoes. Just using examples from this page, it doesn't get millenialized with brown rice, spinach omelettes, tater tots, or kombucha.

Off my yard as well, kids. Put some extra cheese on it so it doesn't burn your tongues.

It's been covered, beans are fine...it's just not chili. Also some cheese is required. 

Yeah I’m sure the abuelas selling chili in the square in San Antonio in 1880 using whatever scraps they had handy would NEVER use beans to stretch the meat.

I just made my first batch using dried chilies. Guajillo and ancho 50/50. I just followed the recipes on the back of the bolners package. Pretty good. Pretty pretty good.

9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Yesterday was Texas Independence Day. So, bowl of red, with some homemade green chili cornbread.

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Dinner last night:

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4 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:


Yeah I’m sure the abuelas selling chili in the square in San Antonio in 1880 using whatever scraps they had handy would NEVER use beans to stretch the meat.

I'm sure there's been a lot of gumbo made with opossum meat in the past too.

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I'm sure there's been a lot of gumbo made with opossum meat in the past too.
you say that like it’s a bad thing
13 minutes ago, thestud said:

I've never reconstituted Chile peppers, going to do that this afternoon. After you guys have reconstituted them, do you blend them up into a paste or add them whole into the pot?

Put the reconstituted peppers and the water in which they simmered into a blender. That, along with some beef stock, will be your base.

Toast the dried chile peppers in a hot, dry skillet, or on a cookie sheet in a 225 oven, for a couple of minutes first.  Just until you begin to smell them.  It brings out their oils.

Then steep them in hot water to rehydrate, and put in a blender with only as much of the steeping water as it takes to blend them up really, really smooth.  If you use something like a Vitamix, blend for 45-60 seconds and it should be fine enough.  If you have a normal blender, you can strain through a strainer to make sure no large bits get through.

Then you can use that slurry/paste, plus some more of the steeping water if you like, plus stock, as your base.

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Also, to add a little more heat to the base, I add 1-2 tablespoons of ancho sauce from canned chipotle peppers. 

23 hours ago, Brisketexan said:


And I’ve really become a fan of reconstituted anchos in place of most/all of my chili powder. Just gives it that smoky richness that’s perfect.

 

23 hours ago, slorch said:

+1 on the anchos.   Started doing them about a year ago.  Just adds extra depth of flavor.

 

15 hours ago, deft said:

I just made my first batch using dried chilies. Guajillo and ancho 50/50. I just followed the recipes on the back of the bolners package. Pretty good. Pretty pretty good.

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19 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:


Yeah I’m sure the abuelas selling chili in the square in San Antonio in 1880 using whatever scraps they had handy would NEVER use beans to stretch the meat.

I've thought about that and pretty much agree.  The history of the dish would suggest anything MIGHT go, from beans to suet to horse meat.

But I'm not putting beans in mine.

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Also, to add a little more heat to the base, I add 1-2 tablespoons of ancho sauce from canned chipotle peppers. 

*adobo

17 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

*adobo

Shit — brain fart.  Thanks for the correction.

I can handle a little adobo/chipotle in my chili but a little goes a long way.  If the first thing you taste is the smoky taste of the chipotles then you've overdone it.  

Also, I've done the reconstituted ancho and guajillo chile thing several times, but I can't tell enough of a difference for it to be worth the trouble so I stopped.  If you can tell the difference, go for it.

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1 hour ago, thestud said:

no beans in sight.

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reconstituted takes up much more volume than chili powder.  i'd use at least a cup it not the whole blender.  try the heat level of the paste - if it's ok it doesn't really matter how much you put in.

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17 minutes ago, thestud said:

I grabbed the 2oz bag of ancho chile’s and the 8oz of guajillo. Cleaned and roasted 4 ancho’s and 6 guajillos at 400 for 3 minutes. Placed them in a recently boiled pot and let them steep for 30 minutes. Blended into a nice smooth paste.

I’m asking this late in the game as I’ve already done it, but do you substitute 1:1 measurements when using reconstituted chili’s as opposed to the powder? My recipe calls for 6 tbs chili powder for every 2 pounds of meat but that didn’t look like enough with the reconstituted mix so I ended up using 10. Did I just screw the pooch?

I think it's like pepper on a brisket -- some people use none, some use equal parts salt and pepper, and Wayne Mueller uses 9 parts pepper to one part salt.  It's cooking, not baking.  It will swing the flavor some but probably not so much you'll hate it.

For what it's worth, I use something like 4 anchos and 8 guajillos per 3 lb meat, which gets pretty close to equal weight of the 2 varieties of peppers.  (I think that's what I use, I have notes I check whenever I make chili.)

I've thought about that and pretty much agree.  The history of the dish would suggest anything MIGHT go, from beans to suet to horse meat.
But I'm not putting beans in mine.

Suet makes for great chili.
There's people that dont pepper their brisket?

Probably the same assholes that order their steaks well done.
2 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

There's people that dont pepper their brisket?

They are not really people. 

You and Hitler need to get a room

  • 1 month later...

This is probably a bit of a bizarre thread to share this, but I’ve been bummed for a while about this and this is likely a thread where people might be aware of the young woman who died recently in a bike/car collision.  Jessica, who was the friendly skinny girl in glasses and funky clothes behind the bar at the Chili Parlour died about a week ago.  There was certainly more to her than her job at a famous chili and Tex Mex joint, but I think there are a few regulars who post here and she deserves to be remembered.

 https://www.statesman.com/news/20190328/police-release-new-details-on-crash-that-killed-cyclist-in-east-austin

That’s very sad.

 

If it’s who I’m thinking of, her sister was also hit by a car while riding a bike last fall, but survived.

 

  • 4 months later...

Thanks for the bump.
@jimmyjazz

I smoked a brisket and want to use some of the lean for chili. Thing is I’ve never cooked chili before and don’t know how. I tried googling but got a bunch of recipes that seemed like bull shit. I’m hoping someone here more experienced than me can help me make something decent out of what I have. What I have:

Brisket
Mixed ground chuck/sirloin
Poblano peppers
Hatch peppers
San Marzino can tomato’s
Telling us chili seasoning
White onion
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Kidney/pinto beans
Shiner
Chicken stock


How do I salvage these and make something decent??

6 minutes ago, KeysPhoneWallet said:

Thanks for the bump.
@jimmyjazz

I smoked a brisket and want to use some of the lean for chili. Thing is I’ve never cooked chili before and don’t know how. I tried googling but got a bunch of recipes that seemed like bull shit. I’m hoping someone here more experienced than me can help me make something decent out of what I have. What I have:

Brisket
Mixed ground chuck/sirloin
Poblano peppers
Hatch peppers
San Marzino can tomato’s
Telling us chili seasoning
White onion
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Kidney/pinto beans
Shiner
Chicken stock


How do I salvage these and make something decent??

Yeah you can turn that into Chili, you are going to need to lose the beans and it is not going to have any heat...

Yeah you can turn that into Chili, you are going to need to lose the beans and it is not going to have any heat...



I have to keep it pretty mild for the wife and kids

What order do I do stuff in tho?

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