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Post by daylilydude on Aug 9, 2018 4:19:31 GMT -5
or without... how do you prefer your chili, and if you do use beans, which do you use?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 9, 2018 6:27:32 GMT -5
I do love true Texas chili, but I often put beans in it, just to stretch it, as using just meat is quite expensive, esp. with the cost of beef. I usually use pintos, but I also like black beans - the shiny, almost round ones, that go so well with Mexican foods.
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Post by spike on Aug 9, 2018 7:08:36 GMT -5
YES!! Love chili especially Cincinnati Chili!
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 9, 2018 8:07:29 GMT -5
I have never made chili without beans. My favorite are black beans and I like to use my own home grown ones. I cook a big crock pot full of beans periodically and then package them for the freezer in pint canning jars which are the same size as cans of beans.
When I get meat out of the freezer to make chili I just have to remember to get out a jar or two of beans too.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Aug 9, 2018 10:16:13 GMT -5
I like it either way - beans or no. I grew up on chili with beans, but when low-carbing I am perfectly happy with no-bean chili. Dave is right that chili is a lot more expensive without the beans to stretch it.
When I make chili with beans, I usually use kidney beans. I like to use half light and half dark for variety. I love black beans, but I prefer kidney beans for chili.
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Post by meandtk on Aug 9, 2018 10:21:21 GMT -5
I'm the only one in my family who likes it with beans,mso...
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 9, 2018 11:07:33 GMT -5
I eat it both ways too, I prefer pinto beans in my Chili. We make long simmering and quick 20 minute Chili. I like it both ways. As long as it's hot and spicy, it don't matter.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Aug 9, 2018 11:13:00 GMT -5
I like it either way - beans or no. I grew up on chili with beans, but when low-carbing I am perfectly happy with no-bean chili. Dave is right that chili is a lot more expensive without the beans to stretch it. When I make chili with beans, I usually use kidney beans. I like to use half light and half dark for variety. I love black beans, but I prefer kidney beans for chili. What she said! Unless I'm making one of the many variations on chili that I do. Green chili usually gets Pinto or Great Northern Beans, vegetarian chili usually gets black beans, white chili gets Great Northern or Navy beans. I've made a sausage chili and used Cranberry beans... I love beans.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 9, 2018 11:22:26 GMT -5
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Aug 9, 2018 12:17:23 GMT -5
With beans, usually pinto but occasionally Navy or Northern.
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 9, 2018 13:29:05 GMT -5
but when low-carbing I am perfectly happy with no-bean chili. We eat fairly low carb most of the time and I used to avoid beans too but I found out that they are considered to be a "good carb" because they are full of fiber which we need and just today I read that they are a source of PRE biotics which are carbs that feed PRO biotics in our guts. Prebiotics is the latest buzzword in nutrition but that's OK because I like my dry beans. Just don't load them up with sugar and other "bad" things. Here is a link to WebMD talking about the fact that beans are good carbs. It's really refined carbs that we should avoid. www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/carbohydrates#1
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Post by paulf on Aug 9, 2018 14:56:51 GMT -5
Chili with beans...Wife likes red kidney beans, I do too, but I like black beans along with the kidneys. For baked potato with chili I like without beans better. Absolutely no onions in chili and chili on the milder side for this mild person.
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Post by whistech on Aug 9, 2018 20:31:41 GMT -5
I also usually make chili without the beans but when I do put beans in chili it is always pinto beans. Where I grew up in west Texas pinto beans were always referred to as a pot of red beans. I was close to 40 years old before I learned that kidney beans were referred to as red beans.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 9, 2018 22:36:28 GMT -5
I also usually make chili without the beans but when I do put beans in chili it is always pinto beans. Where I grew up in west Texas pinto beans were always referred to as a pot of red beans. I was close to 40 years old before I learned that kidney beans were referred to as red beans. Pintos are still referred to as "Red Beans" here. I bet not many kidney beans are consumed here, but I could be wrong.
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 10, 2018 7:57:49 GMT -5
I have only ever heard of those small oval red beans called "red beans" as in red beans and rice in Caribbean cooking.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 10, 2018 8:13:56 GMT -5
I have those smaller red beans in my bean pantry, and they are the only ones that I have labeled as red beans. Some Asian areas also call azuki beans simply red beans.
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 10, 2018 8:20:32 GMT -5
pepperhead212 , hairymooseknuckles , whistech , I am growing a small red bean called Domingo Rojo this year and it is described as the "classic bean used for red beans and rice in Caribbean cooking". It really grew well and is totally covered with pods so I am hoping for a good harvest if nothing goes wrong in the meantime. The leaves are just starting to lose their bright green color so they should be drying out soon. I really like the smaller beans myself as opposed to the larger kidney beans. They do not seem as starchy to me. This is the Domingo Rojo a couple of weeks ago. They are a bush type but get tall enough to need some support or they can fall over and the tops of the plants break off. They really branch out and become bushy but that means that they produce more pods than the unbranched varieties that I have grown. This is only 2 rows of plants but they have filled in the area between the rows. I laid some small wire cages down between the rows to help support them and now you can't even see the cages. It's a jungle out there! 20180730_152001 by Brownrexx, on Flickr
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 10, 2018 8:40:39 GMT -5
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 10, 2018 9:16:43 GMT -5
Thanks hairymooseknuckles , I really enjoy harvesting them in the Fall. "Our" red and white ones are doing well too.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Aug 10, 2018 9:25:33 GMT -5
Thanks hairymooseknuckles , I really enjoy harvesting them in the Fall. "Our" red and white ones are doing well too. I would love to know more about growing and harvesting dried bean varieties if you felt like starting a thread!
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 10, 2018 12:15:07 GMT -5
I'm a beaner, Spike's a beaner, Annette's a beaner, Brownrexx is a beaner. We're all beaners, Wouldn't you like to be a beaner too?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 10, 2018 14:11:08 GMT -5
I'm a beaner, Spike's a beaner, Annette's a beaner, Brownrexx is a beaner. We're all beaners, Wouldn't you like to be a beaner too? The rabbits wouldn't let me this year.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 10, 2018 14:17:20 GMT -5
I'm a beaner, Spike's a beaner, Annette's a beaner, Brownrexx is a beaner. We're all beaners, Wouldn't you like to be a beaner too? The rabbits wouldn't let me this year. But...You're still a beaner!
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 11, 2018 8:45:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 15:23:16 GMT -5
Ah, the old question as to chili having beans in it or not. I make either one at times, depending on what I am wanting. To me, chili is sort of like many stews, some basics are the normal point of starting and from there on, who knows?
Originally, chili was a trail food, sort of like a pemmican; dried beef, suet, chilis and salt all pounded together, kept a long time and was added to boiling water to make a stew on the trail.
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