Depending on how much time you have to cook, some good homemade stuff can be thrown together pretty quick
2-3 cans of black/pinto/kidney beans or 1/2 lb of dry beans, cooked
2 carrots
1 onion
1-2 stalks of celery (optional)
1-2 cloves of garlic (or more), minced (or garlic powder)
2 peppers, type depending on heat tolerance, I like Anaheim or jalapeno; can also use bell peppers
Smoked paprika
Oregano
Cumin
Chipotle powder or chipotles in adobo (optional)
Crushed tomatoes or a couple T of tomato paste (optional)
Hominy/pozole (can be purchased dry and cooked with beans or canned) (optional)
Sweet potato (optional, can be cooked with beans or cooked separately in microwave and chunked)
If you're feeling fancy, you can split, seed, and then blister the peppers by cooking them on a very hot pan with a little oil under cover to minimize the smoke (or brulee the onions by cooking them the same way in halves, cut side down). Otherwise you can just dice them up with the onions or blitz everything in the food processor. Saute peppers, carrots, onions, and celery with a little salt until the onions are translucent; add garlic and saute for a couple minutes more; add your spices (I like ~1 T paprika, 1/2 t chipotle powder, ~1 t cumin, ~2 t oregano, but you can adjust chipotle and/or paprika up to 2 T total depending on how much heat/smokiness you want) and stir til fragrant, then add your beans, mix-ins, and enough bouillon to cover (I like Better than Bouillon); if you're aiming for vegan and want to add some extra vitamins, add in some nutritional yeast as well. Bring to a simmer then serve. You can freeze leftovers in jars and thaw them in the fridge or microwave them.
Just to add, if you make chili at home it freezes really well. Make a big batch and put it into various containers to freeze, then microwave for an easy snack!
I haven’t found a chili that’s better, any recommendations?
Depending on how much time you have to cook, some good homemade stuff can be thrown together pretty quick 2-3 cans of black/pinto/kidney beans or 1/2 lb of dry beans, cooked
2 carrots
1 onion
1-2 stalks of celery (optional)
1-2 cloves of garlic (or more), minced (or garlic powder)
2 peppers, type depending on heat tolerance, I like Anaheim or jalapeno; can also use bell peppers
Smoked paprika
Oregano
Cumin
Chipotle powder or chipotles in adobo (optional)
Crushed tomatoes or a couple T of tomato paste (optional)
Hominy/pozole (can be purchased dry and cooked with beans or canned) (optional)
Sweet potato (optional, can be cooked with beans or cooked separately in microwave and chunked)
If you're feeling fancy, you can split, seed, and then blister the peppers by cooking them on a very hot pan with a little oil under cover to minimize the smoke (or brulee the onions by cooking them the same way in halves, cut side down). Otherwise you can just dice them up with the onions or blitz everything in the food processor. Saute peppers, carrots, onions, and celery with a little salt until the onions are translucent; add garlic and saute for a couple minutes more; add your spices (I like ~1 T paprika, 1/2 t chipotle powder, ~1 t cumin, ~2 t oregano, but you can adjust chipotle and/or paprika up to 2 T total depending on how much heat/smokiness you want) and stir til fragrant, then add your beans, mix-ins, and enough bouillon to cover (I like Better than Bouillon); if you're aiming for vegan and want to add some extra vitamins, add in some nutritional yeast as well. Bring to a simmer then serve. You can freeze leftovers in jars and thaw them in the fridge or microwave them.
No, I just make my own from dry beans :shrug-outta-hecks:
Chili doesn't have beans in it
:downbear:
Found the Texan.
Just to add, if you make chili at home it freezes really well. Make a big batch and put it into various containers to freeze, then microwave for an easy snack!