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lynnie · Chanel

making chili?

llegs · BCBG

I use spices from my own cabinet...chili powder, red pepper, cumin, tabasco sauce, a little sugar. I think there's one more, maybe paprika. Super tasty. :)

--Oh, and I also use a mixture of ground beef and spicy sausage. Also, kidney and pinto beans. I like a little variety and the spicy sausage gives it an extra kick.

-- Edited by llegs at 15:17, 2006-09-26

lynnie · Chanel

llegs wrote:

I use spices from my own cabinet...chili powder, red pepper, cumin, tabasco sauce, a little sugar. I think there's one more, maybe paprika. Super tasty. :)

--Oh, and I also use a mixture of ground beef and spicy sausage. Also, kidney and pinto beans. I like a little variety and the spicy sausage gives it an extra kick.

-- Edited by llegs at 15:17, 2006-09-26

do you have any loose guidelines you can share- like- only a few drops of tabasco? i know most people can do this by taste but i don't want to mess something up drastically.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I use chili powder, cumin, tobasco, cayanne and some cocoa powder. The cocoa combined with the chili powder is just awesome.

Collette · Chanel

I use the Lawry's taco seasoning as well as adding tobasco sauce for extra spice.

rosie_the_riveter · Gucci

I found this recipe for Wendy's chili on top secret recipes. I'm planning on making it this weekend.

Wendy's Chili

2 pounds ground beef

One 29 ounce can tomato sauce

One 29 ounce can kidney beans (with liquid)

One 29 ounce can pinto beans (with liquid)

1 cup diced onion (medium onion)

1/2 cup diced green chili (2 chilies)

1/4 cup diced celery (one stalk)

3 medium tomatoes, chopped

2 teaspoons cumin powder

3 tablespoons chili powder

1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper

2 teaspoons salt

2 cups water

Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat; drain off the fat.

Using a fork, crumble the cooked beef into pea-sized pieces.

In a large pot, combine the beef plus all the remaining ingredients, and bring to a simmer over low heat. Cook, stirring every 15 minutes, for 2 to 3 hours.

jettie · Kate Spade

I usually make my chili roughly according to the below recipe from allrecipes. It is soo good. I usually cut it down about because the recipe makes a whole lot of chili. Also, I don't use cubed sirloin or oil when I am cooking the beef. I really like the mix of spices the recipe calls.

http://beef.allrecipes.com/az/Chili.asp

Farrah · Marc Jacobs

JMR posted a fab chili recipe way back in the Fashion Hag days that my BF and I looooove. You should get it from her.

littlebean · Kate Spade

ILoveChoo wrote:

I use chili powder, cumin, tobasco, cayanne and some cocoa powder. The cocoa combined with the chili powder is just awesome.

Yes, cocoa powder is great in chili! This is my all-time favorite recipe for chili: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/3090. Making the chili with turkey instead of beef is a lot healthier but tastes just as good in my opinion.

llegs · BCBG

Lynnie-

I start out with a couple tablespoons of chili powder. About a tsp. cumin & red pepper. Tbs. of sugar. A few shakes of tabasco. Then I work from that. Taste it and see what it needs. HTH :)