The best chili recipe you ever saw

[griffin]

Originally Posted by Dinero

I was all right up to the part about beans.

Beans are something you eat with corn bread or re fry as a side.

If you know beans about chili you know chili has no beans!
Jim Griffin -Terlingua chili head of the year 1990

[silent1]

Originally Posted by Margarita

I use half pork sausage and half antelope/venison burger in my green chili (I don't do red; tomatoes gross me out). I chop up whatever chiles are available at the store (erring on the side of heat without conflagration) with tomatillos, onion, and garlic and add a bunch of spices that vary from time to time but always include cumin and oregano. I have also been known to toss in a package of ranch dressing mix and sometimes hominy if I want more of a chili posole.

And of course like every other chili cook I have my secret ingredient which is not chocolate. I've lost count of the people who whisper that chocolate is their secret ingredient in chili. Newsflash: it ain't secret any more.

No kidding. I tried adding cocoa powder once and got mixed results. I like my current recipe - beans and all. If anything, I may experiment with different beers to see how they change the flavor up.