I say real chili has NO beans. That's why when you buy canned chili...if it has beans, it says "WITH beans". No regular chili should NOT have beans. Best case for either gets 10 points!
2006-09-06 14:29:36 · 15 answers · asked by GUNNSLINGER 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I hate beans in my chili! Here are two arguments why real chili has no beans.
1."Chili" is actually short for "chili con carne" which is spanish for chilis (peppers) with meat. So meat is right there in the name, but I don't see the word "frijoles" in there, do you?
2. In central Kentucky and Ohio we have "Cincinatti-style" chili. It is served five ways. One-way means just a bowl of (beanless) chili. Two-way is chili over spaghetti. Three-way means chili, spaghetti and cheese. Four-way adds diced onions, and Five-way includes beans. The beans are a topping, and not part of the chili, and clearly, the least important topping since you don't get beans until you get to five-way.
2006-09-06 18:50:50 · answer #1 · answered by kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beans please!
I believe that a lot has to do with A) how you were first introduced to chili and B)If you like or dislike beans in general.
I find that the beans add nicely to the texture of the chili but, then again, I enjoy beans as long as they are completely cooked.
As an extra credit exercise, I Googled "Chili Recipes" and I went to this website http://www.lookd.com/recipies/ and I checked the ingredients to 25 chili recipes. 14 recipes did not use any beans and 11 did use some kind of bean (black, kidney, pinto...) This unscientific survey suggests that no beans is the way to go but the evidence is not overly compelling!
One other thing that I found was that many of the Meat Chili's did not use beans because they had enough other ingredients that compensated for it.
This is an interesting question though.
2006-09-06 21:34:26 · answer #2 · answered by mgctouch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chili w/beans or without beans both have the same protein content. It's a matter of choice but I prefer chili w/o beans.
2006-09-06 21:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by GrnApl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orignal chili ahd no beans. It was made with meat. So no, real chili should not have beans but probably 90% of Americans eat it with beans. I myself, prefer it with beans but that's for reasons other than just the taste.
2006-09-06 21:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by Good Gushy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chili definitely needs beans.
2006-09-06 21:36:46 · answer #5 · answered by itwog 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like chili with beans and wish I could present a strong argument for them.
But I can't.
I suppose it's just a preference.
Good question though.
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2006-09-06 21:36:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm gonna bet that original chili had beans.....Would you agree that chili is at least partly Mexican? Now, have you ever seen a Mexican cook with out beans? Besides, it's all about preference anyway.....Hell, I even put noodles in my chili!
2006-09-06 21:38:40 · answer #7 · answered by jayster32 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For me it's no beans. I don't like beans and my hubby does but I always make it with no beans. When his mom makes her chili she loads it with beans and he loves it!
2006-09-06 22:58:09 · answer #8 · answered by TxCatLuvr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first "chili" recipes appeared in West Texas at the turn of the century. They may have had their origin from old Mexican recipes, but since most cowboys couldn't read...or for that matter, cook very good, chili most probably got it's start due to the availability of spices and other ingredients available in the area. A lot of ingredients available to us now were just not available then. Most chili consisted of beef, cumin, pepper, sugar, paprika, garlic, and masa to thicken. Tomatoes were seasonal and usually not available. Chili powder was not manufactured at the time...They used dried chili's (spanish for peppers)...most west texas cowboys were Mexican. Most of the original chili did not have beans due to the time required to soak and cook them...chuck wagons did not appear til later in history and even then, on most ranches, the cowboy was on his own and didn't have time to watch beans all day.
http://www.recipeland.com/recipe/36064/
Here are my thoughts on chili:
If I am going to have chili from a bowl - I like that chili to have Meat, beans, tomatos, and onions in it. (and of course all of the wonderful seasonings)
If I am going to have chili on my hot dog (and I love chili dogs!) the chili must not have beans in it.
So - I guess you can say I go both ways! HAHA
2006-09-06 21:57:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm with you , no beans in my chili
2006-09-06 21:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋