Can I make chili with just these ingredients?

Question

I have ground beef, chunky SPAGHETTI SAUCE (lol...), chili powder, onions, louisiana hot sauce... and mushrooms... lol i have corn too, but... anyway, is there any way to make chili out of this????

Well I come from Louisiana were... well.. we make all kinds of things! Were famous for our :
Jambalaya
gumbo
crawfish
dirty rice...
pretty much anything full of flavor and spicy...

im just trying to figure out what i could make... besides spaghetti... lol so yeah... you dont have to be rude about it

oh and that last comment was directed at REnate(SP?)
anyway.. lol THANKS everyone!!! ill go figure out how exactly to make and.. in a couple of hours when it will let me ill come pick best answr!! yay... thanks

Answer 1

It might not please a purist, but yes, you can make something sort of like chili out of that. I'd leave out the mushrooms and corn, add some water to the spaghetti sauce to thin it just a little bit, and season it with the chili powder, onions, and hot sauce.

If you've got sugar and Worchestershire sauce, add a little of those two to taste, as well. The chili will probably be a little more like spaghetti in taste, but it will be edible, I'm sure.

And if push comes to shove, cook up some macaroni, add the sauce to it, sprinkle it with cheese, and bake it at 350 until bubbly. Voila -- chili-mac!

Answer 2

Sure, just use the spaghetti sauce as you would the tomato sauce/canned tomatoes. You will probably have to add more chili powder to get that chili taste. I would suggest cooking the onions in your oil until they are soft, then adding the ground beef. When it is browned, drain the grease and add the sauce with a cup or two of water, depending on how thick you like your chili, then add chili powder to taste- probably at least 3 tablespoons. Add hot sauce if you like, but if you add a lot of chili powder it will begin to get pretty warm. By the way, I have eaten corn in chili. No bad. You could use it in place of beans if you like something else in your chili. good luck!

Answer 3

Yes, you can make a great chili without adding any other ingredients than what you have on hand.

Did you know chili originally did not have any beans and no tomatoes? People from Texas may deny this fact but they are wrong.

The cooks (chuck wagon cooks) on the cattle trails are credited with inventing the original chili (meat, onions, peppers, salt).

The Chili Queens of San Antonio are credited with "inventing" new recipes for chili in order to compete.

Chili has an interesting history. There is NO "right way" to make a delicious chili. Use your imagination and the ingredients you have on hand and I believe you will turn out a fabulous meal.

Answer 4

Why not! With experience, you can do all kinds of things with different foods! I combined my knowledge from a Chinese cooking course with some Italian ingredients to make a really good Sweet and Sour Pineapple Pork Oriental Stir fry dish with Garlic Spaghetti Sauce. I watch Food Network all the time too and one of the shows, with a nice Oriental lady, taught me an interesting way to think about preparing dishes- "always put things together based on what is called the Yin and Yang"! In other words, if something is too salty (say Yin), add some sugar (if you want to sweeten it- the Yang) or if something is sweet (the Yin), you could counter it with sourness like lemon (the Yang)! What a neet philosophy! Sure, go ahead and try it and see how it turns out. Also, keep in mind some of the basics of certain foods to help you out too- like chili and Sloppy Joes are often made with carrots and fresh peppers too! Regular tomato sauce is one of the main ingredients I use so why not Spaghetti Sauce too! You couls also try putting this on macoraroni noodles (like Hamburger Helper), and see how this turns out.

Answer 5

You sure can, cook off your ground beef in a pot with a couple tablespoons of chili powder, and a pinch of salt, add your spaghetti sauce and a dash or two of Louisiana hot sauce. Sautee your onions & mushrooms in a seperate pan and add to your ground beef, let it stew on a low setting for an hour or so (stir, stir, stir!), and then add your corn, if you would like it spicier add more hot sauce. I personally don't like kidney beans so I make my chili without beans quite often.

Answer 6

Yes. Throw in everything except the mushrooms. I would add just a pinch of sugar to cut the tangy taste of the spaghetti sauce, and then cover up the sugar taste with the chili powder & hot sauce. It will be GOOD!

Answer 7

in skillet, cook beef and onions over medium-high heat for 5-7 minutes or until thouroughly cooked. Drain.
In slow cooker, mix beef mixture with chili powder, corn, hot sauce, and if you have any cumin and sugar, add a pinch of those too. That would help alot.
Cover, cook on low heat setting 7 to 8 hours. Top on toasted bread with a dollop of sauteed mushrooms! OMG! It is awesome if you sautee them in hot sauce, so add that in. YUMMY!

Answer 8

Here's a link to a chili made with mainly what you have, no cumin. The reviews on it said a very simple, easy, and flavorful chili. It had almost 5 out of 5 stars so it looks a good one to try.

Answer 9

Yes, you should be able to... can you scare up some cumin from a neighbor? It's what makes chili taste like chili, a real smoky flavor. I believe I'd leave otu the shrooms, but add some of onion and garlic powder.

Answer 10

The problem I see is the sweetness of the Spaghetti sauce, you have the fixin's for spicy Pasta and I really can't see how you can turn the sweet into earthy no matter how much cumin you add. I'm going to say no, it will be spicy spaghetti sauce