Is chili soup?

Question

Do you consider chili soup? My brother thinks chili is not soup.

stew and soup is the same thing.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stew

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soup

look at the definition by noun. So if chili is not soup, but chili is stew. then you are completely contradicting yourself.

Answer 1

I know some people like to say chili is soup, but I think personally chili is in it's category it's self. Just because it is so defined. <3

Answer 2

Chili con carne, often known simply as chili, is a spicy stew-like dish. The essential ingredients are meat (usually beef or pork) and chili peppers. Variations, either geographic or by personal preference may include tomatoes, onions, beans, and other ingredients (brown sugar is often a favorite condiment). There are also many versions of vegetarian chili, also known as chili sin carne, made without meat (sometimes with a meat substitute). The name "chili con carne" is a slight corruption of the Spanish chile con carne, which means "chili with meat". Chili con carne is the official dish of the U.S. state of Texas.



soup: Soup is usually a savoury liquid food that is made by combining ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth.

stew: A stew is a common dish made of vegetables (particularly potatoes or beans), some fruits (e.g. peppers and tomatoes), meat, poultry, or seafood cooked in some sort of broth or sauce. The lines between stew, soup, and casserole are fine ones. Generally, a stew's ingredients are cut in larger pieces than a soup's and retain some of their individual flavours; a stew may have thicker broth than a soup, and more liquid than a casserole; a stew is more likely to be eaten as a main course than as a starter, unlike soup; and a stew can be cooked on either the stove top or in the oven, while casseroles are almost always cooked in the oven, and soups are almost always cooked on the stovetop. There are exceptions; for example, an oyster stew is thin bodied, more like a soup.

Answer 3

Chili isn't soup. When you get chili, or soup, from a restaurant, it's always watery, because they want to stretch it out so they can make profit. Chili should be meat, beans, seasonings, onions, peppers, garlic, maybe rice, and a little bit of sauce to give it a base. It shouldn't be runny. Soup is the same way, it should be chunks of whatever, (meat, veggies, noodles, etc.) with a little bit of liquid, and the liquid should be thick like gravy, not runny. I don't know why people would want watery chili or watery soup, but some folks like it that way. Not me. I drain the water off ramen noodles and put a couple tablespoons of butter & olive oil in them with the seasoning packet.

Answer 4

Actually if you look at some versions, there isn't enough liquid to call it either. In those versions the chili as a whole doesn't have beans...and is more dry like a fajita mixture. Otherwise I'd say its a stew if you compare it with other similar dishes like chile verde and chile colorado.

Answer 5

Chili is not a soup; it is a stew.

Answer 6

chili is not soup, for if it is soup, its not chili. im pretty sure the chunky-ness would make it a stew

Answer 7

At the local Sweet Tomatoes in Portland Oregon you can go ahead and call it soup. In San Antonia Texas, them's fightin words.

Answer 8

I think your brother is right, chili is chili, not soup!

Answer 9

I think chili is a soup...a thick soup.

Answer 10

If you like soupy chili go for it.thanks for 2.