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I'm Making Chili

Anonymous032819 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:31:40 GMT

Since e are going to have a storm today, I decided to make some chili in my Crock Pot.

The recipe is over in the Recipe forum, under "Crock Pot Chili".

I like my chili on the spicier side.

Hot enough to where I feel some heat, but not so hot that I become a human flame-thrower when I eat it, or a human rocket the next day.😄

How hot do you like your chili?

Mild?

Medium?

Hot?

Melt-your-face-off extra hot?

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Love my grandkids — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:56:28 GMT

@Anonymous032819 Yummy! I like mine medium, what time shall I be there? LOL

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Marp — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:57:42 GMT

Hot, but not to the point where the heat extinguishes flavor.

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Puppy Lips — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:10:24 GMT

I don't like spicy food - at all. I like my chili as mild as it possibly can be. When my husband makes chili, often on Saturdays in the fall (for football), he separates a pot for me before adding all his spices. I appreciate that very much! I used to not eat chili because I did not like the kidney beans, but I got over that.

A few weeks ago our son had us over for chili. They put sausage and corn in it. It was the most delicious chili I had ever had. I am not much of a cook, but I am proud to say that our three boys have learned how to cook very well!

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mamaslittlepotato — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:18:10 GMT

I like my chili either mild or medium. It’s great over rice or noodles, or just with a roll and butter, or corn bread and butter.

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mamaslittlepotato — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:18:54 GMT

Sometimes I make chili with corn casserole on the side.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:20:21 GMT

MILD, hate spicy foods.

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shoptilyadropagain — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:25:06 GMT

I prefer Melt YOUR FACE OFF Chili. However, to me, I find it mild but others would probably be choking and gagging.

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alicedee — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:36:25 GMT

I like mine on the spicy side....but not so hot my eyes water!

It is a snowy, blustery day here....I am making chili for dinner, too.

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sunshine45 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:36:34 GMT

i like mine mild to medium with meat AND beans. you can always add heat, but you cannot take it away. i do serve chopped serranos, sriracha sauce, cholula sauce on the side......along with sour cream, shredded cheese, crushed doritos, chopped red onion.

i like eating it with saltines or club crackers.

i think i am going to make a big pot of it for superbowl sunday. always a good day for chili when you are watching the game and the commercials.

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JYWilliams — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:40:05 GMT

Mild to Medium for me.

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aroc3435 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:32:43 GMT

@Anonymous032819 I make it medium heat and then add more "heat" to my individual serving. Love having it over little macaroni tubes called "chili mac" when I can find it at the market.

Thank you for listing your version over in the Recipes forum!

aroc3435

Washington, DC

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Flatbush — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:37:18 GMT

Like medium.I usually put it on buttered egg noodles .

I also add canned chillies to the mix while cooking.

Good for these cold CA days. Always have extra, it is even better the next day.

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hckynut — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:18:56 GMT

I make mine medium and without meat.

hckynut

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qualitygal — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:12:45 GMT

Think we'll do hamburgs and fries tonight. I love hamburgs.

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qualitygal — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:14:25 GMT

@shoptilyadropagain wrote:
I prefer Melt YOUR FACE OFF Chili. However, to me, I find it mild but others would probably be choking and gagging.

I once worked with a gal in Fla., who said that when she makes her spaghetti sauce, (because she's Italian, she said), it made her boyfried sweat! Now that's spicy. LOL

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KKJ — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:37:59 GMT

When it comes to chili, we all have different tastes regarding heat, but how thick do you like it? I like a med. consistency, but not too thick like stew. Growing up, my mom made it very watery like soup and I didn't like that either!

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mamaslittlepotato — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:55:32 GMT

I like it medium thick too.

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CalminHeart — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:15:00 GMT

I like mine mild to medium.

1# lean ground beef browned (but not into teeny tiny pieces). Some people add sausage but I don't.

When about 3/4 cooked, I drain the meat and I slide it to one side in the pan and add 1/2 chopped onion and cook til softened a little

1 can mini diced tomatoes

1/2 can tomato sauce - I add 1/2 up front and add the rest if needed later

1 to 1.5 cans V8 - add 1 can up front but save the other and add as needed

1 - 2 can chili beans, depending on your preferred bean to meat ratio

1 can black beans - drained and rinsed

1/2 packet French's or McCormick chili seasoning

Pepper

Simmer for 15-30 minutes. Add more V8 as needed.

I always want it to get cold and then reheat. IMO, it's better reheated.

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noodleann — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:49:12 GMT

My mother never made chili, so the only time I had it was when it was served at school and my mother let us buy lunch. The school chili was not hot, and so I don't associate chili with heat.

Because of this, I concentrate on the flavors of the tomatoes, beans, meat, and spices. We always had it served on rice, so that's the way I eat it.

I got a great recipe here a few years ago from a poster named MIMI. I tweaked it a bit, but it's my mainstay. I'm now experimenting with the version known as Cincinnati Chili. I'm going to use recipes I also got here and play with some spices I ordered from Frag Out, a veteran-owned spice outfit I learned about here.

I don't like the idea--or the reality--of traumatizing my mouth with anything that registers higher than 1K on the Scoville scale. It's just not a pleasant way to eat.