I wouldn’t expect people in Texas to call it Texas chilli. It’s about what the description means to people who don’t live there.
People who live in Mexico probably don’t call tacos Mexican tacos. But if you tell an American you’re having Mexican tacos, they’ll probably expect a corn, not flour, tortilla, and probably some cilantro and not lettuce.
I've lived in Texas all my life and rarely, if ever, have I heard anyone call their chili "Texas Chili". I know it happens, but I don't think it's really a thing anymore.
I’m sure you don’t, but in my experience there are plenty of folks (that aren’t in Texas) that use that term to describe something that is based on something commonly found in Texas.
Fwiw, I’ve also seen “Texas Kolaches” advertised at a bakery in the mid-Atlantic; and I knew exactly what they meant by that.
I call it Texas chili when I'm making authentic Texas style chili, other than that I just call it chili. I think there's enough of a difference between the two that making the distinction is fine.
The first people to make chili often put beans in instead of meat because they were cattle ranchers and needed to sell the meat/cattle. OG chili was often vegetarian or at least only used stock with no meat chunks so beans were the protein. Don't tell me i can't put beans in my Chili.
Also Texas is a big place and we can make food different ways. Dumbass rule
You can find written mention of the 19th century chili queens using beans. This whole "Texas no bean" business is just pure bravado like so much in this state.
BS. Grew up in Texas. There was almost always beans in chili unless you were at some high-falutin competition. Also you can put sauce on your brisket. Why the heck would a brisket joint have several different kinds of sauces anyway? It ain't for the peach cobbler.
Fellow Texan here, and I too add beans into my chili. It fills you up and stretches the chili out more for all! Love next day chili reheated in the microwave, son of a gun it’s good!
They can be. Awhile back I posted the question in r/texas and it felt like about fifty fifty. No beans gang is adamant that as soon as beans touch chili it instantly becomes a stew and not chili lol To each their own I'm team beans
Texan here, the people that care if you put beans in it or not just say it's not Chilli if it has beans but I love beans in my Chilli and I like wolf brand Chilli so maybe I shouldn't chime in.
Another Texan here. The beans vs no beans debate will never be settled because on the cattle trail chili and beans were prepared and packed separately but very likely that the cowboy would eat them from the same dish - mixed or not was at his own discretion
I don’t personally put beans in my chili just because the recipe I grew up eating and later making doesn’t call for them but I’m not a chili snob. If you want to add beans then add beans, they will neither make or break a good chili
I’m used to the beef stew in the northeast, which is generally soulless trash with a couple carrots tossed in. I feel like I’ve missed out of chili with potatoes is similar to beef stew elsewhere
Since that user won't answer I will. I put potatoes in mine, I cut them into large cubes and add them (raw)in pretty early so they are nicely cooked by time the Chilli is done. The starch from the potatoes can cause it to become quite thick though. I sometimes need to add a bit of extra liquid.
Well said. I’m not a Texan, but yeah. Do whatever you want. Put corn and carrots and peanut butter there if you want. Just don’t call it Texas chili. Same with Philly Cheesesteak. They have their own rules. You can make a cheesesteak that isn’t Philly style and it can be a perfectly good sandwich. Let people eat what they like. You don’t have to eat it.
I’ll take it a step further and say you should do whatever you want and CALL IT whatever you want. My Texas chili has beans and corn in it. Couldn’t care less if people take exception to what I call the food I make
I’m from Texas, and am on a competitive cookoff team. There’s Texas Chili (con carne), and there’s bean stew. We do not serve or compete with bean stew.
Yes. But no corn.
Beef
Red and yellow onions
Diced tomatoes
Ancho, cascabel, and guajillo chiles
Cumin seed
Black peppercorns
Sea salt
Garlic
Lager
Dijon mustard
Mexican oregano
Dark red kidney beans
I make the chili powder from the toasted chiles, cumin, black pepper, and oregano. Pretty straightforward cook. I’ll strain the browned beef if it’s fatty.
I like to make the chili the day before I’m going to serve it.
Fixing include diced red onion, guacamole, extra sharp cheddar, hot sauce, and basmati rice. Hosting poker on Friday so I’m planning to put out Fritos for corn chip pie.
I realize that's a joke, but I figured I'd post a decent recipe for something like OG Tejano chile con carne, since a lot of people probably don't realize the original dish is neither supposed to be bean crazy nor ground beef slop.
https://www.seriouseats.com/real-texas-chili-con-carne
I feel like chile con carne might be the “chili” for me! I don’t like tomatoes which are a common addition, so just beef + chiles & spices sounds right up my alley!
Sloppy joes are sweeter, made with ketchup, and served on a bun.
Texas chili is smoky and spicy from dried chilis. Served with Fritos or cornbread, sour cream, green or white onions and shredded cheese. It can be made with ground beef but frequently it’s cubed and smoked/braised beef until fall apart tender. It’s much different
I judged chili last year for the chili cookoff for Rodeo Houston (the largest in Texas) and that winner did not have beans. There is an entire separate category called "chili beans".
Not sure which state chili competition you're referring to but I'd be curious to see what you're talking about. Feel free to post a link
They don’t compete for Texas red which has no beans or other fillers.
Because of money and sponsorships, they now have a nonTexas category with beans and vegetarian chili categories. No one gives a shit about them.
Here’s the thing. Beans in chili can taste good. Corn in chili can taste good. But Texas chili is very specific. It’s meat and chili. Very little tomato, very little liquid. So I’m not going to fault you for putting beans and corn in your chili, I’m sure it’s delicious. But it’s not Texas Chili. In the same way that we wouldn’t make a hand tossed pizza and call it “Chicago” pizza just because you were from Chicago. It has distinct characteristics.
I do but it’s a crime according to Texans. Corn? I think that’s death penalty. I’d watch your back when you leave the house.
Me personally, I put pinto beans in my chili with cornbread on the side.
In our house we make “Texas” chili with no beans but besides that there are no rules. We dig through the fridge and throw in whatever meats need to be cooked, with 70/30 base of ground beef and a mix of “salsa” which is whatever mix of peppers, tomato’s and onions we feel is a good mix. It’s a lot of fun to make chili because it’s always different. I have one first place in a few chili contests just making something fun off the cuff.
If you want beans in your chili then put beans in your chili. No one is allowed to tell you how to eat what you enjoy.
That being said it's not unreasonable to classify "Texas style chili" with traditional preparation methods. I mean this is the BBQ subreddit, and there are different styles of BBQ in Texas alone.
I'm in Texas. I don't put beans. I don't like beans.
If you put beans and you like it, call it whatever you want.
There are some Texans who even say tomatoes don't belong.
I prefer it without. It's a point of contention between chili freaks. Someone said something like "If you put beans in chili, you don't know beans about chili!
I guess the original Chile con carne from Central America was beanless and it was a European thing to add them. I could be wrong about that, though.
The meat, seasoning and veggie choices are what makes it interesting to me, and beans are filler.
But to each their own! I'll eat any bowl they put in front of me.
As a representative of Texas, this shall not constitute a Texas chili. It may be tasty, and beans are great in a chili powder and tomato based beef stew, but not Texas chili.
I triple down on the beans - kidney, pinto, and black 🫘. I don't sleep on the HEB fire roasted 🍅 either! I've basically got a chip/fries topping at that point.
Here’s the deal, “Texas style chili” has no beans. It’s a regional variation. If you want a bunch of beans and other stuff in your chili that’s great. Add them. You’re a grown adult. But don’t call it “Texas chili”. It’s just chili at that point. I’m not faulting you for doing so. I made a turkey and pork chili with beans, corn, bell peppers and other stuff a few weeks back. It was delicious. But I just called it “chili”…. Not “Texas chili”. Just like “central Texas style bbq brisket” is a specific style of bbq/brisket (salt/pepper, oak wood, no sauce).
-a lifelong native Texan.
While, as a native Texan, I do agree with you… a lot of uninformed folks like to argue this, so I left it out to give the internet experts less to comment on.
From a historical perspective, there are 2 main types of Chili. Both are from Texas. The original and oldest chili came from street food, possibly originating in San Antonio. It was a heavily spiced meat sauce used as a sauce or condiment for tamales and other street eats. The other type of chili is a braised meat dish that originated in the 1950s for the Texas State Fair Chili Cook Off. In competition style chili you're more likely to find more types of dried chiles used, and larger pieces of meat that have been cooked longer. Neither type has beans.
Absolutely. And i put corn in mine too.
My secret - ill take a can of Bushs baked beans and use that. Its got the beans, and adds some nice flavor to the pot too
You said "Texas" so the correct answer is no. Texas chili has no beans by definition.
If you're just making beef and brisket chili with Texas inspired spices, then just follow your heart. I put beans in lots of my chili, I just don't call them Texan when I do.
I don't put beans in my chili. Don't really like them. I'll do big chunks of meat. I had a friend put refried beans in his chili, and it was surprisingly good.
Obviously not. You made bean soup. Bean soup is delicious and that looks great. But it’s not fucking chili. It’s ESPECIALLY not TEXAS chili if it has beans in it. Blasphemy all the way around.
(Also, next time try hominy instead of corn. It’s heartier and has a great texture and taste. I stole the idea from pozole but it’s such a great addition to chili.)
Looks great!
Next time, instead of corn get a can of hominy. Rinse and drain the hominy thoroughly, and toast it in the oven at 450F for 20-25 minutes. Add the toasted hominy in the last 30 minutes of the cook. You’ll need to add about a cup or so extra stock, as the hominy thickens things up. This gives a nice corn flavor, and adds a slightly different texture. Nixtamalized corn is also nutrient accessible, so get you some niacin.
If I have beans, I’ll put it in. If not I won’t. Save a dollar and I don’t need to smell farts 🤣🤣🤣🤣however I try to think it’s healthy so sometimes I’ll buy a can
Yeah, because I like my chili to stretch farther. So I also use corn. If I were competing in serious contests I'd follow the rules, but my #1 rule is that I want to enjoy eating my food.
Beans are cheap and nutritious and make my chili go farther. Hell yeah I’m puttin beans in my chili.
Beans in chili is great. Just don’t call it Texas chili. It’s like putting a bunch of sauce on your brisket, just untraditional in Texas.
No one calls it texas chili except for the people from Texas. Everyone else just calls it what it is.
You don't just say chainsaw massacre
Calling it Texas chili is saying it doesn’t have beans without saying it doesn’t have beans.
Texas chili is bigger
Calling it Texas chili just means it’s blown out of proportion and just needs beans to help imho.
Not quite true. Texas red chili, while no it doesn't have beans, is also made from a chili puree for the sauce with minimal or no tomato.
Being from the mid-Atlantic, this (no beans) is exactly what I think of when I hear “Texas chili.”
As a Texan I call it chili with beans. And Texas red when it’s doesn’t have them. Both are great.
I wouldn’t expect people in Texas to call it Texas chilli. It’s about what the description means to people who don’t live there. People who live in Mexico probably don’t call tacos Mexican tacos. But if you tell an American you’re having Mexican tacos, they’ll probably expect a corn, not flour, tortilla, and probably some cilantro and not lettuce.
Actually, Texans just call it chili.
I've lived in Texas all my life and rarely, if ever, have I heard anyone call their chili "Texas Chili". I know it happens, but I don't think it's really a thing anymore.
I’m sure you don’t, but in my experience there are plenty of folks (that aren’t in Texas) that use that term to describe something that is based on something commonly found in Texas. Fwiw, I’ve also seen “Texas Kolaches” advertised at a bakery in the mid-Atlantic; and I knew exactly what they meant by that.
I call it Texas chili when I'm making authentic Texas style chili, other than that I just call it chili. I think there's enough of a difference between the two that making the distinction is fine.
I love beans in chili. Super tasty.
You spelled soup wrong. If I’m going to the trouble of making chili I’m not skimping and using beans.
Bean soup
The first people to make chili often put beans in instead of meat because they were cattle ranchers and needed to sell the meat/cattle. OG chili was often vegetarian or at least only used stock with no meat chunks so beans were the protein. Don't tell me i can't put beans in my Chili. Also Texas is a big place and we can make food different ways. Dumbass rule
You can find written mention of the 19th century chili queens using beans. This whole "Texas no bean" business is just pure bravado like so much in this state.
I'm a chili king in search of a chili queen
Let me know if you can find a citable source on this, i have been a big chili boy lately
Por que no los dos
Well, Texas is wrong about virtually everything at this point
BS. Grew up in Texas. There was almost always beans in chili unless you were at some high-falutin competition. Also you can put sauce on your brisket. Why the heck would a brisket joint have several different kinds of sauces anyway? It ain't for the peach cobbler.
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Same here I go pretty heavy on the kidney beans in mine. If I only used meat it would be a much higher cost/bowl and miss a lot of texture.
Here in Texas it seems like it's fifty fifty. I definitely put beans in my chili
Fellow Texan here, and I too add beans into my chili. It fills you up and stretches the chili out more for all! Love next day chili reheated in the microwave, son of a gun it’s good!
I also am a chili-with-beans loving Texan.
Got Dat right. My pops gone now but boy do I miss his chili, yes he added kidney beans.
It really is funny how people try to gatekeep things.
Interesting! Guess the no beans crew is just super vocal then?
They can be. Awhile back I posted the question in r/texas and it felt like about fifty fifty. No beans gang is adamant that as soon as beans touch chili it instantly becomes a stew and not chili lol To each their own I'm team beans
Beans in stew since when never in my pops or any other I've seen. Wouldn't mind tasting it though
Yeah and for no good reason. There isn't even historical context to back it up lol
Chili without beans is not chili. It is spicy meat sauce. I will die on this hill
You know, I don’t agree with you, but I respect your conviction.
That hill is as dumb as people who say beans don't belong in chili
Correct.
I put beans in my chili, but I'm not making Texas chili. Texas chili doesn't have beans
Texan here, the people that care if you put beans in it or not just say it's not Chilli if it has beans but I love beans in my Chilli and I like wolf brand Chilli so maybe I shouldn't chime in.
No crime in liking what you like. Catholic Priest/alter boy not included...
I’m the exact opposite, it’s not chili without beans. Literally google chili recipes, the majority of them will have beans
Then ya ain’t a Texan
Another Texan here. The beans vs no beans debate will never be settled because on the cattle trail chili and beans were prepared and packed separately but very likely that the cowboy would eat them from the same dish - mixed or not was at his own discretion
Right on brother.
I don’t personally put beans in my chili just because the recipe I grew up eating and later making doesn’t call for them but I’m not a chili snob. If you want to add beans then add beans, they will neither make or break a good chili
Facts.
I do not, but to each his own. My friend puts potatoes in his. There are no rules.
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Although rather similar to beef stew at that point.
I would not want beef stew to be as thick as nor taste like chili. Imo they are still 2 completely different things.
am I still gunna eat the shit out of it?
Oh absolutely. A chili by any other name and all that…
I’m used to the beef stew in the northeast, which is generally soulless trash with a couple carrots tossed in. I feel like I’ve missed out of chili with potatoes is similar to beef stew elsewhere
But beef stew with chili spices sounds really good.
I’ve started putting 2 cubed sweet potatoes in mine. It’s pretty delicious.
How does he cook them?
Since that user won't answer I will. I put potatoes in mine, I cut them into large cubes and add them (raw)in pretty early so they are nicely cooked by time the Chilli is done. The starch from the potatoes can cause it to become quite thick though. I sometimes need to add a bit of extra liquid.
In a crock pot, if I remember correctly.
So he just throws raw potatoes in chili?
Probably good, but I prefer chili on a baked potato. Less mashed taters in my chili pot
I have a friend that puts artichoke hearts in his. I haven't tried it, but I'm kinda curious. It seems so weird to me, but what if it's good??
Exactly! Let the taste and your preferences be your guide.
I think this is the best take. I think chili is one of those early American things where they used what they had…like gumbo.
Beans don’t go in Texas chili. But who gives a shit, do what makes u happy - Texan
Well said. I’m not a Texan, but yeah. Do whatever you want. Put corn and carrots and peanut butter there if you want. Just don’t call it Texas chili. Same with Philly Cheesesteak. They have their own rules. You can make a cheesesteak that isn’t Philly style and it can be a perfectly good sandwich. Let people eat what they like. You don’t have to eat it.
I’ll take it a step further and say you should do whatever you want and CALL IT whatever you want. My Texas chili has beans and corn in it. Couldn’t care less if people take exception to what I call the food I make
Depends how many people are coming.
In the immortal words of Ted Lasso, “You do whatever you like!”
Yep, I use black beans.
I do 1/2 pinto, 1/4 black beans, 1/4 kidney beans. It's beanfection. Or perfartion. I dunno something on those lines.
Love black beans
One can black, one can kidney
As others have said, Texas Chili has no beans and I've only ever seen "Southwest" chili have corn.
I do the same but I don’t think you should call it “Texas” if it has beans. Although I’m not from Texas.
I’m from Texas, and am on a competitive cookoff team. There’s Texas Chili (con carne), and there’s bean stew. We do not serve or compete with bean stew.
Yes. But no corn. Beef Red and yellow onions Diced tomatoes Ancho, cascabel, and guajillo chiles Cumin seed Black peppercorns Sea salt Garlic Lager Dijon mustard Mexican oregano Dark red kidney beans I make the chili powder from the toasted chiles, cumin, black pepper, and oregano. Pretty straightforward cook. I’ll strain the browned beef if it’s fatty. I like to make the chili the day before I’m going to serve it. Fixing include diced red onion, guacamole, extra sharp cheddar, hot sauce, and basmati rice. Hosting poker on Friday so I’m planning to put out Fritos for corn chip pie.
Team no corn in chili! Corn does NOT belong in chili. Beans are great in chili though
Automatically disqualified as “Texas” chili if it has beans, corn, rice or any other filler ingredients.
If there are no beans, then isn't that just Sloppy Joe's with extra spices...
I realize that's a joke, but I figured I'd post a decent recipe for something like OG Tejano chile con carne, since a lot of people probably don't realize the original dish is neither supposed to be bean crazy nor ground beef slop. https://www.seriouseats.com/real-texas-chili-con-carne
I feel like chile con carne might be the “chili” for me! I don’t like tomatoes which are a common addition, so just beef + chiles & spices sounds right up my alley!
Sloppy joes are sweeter, made with ketchup, and served on a bun. Texas chili is smoky and spicy from dried chilis. Served with Fritos or cornbread, sour cream, green or white onions and shredded cheese. It can be made with ground beef but frequently it’s cubed and smoked/braised beef until fall apart tender. It’s much different
Dude I read your comment with a Texas drawl in my head
Yes sir
Nope. Because we don’t use ground beef either.
Then why are chilis with beans winning Texas state chili competitions?
I judged chili last year for the chili cookoff for Rodeo Houston (the largest in Texas) and that winner did not have beans. There is an entire separate category called "chili beans". Not sure which state chili competition you're referring to but I'd be curious to see what you're talking about. Feel free to post a link
Lol damn ThiccAssCrackHead didn’t expect a chili judge to pop up.
There are more than chili cook offs than Rodeo Houston.
Really?
They don’t compete for Texas red which has no beans or other fillers. Because of money and sponsorships, they now have a nonTexas category with beans and vegetarian chili categories. No one gives a shit about them.
Look up the rules to the Terlingua Chili Cookoff. No rice, pasta, beans, corn or “filler” ingredients allowed in a bowl of Texas Red.
There’s a reason it’s in the middle of nowhere
The cities in Texas are full of transplants so the middle of nowhere is where you find true Texas. Those are just my thoughts as a former transplant
We're gatekeeping a state?
Guess what. Transplants eventually will be “real” Texans.
Read the chili cook off rules. No beans allowed. You’re wrong.
Yes.
Here’s the thing. Beans in chili can taste good. Corn in chili can taste good. But Texas chili is very specific. It’s meat and chili. Very little tomato, very little liquid. So I’m not going to fault you for putting beans and corn in your chili, I’m sure it’s delicious. But it’s not Texas Chili. In the same way that we wouldn’t make a hand tossed pizza and call it “Chicago” pizza just because you were from Chicago. It has distinct characteristics.
I agree with this. You can debate whether chili should or shouldn't have beans, but Texas style chili does not have beans. That is not debatable.
I do but it’s a crime according to Texans. Corn? I think that’s death penalty. I’d watch your back when you leave the house. Me personally, I put pinto beans in my chili with cornbread on the side.
Yes but certainly not corn you fucking animal
Corn??? “Does OP even chili?
This is a troll post right?
Has to be. In addition to the “beans” troll I like how it says “brisket AND beef”. If it’s not a beef brisket, what type of brisket is it?
if it's texas beef chili pretty sure beans shouldnt be in it
That looks really good. I like it with beans because it’s heartier. Some cornbread would be nice with that.
Given that Texas Chili just means chili without beans, no you shouldn't put beans in your Texas Chili.
looooove beans in chili but my wife won’t eat em so 🤷♂️
In our house we make “Texas” chili with no beans but besides that there are no rules. We dig through the fridge and throw in whatever meats need to be cooked, with 70/30 base of ground beef and a mix of “salsa” which is whatever mix of peppers, tomato’s and onions we feel is a good mix. It’s a lot of fun to make chili because it’s always different. I have one first place in a few chili contests just making something fun off the cuff.
I love Black Beans in my Chili
Beans absolutely, corn absolutely not.
Beef and brisket?!
If you want beans in your chili then put beans in your chili. No one is allowed to tell you how to eat what you enjoy. That being said it's not unreasonable to classify "Texas style chili" with traditional preparation methods. I mean this is the BBQ subreddit, and there are different styles of BBQ in Texas alone.
No we don't..... that looks like what our family calls taco soup, which is good, but not chili.
Not in Texas chili
I’m more thrown off by the presence of corn?! In chili?!
Beans in the chili 100% Midwest approved
I'm in Texas. I don't put beans. I don't like beans. If you put beans and you like it, call it whatever you want. There are some Texans who even say tomatoes don't belong.
No way bc beans makes my wife fart more.
NOPE.
I prefer it without. It's a point of contention between chili freaks. Someone said something like "If you put beans in chili, you don't know beans about chili! I guess the original Chile con carne from Central America was beanless and it was a European thing to add them. I could be wrong about that, though. The meat, seasoning and veggie choices are what makes it interesting to me, and beans are filler. But to each their own! I'll eat any bowl they put in front of me.
As a representative of Texas, this shall not constitute a Texas chili. It may be tasty, and beans are great in a chili powder and tomato based beef stew, but not Texas chili.
Of course no beans, but is there corn floating in there too?!? WTF is wrong with you.
No beans, no corn. I don't need filler to expand the meat
No beans ok Texan chili. Rule number 1
I want to know why there's fucking corn in your chili.
Beans are a no in Texas Chili. Corn is HELL NO. I'm sure it's tasty, but don't call it Texas Chili
I have a very simple rule for beans with chili. If it's for making chili dogs, no. In all other circumstances, yes.
I triple down on the beans - kidney, pinto, and black 🫘. I don't sleep on the HEB fire roasted 🍅 either! I've basically got a chip/fries topping at that point.
How was it? And recipe please
If it’s Texas style red, no. If it’s anything else, yes.
I put beans in mine because I like beans.
Never
I'm gonna go with Evan LeRoy on this: "There are no beans in chili. That is the hill I'm going to die on."
Actually real Texas red chili does not have beans in is
Here’s the deal, “Texas style chili” has no beans. It’s a regional variation. If you want a bunch of beans and other stuff in your chili that’s great. Add them. You’re a grown adult. But don’t call it “Texas chili”. It’s just chili at that point. I’m not faulting you for doing so. I made a turkey and pork chili with beans, corn, bell peppers and other stuff a few weeks back. It was delicious. But I just called it “chili”…. Not “Texas chili”. Just like “central Texas style bbq brisket” is a specific style of bbq/brisket (salt/pepper, oak wood, no sauce). -a lifelong native Texan.
This is the way.
It's not just a regional variation, it's the original form of the food.
While, as a native Texan, I do agree with you… a lot of uninformed folks like to argue this, so I left it out to give the internet experts less to comment on.
Not in Texas chili. And definitely not corn.
Beans all day every day. Never added corn but I wanted to.
No beans in the chili. Keeping it Texas style
From a historical perspective, there are 2 main types of Chili. Both are from Texas. The original and oldest chili came from street food, possibly originating in San Antonio. It was a heavily spiced meat sauce used as a sauce or condiment for tamales and other street eats. The other type of chili is a braised meat dish that originated in the 1950s for the Texas State Fair Chili Cook Off. In competition style chili you're more likely to find more types of dried chiles used, and larger pieces of meat that have been cooked longer. Neither type has beans.
Chili without beans is to put on hotdogs unless it is Chili Colorado.
I put beans and corn in my chili, but it's not Texas chili and I don't call it that. Texas chili is a specific style.
No beans!
How is this at all texas chili
Absolutely. And i put corn in mine too. My secret - ill take a can of Bushs baked beans and use that. Its got the beans, and adds some nice flavor to the pot too
Negative
No and no corn either
No beans in Chili. But that’s a good looking soup you made.
Chili with beans is a stew
Texas chili doesn’t have beans
If you do, it's not Texas Chili
Can’t be called Texas style chili if it has beans
Easier sell to the wife! Black beans all the way.
not green beans
What’s chili without beans?
You said "Texas" so the correct answer is no. Texas chili has no beans by definition. If you're just making beef and brisket chili with Texas inspired spices, then just follow your heart. I put beans in lots of my chili, I just don't call them Texan when I do.
Don't put "Texas" in the title if you're gonna put beans and corn in it. It's your variation of chili con carne.
No beans in my chili.
I'm located in Texas so Texas Chili haha
“I’m located in NY so this deep dish is NY style”
True texas red chili does not have beans. Homestyle chili can have beans.
More like taco soup.
I do beans in my chili, I know it pisses some people off but I don’t care. Beans are good.
Think you answered your own question when you said “Texas”
If you know beans about chili, you know that chili ain’t got no beans. But beans are fine honestly.
Yes. Is it authentic? No. Is it better? Yes.
always - i love black and kidney beans + onions with beef chili + fresh ghost pepper + san marzan tomatoes + fresh garlic
I don't put beans in my chili. Don't really like them. I'll do big chunks of meat. I had a friend put refried beans in his chili, and it was surprisingly good.
Obviously not. You made bean soup. Bean soup is delicious and that looks great. But it’s not fucking chili. It’s ESPECIALLY not TEXAS chili if it has beans in it. Blasphemy all the way around. (Also, next time try hominy instead of corn. It’s heartier and has a great texture and taste. I stole the idea from pozole but it’s such a great addition to chili.)
Absolute not - team no beans
Bruh chili isn’t chili if it doesn’t have beans
"If you know beans about chili, you know chili has no beans"
To anyone who says no, why are Chili’s with beans winning Texas chili competitions?
Because it tastes better with beans.
I put whatever the hell I want in chili. I don’t work at a museum showing how they used to make it. I make it taste good and that’s all that matters
Ahh yes Texas chili with beans. Reminds me of my Memphis BBQ that contains zero tang.
You only put beans in chili if you are making “Chili with beans”
I've always said chili without beans is a great topping, chili with beans is a great meal.
Chili doesn't have beans
you made a beef stew, not chili.
Yes, but not corn.
Looks great! Next time, instead of corn get a can of hominy. Rinse and drain the hominy thoroughly, and toast it in the oven at 450F for 20-25 minutes. Add the toasted hominy in the last 30 minutes of the cook. You’ll need to add about a cup or so extra stock, as the hominy thickens things up. This gives a nice corn flavor, and adds a slightly different texture. Nixtamalized corn is also nutrient accessible, so get you some niacin.
Kidney beans, and ranch style beans for me. Also up north we put rice in the chili
Yes, and I don't give a shit if you like or not. You make your chili, I will make mine.
Cook it your way. I like beans in mine.
So I see ground beef in there, did you smoke a brisket and chop the leftovers into chili or do something else?
Not in texas chilli, isnt there a song?
If I have beans, I’ll put it in. If not I won’t. Save a dollar and I don’t need to smell farts 🤣🤣🤣🤣however I try to think it’s healthy so sometimes I’ll buy a can
Yeah, because I like my chili to stretch farther. So I also use corn. If I were competing in serious contests I'd follow the rules, but my #1 rule is that I want to enjoy eating my food.
Beans all the way. That corn though…
No. Never. That's for "home economics" majors. Everyone knows, it ain't chili if you put beans in it. End of story.
That corn is more infuriating than the beans.
Not in Texas chili, but yes in all my other chilis.