/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15757134
>making chili to top my hot dogs with
>bought full fat ground beef in hopes that it would make the dish better
>in reality, while I was waiting for the crazy amount of moisture to cook out, it went tough as shit
>Wal Mart didn't have canned chipotles so I just added tons of gochugaru for spice
>needed acidity so I chopped up some shitty pickled peppers and threw them in; didn't look good
>added crushed tomatoes and no tomato paste because I had never made chili before
>used powdered onion and garlic; didn't do shit for the flavor
By this point, it was bland as fuck and I wanted to add some zing
>little bit of ketchup
>some honey dijon
>it was so bland that I could unironically taste the small amount of honey dijon I put in it
>end up trying to cut back the dijon flavor with worcestershire
>somehow not doing shit
>I decide to put in just a bit of ghee to see if I can round out the sweet and sour chili I'm stuck with
>put in like two teaspoons, and all of a sudden the chili just tastes like bad ghee
>start getting pissed off so I add more worcestershire sauce and barbecue sauce
>have to keep adding more crushed tomatoes because it's getting dry
Then, when I finally fucking gave up, I went to cut the hotdog buns top-down because it holds the chili better that way, and found out that they were pre-sliced. I topped it with raw yellow onions and it was a fucking disaster, no better than a 7/11 dog. Pic related.
However, I was in a Sanic mood, so the next day, I had a retribution arc.

>>15751546
Ran out of space to type more, but yeah, that's it. These were fantastic. I tried to highlight some important tips for other beginners like me. It's important to use red onion and to slice it thinly so that you don't taste onions in your mouth for the rest of the day. Pic related was my first attempt and it was not much better than just getting one at 7/11, plus my mouth smelled and tasted like raw onions all day. Would not recommend.

Feedback is welcome. This blew my mind and it took all of 30 minutes to make.