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>con carne
This isn't Mexico. You can say Beef Chili here.
Most new cooks entering the world of chilis, stews, and sauces add far too much liquid. Have a base of ground beef, beans and corn with only the barest hint of tomato sauce if you must.
Getting the salt right is the next big challenge. Salt until it is just slightly under salted. Make sure you sweat any onions and peppers you use for spice. Can caramelize them as well.
Anything can be added to chili. Whiskey, chocolate, ginger. Range is really limitless. Keep that liquid low though again and cook it for a long time to infuse the flavors.

>inb4 this thread devolves into a semantical discussions about the technicalities of "authentic chili"

>>18559906
It's a stew at the base level. So the invention goes to European white males.

>>18559906
>The chili queens of San Antonio, Texas were particularly famous in previous decades for selling their inexpensive chili-flavored beef stew in their casual "chili joints".

Thank God for Wikipedia. Otherwise people might not know about the chili queens of San Antonio. The true inventors of Chili.

>>18559893
Thank you :)

Whiskey sounds great but my gf probably wouldn't like it so I'll put that in a batch for myself :). I said con carne because we call it that in Croatia actualy :).

>Fry onion
>Add beef mince (do this however you want, gradually or all at once)
>Season with salt and pepper and add chopped garlic, jalapenos, cumin, coriander, smoked paprika, ground chilli, oregano and some cinnamon
>Add some tomato paste and cook for a few minutes
>Add corn kernels and preferred beans
>Pour over a can of tomatoes and some stock
>Simmer until reduced and thickened
>Serve over corn chips or rice or by itself
>Optionally top with cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, avocado, jalapenos, salsa etc

>corn in chilli
I thought only europooreans did this disgusting shit

>>18559937
I am europoorean

>>18559883
chili doesn't have corn you mong, it's supposed to have pineapple.

>>18560289
What about corn AND pineapple?

>>18559906
No see that's why OP made a meat only chilly post to attract and keep the troglodytes occupied.

>>18559937
corn is as America as you can get

>>18559883
this

>>18559883
Use a base of dried beans slow cooked in tomato puree and beef bone broth (roughly 1:2 ratio) until the beans absorb most of the liquid. Add ground beef (or other ground red meat, depending on what you have), and sauteed vegetables (depends on what you choose). Make sure you add some dried chilis, and work out what spices you want in it from there. >>18559893 is right about letting stuff infuse and drying out wet vegetables - I like taking mushrooms and onions I've browned for making gravy.

>>18560447
>OP made a meat only chilly post
What is this even supposed to mean?

>>18559937
Nobody in the US calls it "chili con carne". Anytime you see someone on /ck/ say "chili con carne" you can be 100% sure they aren't American, unless they're trolling .

>>18560537
i say "chili con carne" when i'm referring to "authentic Texas chili" the rest of the time i just say chili

I do everything in one pot

>put beef mince in (500-800g)
>let it BROWN for fucks sake
>add large onion and chopped chili peppers
>brown some more while onions soften
>if bottom of pot gets crusty, add some water (or beef stock if you want to be fancy) to clean it off
>salt and pepper well
>add tomato paste
>optionally season with cumin and paprika
>2 cans of tomato puree
>2 cans of kidney beans, 1 can of black beans, small tin of corn
>cook it
>optionally add some hot shit like siracha or harissa
>optionally add a bit of dark chocolate

>fill bowl, add quark on top
>roll yourself a wheat tortilla

And reminder that Texan "chili" isn't chili, it's goyslop

>>18559893
This is the internet, you can say con carne if you want, faggot.

>>18561004
>let it BROWN for fucks sake
kinda hard to do now days because there is so much water in the beef that it just boils, i drain mine half way through sure i'm losing fat but there is no way to brown it otherwise it won't cook right.
(also colorblind so its not that clear cut)

>>18561004
>cumin and paprika
>optional

>>18561293
just let the water evaporate

>>18561334
the meat is hella boiled by then