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MAKE SURE TO REMEMBER YOUR BEANS OP.

If you're going to make it from scratch, you're going to have to make the recipe from scratch too.

>>3721580
thanks smartass

If you want to make a chili from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan

Good luck man.

I made chile con carne from sratch a few days ago.
After reading numerous recipes, opinions and techniques, I decided to take a whack at it from my own standpoint, with no actual recipe, per se, to speak of.
Here's what I did:

Ground dried chilies into powder, sifting through a finer mesh strainer to be sure I have the finest powder possible.
I used 1 ancho, 1 guajillo, 3 chiles de árbol seco and 1 habanero seco.
I mixed it with pre-powdered pimentón ahumado (Spanish-or-Mexican-style smoked paprika).
Cut about a half kilo of stewing beef into cubes.
Coated it with the powder and set it aside.
I put about 80-100ml of bacon render into a cold pot and added chopped onion and fine-minced garlic and set the pot to high heat.
Salted the onion/garlic and deglazed a few times with water until the onion/garlic was basically liquid.
I sautéed the beef in the fat/onion/garlic mixture until coloured, but not cooked through, then added water to cover and some dried beans.
When it came to the boil, I lowered the heat to a simmer and let it cook down until it was almost nothing, then added more boiling water (from a kettle) to cover again. Doing this helps the beans release starches that thicken the chili.
I added stock powder (tomato flavour, actually; Knorr brand) to taste and it was done.
Really, very delicious, and the beef was tender.
Here's a picture.

>>3721608
Oh, and I added some agua de chiles (fire-roasted some habaneros, removed skin, stem and seed, puréed with water sufficient for processing, strained solids from liquids, strained silt from liquid and that's it; the resulting liquid is agua de chiles) for a little additional heat because none of those other chilies in the amounts I used added much heat, but they did add a LOT of flavour.

daymn son sound spicy!

Too much spicy food is bad for your health.

>>3721635
I call bullshit sir! Have any info to back that up?

>>3721635
idiot....
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-health-benefits-of-spicy-foods.htm

>>3721635

I do stew beef, ground cumin, chili powder, minced garlic fried in olive oil, pureed tomatoes, and salt. Pic very related.

K.I.S.S.

OP it really depends what kind of chili you want. I know beans are not traditional to Texas chili (Texan here), but I want a very fiber-rich hearty chili, so here's my recipe...

- Any cheap cut of beef. Usually I take stewmeat on clearance and dice it down. If I am feeling high class I get some venison. I usually get right at a lb.
- Roast 1-2 poblano peppers and deskin them. Dice. Keep the seeds if you want a bit more heat. I keep the seeds
- some carmelizing half an onion in your grease of choice. Butter works, oil works. After they start to get a bit translucent, add in the beef and start to brown. Remember to stir
- as it browns, add in 2 cloves of garlic, minced, and a stalk of celery, finely chopped. I also add in a bit of onion powder, garlic powder, and as much chili powder as you want. You can add more in later.
- The beef should be browned now but not cooked on the inside. Put in a pot with the poblano peppers, a small can of tomato paste, half a can of diced tomato, a can of drained beans of your choosing (I prefer black), about a third of a can of beer, and any other veggies you wish to add. You may need to add some water as well, it really depends on how much liquid was in the tomatoes you added
-reduce until desired thickness, tasting to see if you need any salt, chili powder, pepper, or anything else.

Serve with fritos and cheese for some mmm mmm. Really basic, really easy to modify, really tasty.

>>3721719

I forgot to mention cumin in that. Be sure to add cumin.

Make cowboy chilli. Which is pretty much anything you want that it seems like cowboys would have access to dried or otherwise.

I like garlic, onions, beef stock, at least 3 kinds of fresh chilli, worcester sauce, ketchup, chilli powder, salt, and black pepper. Steak beef cut into chunks.

If you really want to chopped tin tomatoes and beans, but you really shouldn't.

>but I want a very fiber-rich hearty chili

nope nope nope nope

>>3721719

Oh shit, I totally forgot to mention you should add some stock to that. Beef preferably, but chicken works well too. Add water as the last resort. I feel retarded today.

>>3721723
I know I'm pretty retarded, but ketchup does not go into chili.

>>3721723

You should add some kind of tomato to that besides ketchup. They don't have to be from a can.

>he first documented recipe for "chile con carne" is dated September 2, 1519. The ingredients were boiled tomatoes, salt, chiles and meat

I don't care if you put beans, but if you don't put tomatoes you're doing it wrong.