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Essential:

Chili Powder
Cumin
Cayenne pepper and/or some roasted jalapenos
Some kind of tomato base(crushed, diced, even sauce if you want)
Beef
Onions

>>5959590
Essential;
Cumin, cinnamon, oregano, garlic

Optional;
Ancho, guajillo, chippotle, smoked paprika, dark chocolate, jalapeno, cilantro

>>5959590
Essentials:
Chilis
Meat

That's literally it. You need nothing else. That is the most important part. Chili peppers and meat.

But since the nice thing about chili is that it is so simple, you can take it a lot of places with other flavors. I have to have onions. I prefer a little bit of beer to wine, and love tomato chunks and other tomato products in it (paste/juice/whatever). I prefer cocoa to cinnamon, because cinnamon can overpower it quickly, and a small amount of brown sugar is great because it adds a omph to it. But it really depends on you and what type of flavors you like.

Make quick, fake-me-out-bullshit chili.
flour, half cup
lard, tallow or oil, half cup
chili powder, a quarter cup (or more to taste)
cumin powder, 1tbsp (or more to taste)
onion, minced, 1 large
lean beef mince, 1 lb
tomato paste, 1 cup
beef stock, 1 quart
salt, to taste
oregano, a heavy pinch

Cook fat and flour together over high heat, stirring constantly until a shade or two lighter than milk chocolate.
Off the heat and stir in spices, onion, beef and tomato paste.
Keep stirring until it stops hissing, then turn the heat back to high.
Stir in the stock and whisk about to dissolve the flour paste.
Bring to the boil then lower the heat to maintain a simmer.
Simmer until reduced to desired thickness then off the heat.
Salt to taste then stir in oregano and cover the pot.
Allow to infuse with oregano-y goodness 10 minutes or so, then serve up.

Excluding the steep time for the oregano, the whole thing takes about 30 minutes start to finish.

>>5959621
>chilies are not essential in chili

>>5959626

Great post m80
Awesome advice
Really insightful
Loads of great tips
10/10
would read again

>>5959590

> Inviting people over
> Having chili

Ffs /ck/ why don't you just defecate in the plate and serve them that shit. They might not be as disappointed in your culinary skills then...

>>5959655
we don't all have fancy friends

>>5959626
>
Only actual advice in the thread

Thank you for the advice. I can use this.

Last time (for myself) I made it with bell pepper, onion, beef, garlic, beef stock, corn, peeled tomatoes, chili and kidney beans.

Spiced with salt, pepper, chili flakes, paprika, cumin, cinnamon and pepper. A good splash of beer.

I was quite happy with the result, but with so many recipes around I was afraid to fuck it up.

Beer or some other alcohol should go in it since tomatos have flavors (forgot what the real term is) that are only soluble in alcohol. That's why tomato sauces commonly have red wine, vodka, etc. but beer seems like it would be the better addition in chili. You'd probably be surprised in how beer will improve or deepen the flavor of stuff while not taking over the dish or making it taste too 'beery'.

If you want it to taste robust, get a bunch of different kinds of dried chilis and toast them and grind them up and put them in. Cinnamon can be good, just don't add too much and use true cinnamon.

>>5959626
How would I go about making a chili con carne with just some bird's eye chili and diced beef and nothing else at all.