I need your best chili recipe

[Happy Panther]

Is cincinnati chile allowed?

[KJ89]

I just go to Food Lion and buy whatever looks spiciest.

then I make it spicier.

[CarolinaNCSU]

The key to good chili is to use no receipe.  Just make that sh*t up as you go along.

 

This. Have your basics (meat, beans, sauce), and add whatever the hell else you like. Spice to taste as you go. 

[pstall]

Doyle is right and it fits with imic suggestion.

I like getting some beans and add in fire roasted salsa. Some jalapeno, crushed red pepper, cumin, cilantro and maybe a little lime. I do this instead of meat to save time. Of course a nice amount of some hot sauce.

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[Jangler]

[Sapper]

The best chili I have ever tasted is as a cook off in Blowing Rock.  They did a 'go as you add' base and added pineapple...it was mind blowingly good.

 

http://www.greenparkinn.com/winterfest2014

 

 Also, check out http://www.savoryspiceshop.com/north-carolina/charlotte-south-end.html in Atherton Mill (next to Icehouse) for some really good inspirations for spices/rubs to add as you go.

[thefuzz]

Use ground beef, sausage, and thinly sliced steak.

 

Buy good herbs, not the trashy stuff, and be careful with the amount of canned tomato sauce/paste, it can make it taste like spaghetti.

[j2sgam]

Here you  are Jase, PhillyB can vouch for its deliciousness going to 11.....

 

 

This is the chili I brought down to the Falcons game, enjoy it....

 

White Chicken Chili

 

 

5 chicken breasts, cooked & shredded or diced                 shredded cheese blend

5 med/lrg potatoes                                                                         2 cups chicken broth

2 cans green chilis                                                                           1/4cup vegetable oil

3-5 cloves garlic                                                                                                Lrg bag frozen corn

Pint of fresh salsa                                                                            Cumin, crushed red pepper, salt, oregano

6x cans Great Northern Beans

 

1-      Cook chicken –I like to rub the chicken in Adobo &/or other spice blends then grill it. Baking or frying or putting the chicken in with the potatoes works too. I like the grill’d flavor to make it in the chili…

2-      Add oil to stockpot on Med heat, add potatoes diced –Highly recommend seasoning the potatoes, MontrealSteak or MsJane’s MixedUp Garlic seasoning are great right here, get the base tasting good & the rest will too…

3-      Add cumin, crushed red pepper, oregano, chicken stock, salsa, corn & chilis then cook for 15-20mins –Don’t really have any measurements for the spices, a heavy dusting of each then adjust to taste.. I add more chicken bouillon than they say, give it a little thicker version.. Must use uncooked salsa here, HarrisTeeter has it in the produce section, or pico de gallo from your local Mexican joint..

4-      Add beans & garlic, then cook for another 15-20mins –use entire can of beans, juice & all

5-      Top with cheese & enjoy… and/or sour cream if you enjoy that stuff….

 

I usually cook for way more people than are eating, feel free to adjust quantities...