Real Texas Red Chili
The following are items that you never put in real chili. Never. Never. Never. Here goes.
1) Tomatoes (tomato paste, sauce, diced tomatoes -- whatever). Tomatoes do not belong in chili. You want real Texas red, load it up with a couple of cups of chili powder -- yeah, you read that right -- a couple of cups of chili powder. The more you put in -- the better the texture is.
2) Beans. Chili is about meat! No beans. Nada. Beans are filler for sissies.
3) Spaghetti noodles. Seriously, should I even have to say this? Chili and pasta do not go together. No. No. No. Also, nix the rice and potatoes. The following are things that are acceptable for real chili. 1) Meat. Red meat. Anything but bird. Pork, beef, venison, bear, boar, squirrel, even rattlesnake. But no chicken, turkey or bunny please. Stew meat or ground meat is fine. Also, I like to use sausage meat like Jimmy Dean mixed in with ground beef. Some bacon fat never hurts either. 2) Lots and lots of chili powder -- the chili powder should make the chili bright red and you sweaty. 3) Whiskey -- Jack Daniels is best.
4) Beer.
5) onions.
6) chocolate (gives it a rich texture) I always use dark chocolate powder,
7) little bit of water,
8) jalapenos or any other hot pepper.
9) garlic.
10) salt to taste.
You serve in a bowl poured over cornbread. If you want to get fancy sprinkle some grated cheese and chopped scallions on top. Wash down with beer or sweet tea. This is true chili. This will heat your soul, make you swagger, and cause your eyeballs to sweat. Real Red. Real chili. The stuff I have seen here called chili, although very good, is spicey soup -- not chili. Just sayin...
