Anyone got a GOOD chili recipe?

[penski]

Cooking tonight...I make it a couple of times a month and it tastes great...I want to do something a bit different though...

My usual recipe is 1 red onion, 3 cloves garlic, softened in olive oil, a handful of chopped chillis thrown in swiftly followed by 500g of mince to brown.

Once browned, add some chopped tomatoes and kidney beans then simmer and thicken. Taste, add chilli seeds if it needs it.

I fancy a richer and 'fruitier' one...

...Any ideas?

*n

 

[penski]

I went for about 6 chilles, green and red. Didn't taste stupidly hot in the end because I let it simmer for a couple of hours. This was good because the flavour was excellent but the downside was it had dried up a bit so did not blend with the rice quite as well as I would have liked.

I always make chili the night before so when I heat it up, it is dry...

I just put 1/2 a cup of boiling water in when I stick the rice on to cook.



*n

 

[penski]

But should it be dry? The way i remember good'ol tex-mex chilli is from a restaurant i used to go to in America. It was served in a bowl with chips on the side and was very sloshy. Not watery, but very 'saucy'. I've no idea how to get that consistency. Or is everyone here talking about chilli con carne? That's a bit different isnt it?

It dries out due to sitting, covered in clingfilm for 24 hours.

You add water while reheating it to make it 'saucy' again.

*n