I made chili once by following a recipe. Making chili might be one of those meals where not following a recipe works better, but I saw a recipe in the newspaper that declared this was the best chili you’ll ever have and as I read it I became convinced it would be as great as they said. We had all the ingredients and since it was the weekend I told my wife I would take care of the cooking.
I carefully followed the recipe and let it simmer for the allotted time……I thought it would be great and everyone would like it but as soon as my wife tasted it I could see by the look on her face that she didn’t like it, but I figured my teenage son would eat it, teenagers eat anything, but alas he also disliked it.
I tasted it and it wasn’t good. I forced myself to have a bowl just so it wouldn’t all be wasted but I dumped the rest down the disposal.
I think the best way to make chili is to wing it and develop your own recipe….a little bit of this, a little bit of that, add some spices, let it simmer, taste it, let someone else taste it, add some more and voila you have your own signature chili…..that or just let someone else make it.
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