Wednesday 19 September 2012

Texas Style Chili

Sure to warm you all over, the Chili con carne (aka “chili”) is a highly spiced stew made with meat and chili peppers, and the classic Texas Style Chili is an all-time favorite among the foodies. A cowboy meal from San Antonio and invented by the Texas natives, the chili con carne is the national dish of Texas. The regular Texas Style Chili simply contains peppers, garlic, onions and cumin, which are simmered with chopped or ground beef. People also use different types of meat and other ingredients, mostly beans and tomatoes, to create wide variations of the Texas-style chili con carne. While the recipes might differ a bit from person to person, Texans just love their chili con carne.

Ingredients:
If you ask a chef, he will tell you that the basic ingredients of chili do not contain beans or any other vegetables. In fact, the basic ingredients of traditional chili con carne consist of scrapped beef stewed with peppers and water. These are cooked until a thick soup is formed. But, the Americans have often played around with this simple recipe and created delicious cuisines to satisfy their taste buds. You can also add, tomatoes, peanut butter, tomatillos, saffron, sweet corn, cocoa, chocolate, bourbon, coffee, pineapples, bananas, oranges, tequila, cola, honey, cinnamon, allspice, chorizo, pasta, molasses, vinegar, beer, whiskey, and red wine to give a different taste to the traditionally cooked recipe.

Types:
  • Vegetarian chili: For vegetarians, the Texas style vegetarian chili has become a popular dish. The vegetarian chili is famous as ‘chili sin carne’ or ‘chili sans carne’ or chili without meat. The recipe of this type of chili is same except the beef and other meat is replaced with tofu or potatoes. Beans are one of the main ingredients in vegetarian chili and the other ingredients may also include mushrooms, beets and corn.
  • Chili verde: Also called green chili, Chili verde is a Mexican-American sauce that can be moderately to extremely spicy. It is made by slowly cooking pork chunks in a mixture that contains chicken broth, garlic and roasted green chilies. Poblano, jalapeño, Serrano are used to adjust the spiciness of this stew. It is usually eaten as a filling in San Francisco burrito.
Nowadays, frozen chili has become quite popular with the consumers, as its one-pot wonder and saves you on the cooking time. Moreover, the frozen chili con carne keeps intact the natural flavor and nutrients.

Classic Foods offers a range of ready-to-cook as well as ready-to-eat food items including Sheriff Blaylock’s Beef Chili, Old West Style Chili etc. For more information about the chili products offered, visit them at 629 Mony, Ft. Worth, Texas 76102 or call at 817.332.1071. 

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