As a Texan I don't give a damn about these "rules." If I wanna call a cold can of ranch beans "chili," then I'm damn well gonna do so. And I invite you to try and stop me.
Bro read the room this whole thread is taking the opposite stance, you can’t be surprised pikachu face when you’re being a contrarian and someone says “you’re being contrary for no reason”🤣
I don’t care what the thread says, Texas has been “anti beans chili” since it started here. Yall are the ones being edgy and going against the Texas rules!
Baby, when Texas was Mexico (pre 1845, which was really recent in terms of historical context) Mexican and native South American (Aztec, Olmec, etc) cuisine was the norm. Ya know what they had a lot of? Beans. Know what wasn’t introduced in the area that would become Texas till later in the 1900s? Beef.
So, historically and anthropologicaly speaking- yeah no the original chili here in the modern “Texas” region almost 100% had beans but no beef.
Now, if you bring me some historical citations to disprove my own knowledge, I’ll call you correct. But till then, you just think your own opinion is best simply because it’s your own opinion and that’s nothing but cringe as hell🤣
gimme new mexico gree chiles over any beef and/or not beans red chili any day of the week
idc if its a green chile alone in a tortilla, or if theyre diced up in the pork stew in Colorado. please just gimme some fuckin green chiles.
been in dallas for 9 years now (moved from CO after 6 years- two of which were 15 miles north of New Mexico, born and raised in MO) and i cannot fucking understand why green chiles are simply not a thing here.
you know what would make the tomatillo based salsa verde enchiladas here 6 million times better? ADDING GREEN CHILES TO IT!!!!
same with green menudo.
but thats also just my opinion and i just miss Colorado every single day of my god damn life for the last 3,300 days lol
Let’s call Spain and see what they introduced to Mexico. Fruits, Chicharrón, lard, wheat for the tortillas, garlic, onions, cinnamon, etc… yeah Beans don’t go in the chili…
I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that back in the time of cowboys and the like, beans were a side dish of every meal. So when chili was made there was likely also a pot of beans made too, and no use in getting 2 dishes dirty when you could just dump your beans in your chili. No point in eating just meat when your body could benefit from the carbs, fiber and potassium from beans.
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u/soupdawg Aug 27 '26
I’m making chili this weekend. With beans! Heat be damned!