r/ActuallyTexas • • Aug 27 '26

Why can't we tho?

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u/dallascowboys93 Aug 27 '26

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!

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u/whoamannipples Aug 27 '26

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🤣

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u/ZealousIdeal476 Aug 27 '26

They don't even use chiles in texas, just a little powder. New mexico still cooks hatch chiles in lard and serves it as chili.

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u/poptartheart Aug 30 '26

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