chili con carne
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The Best Ways to Thicken Chilli
The word “chilli” can mean a lot of different things, depending on where you are in the country. Setting chilli peppers aside, the dish known as “chilli” can take a few forms, most commonly a mess of meat or beans or some combination of the two, usually swimming in a base of tomato, garlic, onion,…
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This Super Bowl Sunday, Consider a Chilli Cheese Bar
This Sunday, I will be watching the Super Bowl with my father for the first time in literally forever. We’ve watched a lot of football together, but almost all of it has been SEC games. Ironically, I will not be cooking anything. My dad told me my stepmom likes to make chilli dogs and Rotel…
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How to Make Your Own Chilli Oil
Everyone loves a punchy, flavourful, shelf-stable pantry staple, but let’s be honest — we can’t survive on anchovies and tomato paste alone. Most of the bulk ingredients that we’ll rely on in the weeks and months of quarantining ahead need a lot of sprucing up, and in a world where shopping for fresh ingredients is…
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Add French Onion Dip to Your Chicken Chilli
Chilli is a perfect cold-weather food, yet it has been two entire months since the last instalment of the Chilli Cook-Off, which featured the chaotic-yet-surprisingly-delicious Pizza Chilli. I have excuses, of course — I was moving, and Christmas happened — but the important thing to focus on is that we’re back with more chilli, and…