I’m making some very basic chili. I have a can of black beans thats near expiry. Will adding it to my chili ruin it? It would be a 2:1 ratio of kidney beans to black beans.
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My simple philosophy on chili is to put whatever the hell you want in it as long as it has peppers, chili powder, cumin, oregano, tomato and beans. Meat too, if you like it. I’m sure purists would hate my chili but I don’t care.
I would reckon that beans be beans. Kidney, great white northern, green, or garbanzo… As long as yer not addin taters
What about Kelly beans?
There is no such thing as too many kinds of beans in chili.
It will make it different. It will not ruin it.
As everyone has essentially said, ain’t no such thing as bad beans for a chili. And that goes for stuff you might not think of as being good in chill. But I’ve cobbled together chili out of some seriously depleted pantries over the years, and I swear that any legume I’ve run across has worked, to some degree or another. Only question wound be the best prep for a given bean.
No bullshit, ive done it with limas, lentils, and peas at various points in time, and they all worked fine. Different, yes, but still quite nice
Any Texan will tell you if it has beans it’s not actually Chili, but you already have beans in it anyhow. So yeah, it’s fine.
Chili didn’t even have meat to begin with, hence chili con carne. Black beans are in the original version
I recommend adding garbanzo beans (chickpeas) and squash as well
I exclusively use black beans in my chili, I like 'em better. I think it’s a good idea.
Nope
I’m making chilli right now and put black beans in it. I like black beans in my chilli.
I tend to prefer black beans actually. For some reason kidney beans have this funny effect of dulling the flavour of the whole dish.
Absolutely not - it’s a good idea
It would be a 2:1 ratio of kidney beans to black beans.
Perfect.
I never make chili without black beans and kidney beans…
I always put 1:1 beef and black beans in my chili.
No, it’ll be fine. It may change the flavor profile a little bit.
You may wish to look at some black bean chili recipes to check out the differences and see if you might wanna make some adjustments based on those. But it won’t be much of an adjustment.
Nah that’s fine, and the ratio is good.
I’ve been using black beans instead of red in chili for years. It’s a matter of preference. I think kidneys have a thicker skin. Black or red beans get creamy the longer you cook them.
