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NO & NO. I also heard of instant coffee too. I don't think I'd be adverse to trying it somewhere else, but I'm stuck on my own recipe, & if I didn't like the additions, I'd be stuck with a h#ll of lot of chili for the garbage man.
Just like my chessecake recipes, it took me a compilation of many to find my go to chili w/beans I've used for years now.
If you do try, post, critique it, & show picks. Luck to ya!
I have had chili with both and personally I do not like it, but that's just me. I prefer my chili to be spicy and flavorful more along the lines of Texas chili with an Okie accent
I was looking at some receipes on line for Elk Chile and saw a couple that called for "Cinnamon" and or "cocoa powder"
One site said it was a Greek receipe
Still lookin for the best receipe for Elk/Vension/beef Chile...with or without the beans.
HW
Hitting the kitchen.
Yes! I was given a chocolate chili recipe from a friend (who won a contest with it) that calls for bakers chocolate and cinnamon along with katsup and BBQ sauce. It also calls for some canned smokey hot peppers (can't recall the name) and cardomon among other ingredients. Very interesting flavor with venison. It is one of those recipies that is better on the 2nd time serving as the flavors need to meld completely. I like it. Spicey, hot & smokey with a touch of sweet. It's a palate full! Drink a extra stout beer with it and it will make a New Year's late football brunch!
I don't care for the Cinamin (as others noted, it's a Cincinati thing, and I'm a steeler fan) <--jokes aside, not for me.
Chocolate (and coffee) are another story. For chocolate, you'd want to add a little bit of unsweetened chocolate powder, or if that is not available, some very dark, strong, and either bitter or bittersweet chocolate to round out the flavor.
I also like to deglaze my pot with a little bit of strong, black leftover coffee, as well as beer in my recipe.
If you think about what (Texas) chili really is, it's cowboy food for cowboy's on the range. They typically might throw some coffee in as a liquid. But more important, the black coffee and bitter chocolate adds complexity to the flavor. If you know it's there from tasting it, you put too much in, but a little bit really rounds it out.
Try it!
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