I mean honestly, if you take out some of the jalapenos and heat, whats the difference?

Meat Sauce vs No Beans Chilli single choice
	Yes, Same thing
	No friggin way!
	Chilli is not chilli unless it has beans
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chili should have NO tomato sauce in it period.

Bob, really? So there is no tomatoes in your chili?

No tomatoes in chili. Meat, chili’s, broth, onion, garlic.

1 can of rotel, that is it. no sauce.

Totally different spice pallets between a good gravy/ragu and chili.

Amen. It's meat, chilies, broth, onion, and garlic and spices. No tomato in great chili. All that red is from the peppers. And no, it doesn't have to be blisteringly hot. And there's no jalapenos in chili.

I have the confused, basically every single recipe I look up for chili and award winning chili has some sort of tomatoes or tomato sauce in it.

do you really think cowboys carried tomatoes or sauce with them on the trail?

No of course not, but we also don't live in the 1800's and ride the trail

Kill me now if I'm making millennium chili

Do you honestly think tomatoes didn’t grow in the 1800s?

are you suggesting they were wild and found all over the place? They are perishable.

Like so many things, they have been cultivated and in many parts of the world they can grow year round with a little work.

REAL CHILI

5 pounds beef cut into small bits.
5 tablespoons cumin
5 large onions, chopped
10 cloves garlic, crushed
10 New mexico red chile pods - remove seeds, stems, and any white ribs.
6 cups beef broth
Oregano, to taste
Salt and pepper to taste

In a separate pot, add 2+ cups of water to boil. When it boils, add your chilies and make sure they're covered by the water, put a lid on it, and turn off the burner. Leave it sitting for 10 to 15 minutes until very soft. Puree the soft pods in a blender.

In a large, heavy bottom pot, brown the beef. Add the cumin, chopped onions and garlic. Cook until onions go clear. Add the pureed pods, oregano, salt and pepper to the stew pot, stirring the mixture well. Cook the chili from 3 to 4 hours over low heat, adding water and stirring as necessary