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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5086996" data-attributes="member: 177">Another thing about chili - chili preferences are kind of like game edition preferences.&nbsp; People have been known to fight about them (&quot;Chili without beans?!&nbsp;&nbsp; That's just meat sauce!&nbsp; Heathen!&quot;)&nbsp; Thankfully, I am not a purist <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Anyway - No, you wouldn't want to add more water.&nbsp; Beans usually release starches that help thicken your chili.&nbsp; If you are omitting beans, you'll typically get rather watery stuff.You may wish to use masa flour (a form of corn flour) as a thickener.&nbsp; You probably don't want to buy a whole bag of masa for one pot of chili, but luckily there's another common source for masa - tortilla chips!&nbsp; Crush up a handful or two of tortilla chips into your chili, and they'll disintegrate and thicken your stuff.As with all stew-like things, you'll have to guage for yourself exactly how muc thickening it does or doesn't need.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5086996, member: 177"] Another thing about chili - chili preferences are kind of like game edition preferences. People have been known to fight about them ("Chili without beans?! That's just meat sauce! Heathen!") Thankfully, I am not a purist :) Anyway - No, you wouldn't want to add more water. Beans usually release starches that help thicken your chili. If you are omitting beans, you'll typically get rather watery stuff. You may wish to use masa flour (a form of corn flour) as a thickener. You probably don't want to buy a whole bag of masa for one pot of chili, but luckily there's another common source for masa - tortilla chips! Crush up a handful or two of tortilla chips into your chili, and they'll disintegrate and thicken your stuff. As with all stew-like things, you'll have to guage for yourself exactly how muc thickening it does or doesn't need. [/QUOTE]

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