# Help me make some award-winning chili!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [January 27, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-some-award-winning-chili/996739 "2024-01-27T16:59:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-some-award-winning-chili/996739/81 "2024-01-31T02:41:39Z")

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For thickening , I cover the meat chunks in the spices and then add a good chuck of corn flour and mix it all together , then brown the meat in batches in a Skillet and then set aside, then toss in some wine or beer to loosen up all the crispy goodness in the skillet and then start browning onions , garlic chilies and then add the meat back , more spices stir up a bit , then in goes the tomatoes , beans stock, cup of coffee , etc and then bring to simmer and leave for a while.

The corn starch on the meat seems to do a decent job of thickening the chilli.

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