Homemade Chili

@kareng (80243)
United States
August 12, 2019 11:18am CST
Homemade chili was what was on the menu last night thanks to @JohnRoberts. John suggested that I use the leftover Chinese fried rice in some chili and that sounded like a winning suggestion. Plus it was easy to make. We just topped the fried rice off with chili. It was good and everyone enjoyed it. There was just enough left for hubby to take a bowl of chili (minus the rice) to work for lunch today. Many thanks to all who gave suggestions. There were several others that I would like to try. But, I don't want another huge order from the Chinese place to put the recipe in action. This meal finished off the Chinese leftovers thank goodness. I think we will be set to avoid the Chinese place for a few weeks now. <insert big laugh here> What did you have for dinner last night? Do you like to turn your leftovers into a new meal or just toss them? Photo: Pixaby, public domain
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Aug 19
Makes chili more interesting, don't you think?
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
My hubby is from a "cajun" family and rice goes with everything. I always fix white rice when making chili but would have never thought about substituting the fried rice. It was good and threw in a few vegetables to boot.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Aug 19
That is a great idea. I will have to remember that. Skipped dinner.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
Saved me from cooking rice for the hubby to go with chili..ha. And I would have never put the two, chili and fried rice together on my own. Win. It was good too and added some veggies in there.
youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
13 Aug 19
It looks great! It is a good way to cook the leftover like that.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
13 Aug 19
Yes, it was much better than throwing the food out.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
13 Aug 19
@youless And also a waste of money. Two fold waste there going down the drain by throwing out leftovers or good food.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
13 Aug 19
@kareng You are quite right. It is a shame to waste the food.
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
12 Aug 19
the hubs'll not eat lefto'ers, regardless 'f how they'd be revamped. can't recall what i ate fer supper last eve?? must'a jest been a smoothie i'm thinkin'. nothin' here gets truly tossed out. that which can't go 'nto gomer (compost pile) gets set out fer the herd 'f ferals. they seem most happy with anythin'.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
14 Aug 19
@crazyhorseladycx I don't like hovering in the kitchen either. My territory...stay out.; unless you want to do the dishes. Ha.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
13 Aug 19
My hubby is the same way and why I have to be sneaky about how I use the leftovers in new meal.
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
13 Aug 19
@kareng i used to be able to be sneaky 'bout 't, now he hangs o'er my shoulder 'n stays underfoot whilst i'm'n the kitchen. which'd be 'lright if'n he wished to help..which he don't.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
12 Aug 19
We rarely have leftovers except chicken. I use it in sandwiches or in salad. We ate dinner out last night, and I had baked stuffed shrimp. Nothing left over. Lol! I’m not a fan of rice.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
I never have been either. However, my husband's family had rice with every meal. NOOOOo.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
@DianneN I would have done the same
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DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
12 Aug 19
@kareng I’m a meat and potatoes girl. I had the restaurant substitute the rice for a baked potato.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
12 Aug 19
Good that you found a great suggestion here and it worked. I often turn leftovers into interesting meals.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
That's good. I hate to waste food.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
13 Aug 19
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
13 Aug 19
@kareng SO do I.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
12 Aug 19
Good afternoon.Looks great there.I love chili been awhile.We hardly have any leftover.Only two of us.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
I usually wait until we have a cold snap to put on a pot of chili, but decided that we could pull this off.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54741)
• United States
12 Aug 19
I hate to waste food. That was a great way to use your leftovers
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
13 Aug 19
Same here. I have been trying to find new ways and things to fix with them because my hubby does not like leftovers much at all.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (136047)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Aug 19
Glad it worked out good. We mostly eat chili in the winter.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
We do too. It was a good change.
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Angie
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Aug 19
I think I snacked around all day I didnt even cook me a meal.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
That could be fun. Did you stick with the diet in doing so?
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222898)
• United States
12 Aug 19
We never toss leftovers. We always eat them one way or another. I had a bowl of lentil soup yesterday and one today.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
13 Aug 19
I look at it as a fast meal to prepare. It's easy all the way around: preparation, not many dishes to dirty or clean up. Win.
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Bensen32
@Bensen32 (28658)
• United States
12 Aug 19
That does sound good, I just had chili a couple weeks ago and it was good but we didn't have rice in it. I usually either just reheat the leftover or will mix some stuff together to finish off leftovers. I hate throwing out food.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
I hate throwing out good food too. I've been trying to do better with all that.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Aug 19
@Bensen32 Exactly.
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Bensen32
@Bensen32 (28658)
• United States
12 Aug 19
@kareng Yea, I try not to throw out any, it's a waist of money and I also think about those that don't have food and here I am throwing it out, not if I can help it.
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