Chili Ingredient Debate
By Amber
@AmbiePam (114164)
United States
December 7, 2025 8:47am CST
I’m not a chili with beans, eater. However, that doesn’t mean I won’t eat it with the beans. But, I hate chili made with sausage instead of hamburger meat. My stepmom recently made her yummy chili with sausage, and I choked it down. I also like a dollop of sour cream in it, although my dad likes to put some shredded cheddar cheese on it.
What are your favorite chili ingredients?
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17 responses
@FourWalls (83629)
• United States
7 Dec
@NJChicaa — as Don Henley said, “ True, authentic "chili" does not—I repeat, NOT—have beans in it. Beans are a separate dish to be relished and revered in their own right. When you put beans in chili, you insult both the beans AND the chili.” 
Of course, you aren’t inviting him over for chili, so it doesn’t matter.
Of course, you aren’t inviting him over for chili, so it doesn’t matter. 5 people like this
@DaddyEvil (169410)
• United States
7 Dec
I would try chili you make even though I'm not a beans fan. 
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@DaddyEvil (169410)
• United States
7 Dec
I would also try chili you make, too. And yes, the more meat, the better I'll like it.
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@LadyDuck (494768)
• Italy
7 Dec
@DaddyEvil - I like the taste of meat, some beans is fine, but only beans is really too much.
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@snowy22315 (203934)
• United States
7 Dec
Not sure I ever had chili with sausage, but I have had it with chunks of beef and I like that. In fact, if I had to pick a favorite it would probably be real chunks of beef in it as opposed to hamburger.
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@FourWalls (83629)
• United States
7 Dec
Gee, I haven’t had chili in ages. We made ours with spaghetti. Now, before you think that’s weird, when we had a chili day at my duty station in Pearl Harbor, they served it with rice.
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@RasmaSandra (94992)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Dec
I only have canned chili when I can get it usually Hormel with beans, Sometimes i add some ingredients to it,
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@luisadannointed (10125)
• Philippines
12 Dec
with Siomai, hehehehe! I am not fond of chilli I can't tolerate it.
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@xstitcher (38194)
• Petaluma, California
7 Dec
I'm not a huge fan of homemade chili (I know, I'm a weirdo).
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@Marilynda1225 (89051)
• United States
9 Dec
I never use anything other than ground beef and although I will eat it with beans I prefer no beans. I like to add some diced red onion (if I have some handy), shredded cheddar, dollop of sour cream and maybe a handful of croutons.
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@Marilynda1225 (89051)
• United States
9 Dec
@AmbiePam I also like chili on a hot dog 
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17164)
• Torrington, Connecticut
8 Dec
Im not picky, id eat with sausage, red meat or even chicken as long as it has beans and good spice to it
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@just4him (322454)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Dec
A true Wisconsin chili has pasta in it. Since people come from all over the map to settle here, I've seen chili in many ways even without pasta.
My ingredients - ground beef, fresh tomatoes chopped in the food processor, kidney beans, onion, tomato sauce and pasta. I don't usually top it with sour cream or shredded cheese, but it's okay with it.
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@Treborika (18171)
• Mombasa, Kenya
8 Dec
For me l am a chilly source person. I really like it so much
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@Tampa_girl7 (54346)
• United States
8 Dec
I make mine with beef or ground turkey and I like cheddar cheese and sour cream on it. Pinto beans are my preference if I put beans in it. A time or two I have put chicken in it and made a white chili with navy beans.
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@LindaOHio (215562)
• United States
8 Dec
I like LOTS of beans; but I'm not supposed to have beans anymore.
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