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Bean stew is one of the most delicious things you can cook whether you can afford more or not. Here’s my recipe. Everything but the beans, onions, carrots, paprika, oil and salt is optional and mainly improves the taste profile. Can be done with dried beans too.

Bean stew/soup v4.1

3x beans cans - 540ml 2x onion heads 2x carrots 2tbsp paprika, 1tbsp smoked paprika 2x chicken or beef cubes

Add beans with some water in a pot. Use OG bean water too. Fry onions and carrots in a pan. Once fry is done, add all the paprika and stir for 10-20s then pour into the pot, let it boil once. Add the beef/chicken cubes. Add spearmint, lots. Add some more oil if needed. Olive is great. Add 3-4tbsp marinara, diced tomatoes or balsamic vinegar. Add 1/2 tsp salt (or less) and 1/2tsp of MSG. Test for salt, it might be good enough.

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Xraygoggles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Spearmint!?

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- avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yup, fresh or dried. If you’re curious about it, just try the recipe exactly as described and it should come out as intended. I don’t even taste during cooking anymore. I just do it with the right measurements and it comes right every time. It’s an Eastern European dish that has countless versions.
  
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  - Xraygoggles@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Wow that’s so interesting. I’m excited to try it, thanks for showing me some cool new ideas.
    
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BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You’ve kind of made a variety of chili. All you’d really have to do to transform it, is add chili powder and cumin. Everybody thinks chili powder is what makes chili, but that only gives it the heat. Cumin is the real flavor of chili. Add both too taste, and it’s delicious.

BTW, a cheap meat to add to chili is ground pork. You can usually find it in one pound rolls near the breakfast sausage. It tends to be significantly cheaper than beef, and sometimes even chicken. It’s really cheap at Aldi. Add it to the beef to economically fill out the meat in your chili.

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- avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It’s very similar in ingredients but the taste profile is different since there’s no cumin. It’s also typically of a watery, soupy consistency although there are thicker versions.
  
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  - BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I have been in multiple debates about whether chili should be thick, like a stew, or more liquid, like a soup. I maintain that the proper consistency is right in the middle, but that’s hard to keep when it’s simmering on the stove, thickening up.
    
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    zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That’s interesting in that none of my chili recipes have cumin as an ingredient, so I’d say that is far from essential.
    
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lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
i opened a bean restaurant (to prove a point)

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