Chilli Con Carne

[Piggymon]

Originally Posted by Takhisis

Try some dried mixed herbs in with the onions when you fry them off and as Piggy was screaming...I mean suggesting try some garlic - even some tubes of puree stuff would be a good place to start and then progress from there.

[SidewinderINC]

Originally Posted by Takhisis

I use it and have yet to have any complaints. I used 3 veg oxo cubes in the one on holiday. So what if it isn't the most "sophisticated" way to do it?
It is all about personal taste - I have tried chocolate powder a few times before and it contributed sweet FA to the taste to me so I don't use it.

That seems quite defensive to me, and with no need.
I don't think anyone said that your chilli wasn't good, infact I think I said it was delicious.

It's just a different way of doing it, it doesn't seem right to me to add bisto but doesn't make it wrong generally.

[Chuckles]

Originally Posted by Matblack

Just leave it to simmer for longer and the water will evaporate, the taste will improve too

MB

I was hungry though

[Jonny69]

I know the answer, I will comment tomorrow.

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Chuckles

It did though. Too much chopped tomatoes maybe? They looked about right.

You just need to cook it longer. Chilli should be slow cooked so hour and a half at least. If you can't wait stick the heat up and boil for 30 mins that will reduce it to a sauce.

[loki]

Originally Posted by AcidHell2

You just need to cook it longer. Chilli should be slow cooked so hour and a half at least. If you can't wait stick the heat up and boil for 30 mins that will reduce it to a sauce.

Indeed.

To me it looks like it's missing Garlic as well as bit of Cumin. Also, don't underestimate the power of Chocolate

@ Chuckles. It's also worth remembering that if your used to doing food out of a jar, it's laced with salt and sugar. So when you make your own food, for the first couple of times at least it may taste as though it's missing stuff. Wait till you try some Jar food after you have been cooking your own sauces and you will find it to be over salty, over sweet and completely over seasoned.

[Chuckles]

Originally Posted by loki

Indeed.

To me it looks like it's missing Garlic as well as bit of Cumin.

I thought it wasn't supposed to be too salty

Originally Posted by loki

@ Chuckles. It's also worth remembering that if your used to doing food out of a jar, it's laced with salt and sugar. So when you make your own food, for the first couple of times at least it may taste as though it's missing stuff. Wait till you try some Jar food after you have been cooking your own sauces and you will find it to be over salty, over sweet and completely over seasoned.

It wasn't that, I've had ones that other people have cooked from scratch, and at restaurants etc. Not sure how to describe it really. It kinda had the heat but it was almost that it was lackign in the actual chilli taste a bit.

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Chuckles

It wasn't that, I've had ones that other people have cooked from scratch, and at restaurants etc. Not sure how to describe it really. It kinda had the heat but it was almost that it was lackign in the actual chilli taste a bit.

use good chilli powered and I always use lazy chilli in it as well. Or you could finely chop some fresh chillis.

Oh and as said before cumin and garlic.

[Tak]

I used hot chilli powder, dried mixed herbs, paprika hot, lazy garlic and lazy chillis in the last one but I also have dried mixed chillis, crushed chillis and a couple of varying levels of chilli powder in my cupboard

[loki]

Originally Posted by Chuckles

I thought it wasn't supposed to be too salty

Trust you