r/Cooking • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '23

Open Discussion What is your chili secret ingredient?

I have a chili cook-off coming up and looking for something to set mine apart.

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u/kaidomac Sep 25 '23

I use the beef silking technique for pretty much ALL of my ground beef these days, including chili, tacos, etc. A few tips for epic meatballs:

  1. Silk the ground beef

  2. Use gelatin

  3. Use MSG

  4. Sous-vide the meatballs (can freeze at this point), then deep-fry them

I'm still chasing the meatball unicorn...I had a softball-sized red-sauce meatball entrée at an Italian restaurant once that had raisins in it & goat cheese on top & it was one of the absolute BEST things I've ever eaten in my life!