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Why do people put beer in chili?

Beer is an essential ingredient in making a good chili. You don't have to be a beer drinker to use it in chili. It adds flavor and texture to the chili. Beer will impart sugars and malty flavors to the chili that you won't find with other ingredients.

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This Beef and Dark Beer Chili is the perfect recipe to make for a large crowd. Chili is one of the most comforting meals to make. I whip up a batch of chili when it’s a cold and rainy day, and I like to make a batch to have on hand as a hearty and filling lunch during the week. The best use for chili is for serving at a big party, where everyone can help themselves to the toppings. Super Bowl Sunday is obviously a favorite day for making chili. This Beef and Dark Beer Chili recipe happens to be a good one for a Super Bowl party since it makes a large batch of chili. You can feed about 15 hungry people with this recipe.

What makes a good chili?

Beer is an essential ingredient in making a good chili. You don’t have to be a beer drinker to use it in chili. It adds flavor and texture to the chili. Beer will impart sugars and malty flavors to the chili that you won’t find with other ingredients. The type of beer you use matters. In this recipe, you’ll use dark beer.

What’s the best dark beer to use for chili?

Try Negro Modelo, Dos Equis Ambar, Guinness or Samuel Adams. You’ll only need one bottle of beer for this recipe. If you’re not really a beer drinker and you don’t know what to do with the other 5 beers left over… scroll to the bottom of this post and make one of the recommended recipes with your leftover dark beer. I’m pretty crazy about this chili recipe because it’s just a good, substantial beef chili. There are plenty of spices (cumin, coriander, chili powder), onion, bell pepper and chiles. It’s not a chili recipe that is overwhelmed with beans. And you can control the spiciness of the recipe by determining how much of the jalapeno you’d like to add.

Serve with dark beer, of course!

If you’re in need of using up the rest of your beer, you might like to try these recipes:

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