Baked beans in chilli con carne - a moral outrage?

[dkanin]

I was talking about chilli con carne earlier and someone mentioned using baked beans instead of kidney beans and I wasn't convinced by the idea. I'd now really like to know what's normal! Do you think using baked beans in chilli con carne is culinary sacrilege, a bit gross or that's what everyone does?

A moral outrage and a culinary horror.

I also use a can of Heinz 5 beans - including sauce.

Kidney beans, baked beans (both drained and washed) in mine. Most US recipes use tinned (vegetarian) baked beans, I think, but they come with molasses, so they add a particular flavour and gloopy texture.

Didn't think of it like that @tartyflette, good point. But you could still just use cannellini beans which is what baked beans are made of in the first place.

Baked beans are haricot beans.

We call it chili con charlie in our house. It's not a proper chili, just onions, mince, baked beans, lots of spices, served with whatever, made quickly, inexpensive and almost healthy.

It's comfort food over here.

Probably a waste with the tomato sauce, and they’d go mushy. Haricot beans (the beans used in baked beans) would work though.

Of course its fine half and half is great

Most US recipes use tinned (vegetarian) baked beans, I think, but they come with molasses, so they add a particular flavour and gloopy texture.

I'm American. I have never seen a chili recipe in the US that calls for baked beans. Most call for kidney beans; they just come in a can, no sauce of any kind in the beans.

Also adding chilli and beans to bolagnaise to make chilli, surely that's normal.

Normal in here maybe but certainly not right. I don't know how people cook chili here but that would be missing quite a few important flavours

Plus also depends on what goes into the said Bolognese.

Feeling lonely now
Am I the only person on here who hates baked beans. And kidney beans. And chillies. And haricot beans. And that orange sauce?
But green beans. I love green beans.

Baked beans in chilli are vile.

I hate baked beans.

I like pinto beans in mine, or taco mixed beans. Baked beans are too mushy and sugary, imho.

I put all sorts of beans in chilli. I don't tend to bother with kidney beans as I'm not that sold on them. Give me a chickpea or a cannellini bean any day.

NO!! That's a crime against chilli, but I despise baked beans, however no authentic chilli recipe would be seen dead with baked beans in!

@MyNameHasBeenTaken no you're not! I hate all kind of beans apart from green beans! I do like chillis but only if chopped finely and mixed in.

Far nicer than kidney beans IMHO!

I hate kidney beans so my mum always used baked beans - I do the same (including the sauce)

Heinz bbq beans in chilli are good

I always use beans in bolognese and chilli.

Baked beans in bolognese?

Baked beans is fine in the absence of kidney beans.

but I'll tell you what's better. Chick peas. If it's sacrilege, I don't care.

Ooops, should add my chilli is always made with Quorn, so no idea how chick peas work with meat mince

Baked beans are vile. Would be disgusting in chilli. The thought of it knocks me sick bleeeuuugh

I think it’s yummy myself, I don’t put them in every time though, just if I’m doing more of a casual chilli with a jacket p - DH calls it’s dirty chilli (with baked beans) or posh chilli without (and with green pepper) 🤷‍♀️