To use baked beans instead?

[facelessworrier]

Quick one!

Got all the ingredients for a chilli con carne but just about to start cooking and realised I forgot kidney beans!
Cannot be arsed loading kids in the car to go to the shops for some but I do have baked beans in the cupboard - would it be abhorrent to tip a tin of those in the mix?

Help please!

@KilljoysDutch

They're just cannellini beans, chuck them in and you'll end up putting them in every chilli. They're really good.

They're haricot not cannellini.

I never use kidney beans I hate them. baked beans are fine.

@Marmelace

I've even been known to stick a tin in a cottage pie to bulk the meat out.

Me too!

The chilli recipe i use demands baked beans. I don't like kidney beans. I usually use the bbq baked beans and they go down a treat!

I’ve done it. Add towards the end just to heat them, though. Otherwise they disappear!

We do none of us like kidney beans

Every American reading this is screaming in horror right now

@WalkersAreNotTheOnlyCrisps

We use kidney beans AND baked beans! Definitely go for it.

Me too.

Me too!

Sometimes I splash out on 3 bean salad

Rinsed off baked beans is cheaper than a tin of haricot beans.

I never put any type of beans in chilli. I'm not a monster.

I don’t like the thought of baked beans. But I don’t use kidney beans either. I use chickpeas and black beans.

@Disfordarkchocolate

Beans do not belong in chilli, not even kidney beans.

Every chilli com carne recipe I’ve ever seen has red kidney beans in it.

Yep, I always do the same!

www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/meat-and-poultry/bowl-o-red-texan-chilli/amp/

It's not really authentic apparently but it tastes fantastic. I do it in the slow cooker for 6-8 hours.

Wow Thanks all!

I went with the baked beans and they were a hit!