I really don't understand this chilli con carne made with baked beans thing

[Twiglett]

ok so you may have a fussy eater but what's the difference between baked beans and kidney beans

and if they're fussy just cut down on the chilli surely

my kids are about to chow down to an ott spicy chilli (my hand slipped .. oops) .. we shall see what happens in about 20 mins

We're having chilli tonight too. Baked beans have added sugar and salt, and come in a child friendly tasty sauce!!!

I know what baked beans are .. but why would a child be ok with baked beans and not kidney beans in a chilli con carne? ...

ds1 di NOT liek kidney beans

fio you shodul knwo that htere is NO logic

any eruptions yet twiglett

kidney beans are quite different to baked beans IMHO

but then I have a child who refused to eat home made chicken goujons yesterday because they smelt wrong - I had used French bread to make the breadcrums instead of the usual Best of Both.

(refused that is, until his father had a word with him)

I use kidney beans and baked beans, simply because that was the way my mum did it, alhtough now I tend t just chuck in whatever beans are in my cupboard.

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The tomato sauce in the baked beans changes the texture of the sauce for a start. Thickens it and makes it sweeter (even if you use no added sugar baked beans). I like it both ways as it happens. My ex's mum used to do the baked beans thing, so I started making it that way for him.

It's not the "right" way to make chili I suppose, but then lots of people add ketchup to their bolognaise sauce whish isn't "right" either, but if you like it that way, what's the problem?

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i don't much like kidney beans myself, so i use borlotti beans in chilli. much softer and tastier, more like baked beans in texture.

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ihave tried with baked beans and tesco do some nice kidneybeans in a chilli sauce - they too are very nice.

my children will eat either

love it both ways