Who cares if it's authentic? It's probably not the exact same thing you get at whatever your favorite local diner is but if that's what you want that's what you should get instead of complaining about a recipe you don't even intend to make!. As for me I've never had this style of chili before and I thought it was great. I did add some garlic and cumin to the other seasonings for more flavor and topped it with a bit of sharp cheddar. Mine was nice and thick and yours will be too if you let it cook for long enough. This will become a weeknight staple in my house! Pros: Easy quick tasty Cons: Not enough seasoning as written
not the real thing Cincinnati style chili is NOT just any kind of chili over spaghetti. the chili itself has its own blend of unique spices - and cilantro definitely isn't it. Cincinnati style chili includes cocoa cloves cinnamon and vinegar amongst other things. It has a unique flavor to it unlike what everyone expects chili to taste like. All this recipe is is some kind of regular chili. Pros: i am sure it's delicious. Cons: not authentic cincy chili
Not truely Cincinnati Chili Well really I ahve anot tried it yet but there are two major differences in your recipie. You include clinatro and do not ahve any chocolate (cocoa) in the recipe. As a native of the area there are seveal ways to have chili: chili over spagetti chili spagetti and cheese chili spagetti cheese and (beans or onion) chili spagetti cheese beans and onion When I make this don't think I'll add the cliantro.
Deliceious I followed this recipe using a hot chili powder 2 cloves of garlic minced and 2 green jalapeno peppers sliced because I happened to have them. It didn't matter to me whether this was authentic Cincinnati Chili or not. It was absolutely delicious as it was. I'm not sure how healthy ground beef is but I managed to find a good quality 95% lean ground beef. I'm sure ground turkey would also work well. I also sprinkled on some reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese. Yum!!! Will make again for sure! Pros: Easy and flavourful Cons: Ground beef
Different but Good Here in Texas chili is a different thing than this. This was more of a cross between chili and spaghetti sauce. Now having said that it was still good and we ate every bit of it! My son who doesn't like spicy liked it very much. Pros: Quick Easy Cheap Cons: NULL
So so Lacks the zing of real chili. Was runny. Great over spagetti noodles though! Pros: Easy to make Cons: Kind of bland
Fantastic Take on Cincinnati Style Chili Being from Ohio and now a resident of New Mexico I of course had to make a few tweaks to this recipe. 1 Since we don't eat beef I used ground turkey breast instead. I happened to have some homemade turkey broth in the freezer so I used that in place of the beef broth. To up the umami I added a touch of soy sauce to the mixture after the tomatoes and broth went in. 2. I used dry kidney beans rather than canned. Soaked overnight and slow cooked in the Crockpot for 18 hours. Easy peasy since the Crockpot does all the work and WAY more flavor than canned. 3. I ground up 4 New Mexico chilies in the blender and used that in place of the chili powder. 4. Finally having spent a fair amount of time in Cincinnati... I just couldn't see this without a little cheese. So I added a little grated extra-sharp cheddar. And ya know what? The girl from Ohio and the guy from New Mexico (who swears chili doesn't have beans in it) both loved this dish! Pros: Fresh easy to prepare
I'm from the Cincinnati area and I can understand the comments that this dish is different from typical Cincinnati chili... But in some regards I think its better. It's certainly a lot lighter and less greasy than what one gets in one of the typical Cincinnati Chili joints. I thought it was just great!
