[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Jaques Pepin does Chili Con Carne... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/8/2013 4:23:57 PM EDT
If you ever wanted to see "chili" served in lettuce bowls, then here's the crazy Frenchman to do it. What makes it chili? Well, it has a whole pound of meat, a seeded jalapeno and a Tbsp of chili powder in it. A WHOLE TABLESPOON!   |
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This man is a master chef and has attained the highest of all positions as a classically trained French chef.
He is without a doubt my favorite "celebrity" chef - and earned his bones the hard way. I guarantee that if you watch his "techniques" shows you will be cooking better than anyone you know. Cooking good food isnt about following trendy recipies it's about the technique used in the kitchen to optimize what you have. I cant believe he has all his fingers after watching him chop garlic the way he does........ |
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He's a master with a kitchen knife. Great chef, no doubt. I watched the video on deboning a chicken which was amazing. Let's just say that chili isn't his forte. 
Oui Jacques can totally own a batch of bouillabaisse or coq-au-vin but chili is out of his wheelhouse. |
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Quoted: Given most of my chili experience is from German settlers, I would expect a Frenchman to screw it up with beans. The first commercial chili powder was made by a German immigrant and marketed in New Braunfels Texas. Germans know chili. Also, the Tex-Mex giant Taco Cabana was started by Felix Stehling. |
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Given most of my chili experience is from German settlers, I would expect a Frenchman to screw it up with beans. The first commercial chili powder was made by a German immigrant and marketed in New Braunfels Texas. Germans know chili. Also, the Tex-Mex giant Taco Cabana was started by Felix Stehling.
Up next.... Texas invented Germany! 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Given most of my chili experience is from German settlers, I would expect a Frenchman to screw it up with beans. The first commercial chili powder was made by a German immigrant and marketed in New Braunfels Texas. Germans know chili. Also, the Tex-Mex giant Taco Cabana was started by Felix Stehling. Up next.... Texas invented Germany! All the good ones left for Texas  . Some sooner than others. |
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Chili Con Carne is supposed to have green chilies in it he put A WHOLE JALAPENO IN THERE  So? Down here in Texas, a normal person can eat a whole jalapeno raw. I was being sarcastic. I'm pretty sensitive to hot foods and even I can bare a single jalapeno. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Given most of my chili experience is from German settlers, I would expect a Frenchman to screw it up with beans. The first commercial chili powder was made by a German immigrant and marketed in New Braunfels Texas. Germans know chili. Also, the Tex-Mex giant Taco Cabana was started by Felix Stehling. I knew I liked you for a reason. |
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Given most of my chili experience is from German settlers, I would expect a Frenchman to screw it up with beans. The first commercial chili powder was made by a German immigrant and marketed in New Braunfels Texas. Germans know chili. Also, the Tex-Mex giant Taco Cabana was started by Felix Stehling.
I knew I liked you for a reason.
Nobody likes a suck-up... except for maybe Zhukov |
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Those potato pancakes would be great with beef gravy and a dab of sour cream.  Mein gott, it's not poutine. Try it sometime. I had a Ukranian girlfriend years ago and her mother made them that way every Sunday for brunch. That's how I discovered the potato pancake. |
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He's using beans... Jaques, you have strayed WAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY out of your lane my man. Did you get to the cool lettuce bowls he's ladling it into?
As soon as the beans hit the strainer, I bailed. Exactly, just dump the beans with their starchy liquid right in.. It helps thicken the liquid. 
I like Jacque's vids. He (mostly) does good stuff. Hmm, I might have to make tater pancakes tomorrow. I have the sour cream already,. |
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Those potato pancakes would be great with beef gravy and a dab of sour cream. Mein gott, it's not poutine. Try it sometime. I had a Ukranian girlfriend years ago and her mother made them that way every Sunday for brunch. That's how I discovered the potato pancake. Ever put sour cream on a baked potato ? How about gravy on mashed potatoes ? |