Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The pungent fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum, used especially as a flavoring in cooking.
- noun A stew made of meat or beans (or both) and usually tomatoes, spiced with chili peppers or chili powder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
chilli .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of red pepper. See
capsicum
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
pungent /spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties ofcapsicum peppers, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with Mexican, Indian, andTex-Mex cuisine. - noun A dish made with this fruit and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
- noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Putting beans in chili is a major faux pas in Texas.
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People often ask if my chili is authentic Texas chili.
A more precise Texas chili recipe | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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This chili is adapted from the Smithsonian Cookbook of Native American foods and recipes, Foods of the Americas, which I have out from the library at the moment.
Toast: Lindy 2006
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In fact, most of the time my chili is all beans and no meat (although I do enjoy the meat kind), because I only buy free range beef and that too expensive for my everyday budget.
To bean or not to bean | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2006
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This chili is adapted from the Smithsonian Cookbook of Native American foods and recipes, Foods of the Americas, which I have out from the library at the moment.
Buffaloed Lindy 2006
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If you put beans in chili in Texas and call it chili, they’ll hang you.
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At Deer Valley Resort, the Royal Street Cafe at the Silver Lake Lodge offers an array of appetizers for $6-$16; a bowl of the resort's signature turkey chili is $8.50.
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The dan dan noodles, and wontons in chili oil are excellent
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Meaty bites plus black bean/soy protein chili over rice are a winning combo and worthy repeat meal.
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If I were on death row my last meal would be a whole Chinese barbecue duck with green onion pancakes, Chinese broccoli (gai lan), ginger-steamed rice and hoisin chili sauce.
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Chili crisp—the crunchy, savory mixture of aromatics (chili, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic, and more) and oil—is hot, both literally and figurativel
Spicy! Crunchy! Crispy! The Best Chili Crisp You Can Buy Online Editorial Process 2024
fbharjo commented on the word chili
from Nahuatl 'xilli'
October 2, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word chili
"... After Columbus first returned with a sample, the plant spread so fast around the world that many Europeans assumed it was of Asian origin. Paprika put down roots from Spain to Hungary. Pepper, for which there had long been no substitute, could now be outgunned."
--Jack Turner, _Spice: The History of a Temptation_ (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 300
December 6, 2016