chili con carne
[ CHIHL-ee kon KAHR-nay; CHIHL-ee kon KAHR-nee ]
Spanish for "chili with meat," this dish is a melange of diced or ground beef and chiles or
CHILI POWDER (or both). It originated in the Lone Star State and Texans, who commonly refer to it as "a bowl of red," consider it a crime to add beans to the mixture. In many parts of the country, however, beans are requisite and the dish is called "chili con carne with beans." Seel also CHILE; CHILI PEPPER; HOT PEPPER.
© Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD LOVER'S
COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.
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