Appreciation post: my kid told me my chili tasted like 'sad beans,' so I started browning the meat first

Barbara Adams · 2026-09-30T19:55:03.344836+00:00

I was dumping everything in the pot at once and calling it done. My 10 year old put it plain: 'the meat is gray and the beans are sad.' So now I brown a pound of ground beef in a dry skillet for 6 minutes before it goes in, and it costs nothing extra. Any other cheap tricks that make a $6 pot of chili taste like more than $6?

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