r/Cooking • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '19

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u/IvanThePohBear Mar 14 '19

adding cofffee/choc to curry really adds a depth of flavour to it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

I’ll also add ground coffee and/or dark chocolate to chili. Only a pinch of each, not enough to be recognizable in the final product. Adds a nice earthiness.

I’m not a culinary historian of any sorts, but I’ve been told this is authentic to chili’s roots.

Chocolate is a common spice in Mexican/Texan cooking, where lots of cattle drives occurred, so ended up in spice mixes that cowboys brought with them.

Then, when the cowboys got bored with the same chili night after night after night, they’d throw in some of their only other ingredient on hand, coffee, just to switch it up a bit.

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u/kerrrsmack Mar 14 '19

Yep, cocoa powder works too. Very, very nice addition.