Making Chili
 

Does anyone roast tomatoes and peppers for chili? If so do you think it enhances the flavor?

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I have before and I think it can, but once you put them in there and it "stews" for a while you kinda lose that unless you put a ton in there. Truth is that roasting them is to add flavor for when they are still sort of crisp.

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I'd think that putting roasted peppers in chili would defeat the purpose of roasting them. Wouldnt that flavor of roasting get lost in the "chili" flavor?

I love roasted peppers but then I use them in something like homemade veggie pizza and such..so you can taste the roasted aspect....

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yes it does. anytime you roast the tomatoes and peppers you get a different flavor from them and it does enhance it. Although I know HOW to roast them I will tend to buy them already roasted whem making something like Chili

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My husband met Wick Fowler some years ago in Austin. He gave us cases of his chili mix. We've used it ever since! It's a great chili mix! :thumbsup

Sometimes I use Turkey instead of beef or do a 50/50 mix. Love it on Baked Potatoes too!

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for fresh chilis, I alway roast them because it lets you get the peel off of them. that reason alone is worth it in the final product.

as for flavor, roasting will consentrate the flavor and thus will impact the final product to some degree but with any long simering dish, that effect is somewhat mitigated.

I say roast away!

as for the tomatoes, you can just use boiling water to get the waxy skin off of them. it is much more easy than roasting.

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We put up 60 quarts of tomatoes this year... so getting the tomatoes is not a problem.

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but the flavor of fire roasted tomatoes is gooooooooood

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agreed but in chili is it eventually covered up? maybe hte layering of hte flavor gives a hint there.... Im always in favor of it if you have the time and the willingnes but most folk dont...

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All righty, thanks everyone.