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Texas chili

Texas chili noun: chili con carne made without beans.

Noun

Texas chili (usually uncountable, plural Texas chilis)

  1. (usually) Chili con carne made without beans.
    • “I think there is probably no consensus on one idea (of what defines chili), but the reason why we don’t allow beans in chili is number one: real Texas chili has always been known as meat and the sauce with peppers,” Hancock said. “Beans don’t come into play at the cook-off because if our judges...2024 January 10, Matilda Preisendorf, “Why Texas Chili Doesn’t Have Beans”, in Local Profile

Forms of Texas chili

pluralTexas chilis

Origin of Texas chili

Compound of Texas + chili.

Questions about Texas chili

What does Texas chili mean?
Texas chili means chili con carne made without beans.
What part of speech is Texas chili?
Texas chili is a noun.
What is the plural of Texas chili?
The plural of Texas chili is Texas chilis.

Words near Texas chili in the dictionary

  1. Texas cattle fever
  2. Texas caviar
  3. Texas cedar elm
  4. Texas cedar elms
  5. Texas chicken
  6. Texas chili
  7. Texas chilis
  8. Texas cichlid
  9. Texas cichlids
  10. Texas City
  11. Texas County

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