Great recipe very tasty with some kick. I found using Andouie sausage instead of the kielbasa and adding a little habenero pepper makes it a very spicy and tasty chili.
I made this recipe for a chili cook-off and won!!! Its easy and tasty. It does say to reserve the juice from the tomatoes but doesnt tell you how much to reserve so I used it all. I also dont drink and substituted the wine with alcohol free wine no one could tell the difference.
Wow is all I can say. I used stewed tomatoes instead of the plain whole tomatoes and I used banana peppers instead of bell peppers. I also added quite a bit more chili powder as we like oour chili spicy. This is one of the best Chili recipes I have ever tried. Thanks for the great recipe Monica. A must try.....
Phenomenal Taste! So hearty and easy to make! I made this for my company chili-cook off and it was completely GONE in 10 minutes! I will make this again soon! Go Bears!
This is a very interesting tasting chili. I love Merlot and the wine taste is very distinctive in this chili. This is a recipe that can easily be adapted to ones taste such as maybe using diced tomatoes instead of whole chili beans instead of pintos and adjusting the amount of spice. But I just made it as written and I really like it alot. It is in the crock pot simmering now and my husband is going to love the addition of the kielbasa. Thank you Monica I really like this chili!
We did not find this spicy at all so I added about 1/2t cayenne pepper. Doubled the chili powder to get the right flavor for us. I used pre-cooked bacon which lost all crispiness once combined (it had the consistency of uncooked bacon - bleck!) - next time I'd either use real bacon or crumble pre-cooked on the top of each bowl.
this was one of the best chillies that i have made. i put in a bit more jalepeno and used smoked sausage. the smoked sausage and bacon give it a nice smokey flavor.
This chili is awesome. So easy and quick to prepare after a long day. I also added more chili and it was great. The flavour is amazing.
It says to reserve the liquid from the tomatoes but doesn't say how much to use so I obviously used my own judgement. It also said that it was spicy and I didn't think so. So I added cayenne pepper and thought it was better. My boyfriend absolutely loved it!
I'm sorry but this just didn't cut it for us. I ended up kind of combining it with the Pasta e Fagioli recipe I have to give it more flavor and appeal. Really wanted to love this recipe. Maybe I'm not a Merlot wine fan. It seemed to give it a spoiled scent and flavor to me. JMO
