Chopping whole cuts after browning gives you browned
flavor and superior texture.The Beans
If you are from Texas, you may as well skip right to here.
But if you’re like me and believe beans are as integral to a
great bowl of chili as the beef, if not more so, read on. To be
honest, there’s nothing wrong with using canned beans in
chili. They are uniformly cooked, hold their shape well, and
here the relative lack of flavor compared to cooked dried
beans is not an issue. There are enough other flavors going
on to compensate. But sometimes the urge to crack some
culinary skulls and the desire for some food-science myth-
busting is so strong that I can’t resist. So, a quick diversion
into the land of dried beans.