From the first picture to the last, it looks deeply unpleasant however it did smell nice (if you like chili) and tasted nice (if you chili) but I don't, so why would you take my word for it?
It's also worth noting that I had promised to cook this for tea without checking the recipe. I assumed we had everything in that I didn't but I was missing a few items. Like beef stock. And red wine. And half of the spices. And I only had one tin of tomatoes. And no chocolate!
But did I let that put me off? Nah, I wasn't the one eating it, so I felt now was a good time to experiment, have a bit of fun with it and see what happened.
I started by cooking the onions, mushrooms and peppers in a frying pan
When they had been cooking for 10 minutes, I stuck them on a plate and replaced them with a block of cow bits
I poked at this with a stick for a while until it fell apart and went from an unpleasant pick colour to an unpleasant grey colour
Then I put the veg back in, and added some spices
Then I wandered off and had something nicer to eat. Probably crisps of something. Then I came back to this:
I think we can agree it's looking as dry as arseholes. Lack of stock you see!! I was tempted to run it under the tap for a bit, but then I had an idea. Baked Beans! That is certainly something I'd heard people put it in chili. So I put some in, with the kidney beans
Then my mind turned to presentation. We have all seen cooking programs on telly and it's fairly safe to say, the first bite is taken with the eyes. So I googled to see what the professionals do, added my own twist and voilà
Nailed it.
It's fairly safe to say that this wasn't a 100% success. Katie ate it and claimed to enjoy it, but it was at the end of a 12 hour shift without a dinner break, so that must be taken into account. She also politely said that she probably wouldn't have added baked beans herself.
I guess I'm just a cooking maverick that refuses to follow your so called recipes. Unless I'm eating it too.
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