Nothing says fall to me like chili. But the problem is my husband doesn’t like beans, none of ’em. Okay, green beans don’t count, but any chili-related bean, he turns his nose up at. So I set out to find a substitute for beans to be able to make a chili that would suffice my craving.
After perusing Pinterest, I realized this is not a common thing. Afterall, most people like beans in their chili. So this is my no-bean-Italian-chili-that’s-kind-of-like-goulash. And by that I mean I don’t really know what to call this dish. It was so easy to make, but such a struggle to name.
Call it what you’d like, but it’s delicious. One of those hearty meals that makes your belly feel nice and warm! The ingredients are very simple and really the only change I made to a regular chili recipe is that I swapped elbow noodles for the beans. It’s perfect with cornbread muffins or some classic French bread.
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Yum! This sounds delightful, Madison! I could go either way with chili, and it’s always fun to see an adaptable recipe like this one.
I’m the one in our house with “weird” food preferences, so I generally will leave out certain ingredients or find a way to chop them down SUPER small so their texture doesn’t weird me out. And if there’s something neither of us like, like beets? We don’t try cooking those to our preference anymore since we discovered we were not fans, haha.