The 1-Ingredient Upgrade for Better Chili (It's Already in Your Pantry)

The 1-Ingredient Upgrade for Better Chili (It's Already in Your Pantry)

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesThe 1-Ingredient Upgrade for Better Chili (It's Already in Your Pantry)

This pantry staple takes my chili from good to amazing.

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Chili is the kind of food that makes my job as a recipe developer fun. Cooking a pot of chili from start to finish is not only familiar and comforting it also feels more like an interesting science experiment than cooking. (Can you tell I love my job?)

I’m always thinking of different ingredients to add—there are so many types of beans!—or a new cooking technique to make it better. I’ve made a lot of adjustments to my chili over the years but I never leave out one key ingredient: chocolate. It’s an essential upgrade that takes chili to the next level. Here’s everything you need to know about adding chocolate to your chili.