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	chili con carne chile seco chile; chili pepper; hot pepper chiles rellenos chili con carne Chinese artichoke Chinese black beans Chinese black mushroom Definition: [CHIHL-ee kon KAHR-nay; CHIHL-ee kon KAHR-nee] Spanish for "chili with meat," this dish is a melange of diced or ground beef and chiles or chili powder (or both). It originated in the Lone Star State and Texans, who commonly refer to it as "a bowl of red," consider it a crime to add beans to the mixture. In many parts of the country, however, beans are requisite and the dish is called "chili con carne with beans." --Copyright (c) 1995 by Barron's Educational Series, from The New Food Lover's Companion, Second Edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst
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