Huh? Nuked Chili? I know what you are thinking, and your right (well, except for that guy over there, he is waaaayyy off topic). Our friends over at Cin Chili have come out with a new, ready to eat chili packet and it’s delicious!!!!

Cin Chili Hearty Beer With Beans Ingredients: Beef, water, kidney beans, chili seasoning {Chili powders, dehydrated onions, dehydrated garlic, salt cumin, beef bouillon (salt hydrolyzed soy protein, sweetener[sugar and/or dextrose], fat flavor[partially hydrogenated corn oil, flavorings] natural flavor[autolyzed yeast extract, salt, sugar, whey protein, lactic acid], celery, onion powder, dehydrated cooked beef, carmel color, beef stock, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, autolyzed yeast extract, flavors[contains naturally occurring glutamate]) chicken bouillon (salt, sweetener [sugar and/or dextrose and or sorbital], hydrolyzed corn protein, natural flavors [autolyzed yeast extract, salt, suagr, whey powder, lactic acid], chicken fat, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, dried chicken [contains natural flavor], turmeric color, onion powder, celery, garlic powder [contains naturally occurring glutamates]), Red Pepper, silicon dioxide (flowing agent}, Jalapeno pepper, spice[, tomato paste, modified food starch.

Yes, I did just type up all those ingredients, yes that was the longest ingredient list I’ve ever typed up, and yes, even at my 50 words per minute typing speed it took forever! Anyways, I’ve had various other ready to eat foods like this and they always come out tasting pretty bland. Knowing Cindy’s reputation for quality, I was interested to see her take on this type of product. Being of the belief (let the discussions begin!) that all chili should have beans in it, I chose that packet to review.

After a brief 90 second nuking, the very hot packet was poured out in my bowl and I paired it with one of my homebrews (Passow’s Miami Wiess). Thick and chunky, the smell of this must have been amazing because it instantly attracted the family dogs, noses working overtime. I was amazed at the shear size of the meat chunks as I was expecting not as much to be in there.

Mmmmm, this is a great tasting chili. Warming and hearty the chili powder and tomato come right into the forefront. Hints of onion, cumin, and pepper dance around my tongue. Bovine chunks delight my palate with a splash of Jalapeno and Cayenne tingling in the after taste.

This is a chili geared towards the masses so I didn’t expect it to have any real heat. So, I suggest the chilli-heads to add their own in the form of some Habanero powder if you feel the need to bump up the heat.

With that, the results are in, this is the most fresh tasting ready to serve product I’ve eaten. It tastes almost as fresh as the times I’ve had her chili right out of her crock pot. I don’t know how Cindy did it, but she did it. I found myself licking the bowl just to squeeze every last drop of flavor. In retrospect, the beer choice was decent, but a nice Rye Ale or robust Porter would be in order, especially if enjoying this during the Fall or Winter.

Taste: 9, Heat: 1.1

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