Minor cooking experiment.

[cactuswatcher]

I made chili last night. I usually use a lot of chili powder. Last night I tried reducing the chilli powder significantly (by several teaspoons in a large batch) and replacing it with a 1/4 teaspoon of cilantro. It worked well in filling in the flavor. I think too much cilantro would be a mistake, but this amount seemed to work well.

Comments

Re: In Praise of Cilantro

[starryniteshade.livejournal.com]

True....I too don't think of cilantro as a normal chili ingredient. Cumin is also wonderful.

You know, there's far too few poems written about both cilantro and cumin!

Re: In Praise of Cilantro

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

I adore the taste and smell of cilantro. It just has the most wonderful freshness to it. I put it in my chili, too.
I made a pasta sauce the other day by chopping up a big bunch of cilantro, and some parsley, and sauteeing it with some chopped onions and garlic in olive oil. Threw in a little white wine, and tossed the pasta in the sauce. It was soooo yummy. I want some now!