r/chili • u/Early-Package-8082 • Mar 15 '25

Homestyle How to thicken up your chili

What do you add to thicken up your chili. I used tomato paste. It can be a little too much tomato flavor.

58 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

277 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/_noho Mar 15 '25

Cornmeal

2

u/KindaKrayz222 Mar 15 '25

I think you mean cornstarch??

2

u/jkalchik99 Mar 15 '25

Or not. A thick slurry of masa harina & water will thicken up chili without lumps. Doesn't need much.

3

u/KindaKrayz222 Mar 15 '25

Masa harina is NOT the same as corn MEAL.