For this recipe, I used fresh tomatoes and added 1 Tbsp. tomato paste, but I didn’t think the t.p. was necessary and kind of countered the reason you’d use fresh tomatoes, so I didn’t include it above.

Also, don’t forget to keep your liquids. You need a “gravy” for that rice and something to dilute the 1 Tbsp. of salt!

I used 2 kidney, 1 pinto and loved it. But the day I won the award, it was 2 kidney, 1 black bean.

I’ve always eaten chili by itself in a bowl, maybe with a, well, uh, nonvegan topping. But I like the rice idea! I think I heard that some people eat chili over spaghetti; is that what “Cincinnati style” involves?