Rating: - Yummy!
My spouse grabbed this for the first time last month and WE LOVE IT. This pack makes better chili than we can cook from scratch and my hubby is a chili cookoff winner. We varied the instructions slightly by adding a diced poblano pepper (or chili) and one bottle of beer in lieu of 12 oz water. Oh so ymmy.
Rating: - The only thing better is their 4 alarm version
I don't understand why they make differnt alarm kits because the only difference is how much red pepper you add. I only see the 4 alarm version in my supermarket and make it according to taste depending on who I'm serving. I use it as a base to make a chili dip of my creation. Like another reviewer said, you could just make up the ingredients yourself, but it makes it easier just to use the mix.
Rating: - The Very Best
I discovered this while looking for a salt free option to chili powder (which is a mix of spices and includes salt). Put the salt on the table for the guests.
The best use is for shrimp fajitas; mix everything except the masa and in my case salt. Sprinkle over raw, washed, divined shrimp and then sauté with onions and peppers. Wraps, sour cream and maybe some cheese and you are in heaven.
Rating: - If I could rate it 0 I would
Not so good. This doesn't taste like chili. The other folks in the house ate it and enjoyed, but I literally could not eat it. There was something "funky" with the spice mix. I think it may have been the flour or the fake onions. Not worth any price.
Rating: - The best packaged chili.
I have been using Wick Fowler's 2-Alarm Chili mix for over 10 years after discovering it on a visit to Texas. It is one of the best things you can find in a package. I usually add tomatoes and substitute beer for 1/2 the water, but it's great plain. You could duplicate the ingredients yourself but the package mix is very convenient.
- Yummy!
- If I could rate it 0 I would