You can rescue an overspiced chili with a few cooking techniques.
Many people enjoy a good, spicy chili with plenty of hot peppers. Cooks often learn the hard way, however, that a bland chili is much easier to spice up than chili that's too hot is to unspice. If you have overspiced your chili there are a couple of standby tricks that will bring help you it back down to a more palatable condition.
Instructions
1. Add water to your chili and more beans and vegetables or other non-spicy materials. This will dilute your chili slightly, but potentially reduce its spiciness drastically.
2. Peel a potato or carrot to expose as much surface area as possible. Slice it into a few large chunks and add it to your chili, then simmer for several minutes. These starchy vegetables will absorb some of your chili's spice. Then remove the potato and carrot pieces and serve them on the side for spice lovers, or simply discard them.
3. Serve your chili with plenty of shredded cheese and sour cream on the side. Capsaicin, the flavorless compound that makes food hot, is soluble in dairy products. Some cheese, sour cream or plain yogurt added to the top of your chili will reduce its apparent hotness. The fat in these dairy products helps lessen the heat, so avoid any reduced fat or no-fat versions.
4. Add a small amount of sugar to your chili. Add enough to taste so the sweetness does not interfere with the overall savory flavor.
5. Add an acidic fruit to your chili like lime juice or crushed pineapple. Tomatoes also will help dissolve the heat from the chili peppers without interfering with the flavor.
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