About Our TEXAS STATE FAIR CHILI
- 1 Serving Meal
- Dietary Considerations: meat dish (ground beef); gluten conscious; dairy-optional (cheese packaged separately)
- all-natural ingredients
- 680 calories
- 39 g protein
- Meal Net Weight: 5.6 oz | 162 g
- Meal Includes: seasoned chili mix; corn chips & cheese packet
- Required: boiling water
- Recommended: long-handled spoon; Cook-in-Cozy™
Remove
chip packet and natural desiccant from main meal pouch.

Add
1-1/2 cup (12 oz / 354 ml) of boiling water to the pouch and stir.

Press
air from pouch and seal.


Top
with corn chips, cheddar-jack cheese!

BOOTS UP!
& dig into your Texas State Fair Chili!
Ingredients & Nutrition
Ingredients:
Kidney Beans, Chili Fixins' (corn chips [corn, corn oil, salt], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto], monterey jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes]), Red Beans, Ground Beef (beef, salt, rosemary), Chili Spice (cumin, chili powder [chile pepper, salt, garlic, spices], paprika, chipotle, garlic), Spices, Masa (corn, lime), Diced Red Tomatoes (tomatoes, citric acid, calcium chloride), Organic Tomato Flakes, Organic Tomato Paste (organic tomatoes, silicon dioxide), Red and Green Bell Peppers, Beef Stock, Minced White Onion, Green Bell Pepper, Red Pepper Spice (salt, spices, garlic, silicon dioxide), Tomato Pepper (garlic salt, organic tomato (organic tomatoes, silicon dioxide), annatto, garlic granules, cilantro), Diced Sweet Onion, Sea Salt, Smoked Peppers, Sliced White Onion, Jalapeno Pepper, Burger Spice (spices, salt, onion, garlic), Cilantro
Special Notes:
CONDIMENTS NOT REFLECTED IN NUTRITION: Texas Pete Hot Sauce Packet
CONTAINS: Milk
PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT HANDLES WHEAT, EGG, MILK, SOYBEAN, PEANUT AND TREE NUT PRODUCTS.
This meal includes an optional packet of corn chips & cheese to top your meal. Our corn chips & cheese are packaged in a separate pouch so that customers are able to opt out of consuming the following ingredients:
Chili Fixins' (corn chips [corn, corn oil, salt], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto], monterey jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes])
Press Articles
What I love about this meal so much other than the chili is just fantastic, is that it comes with some toppings, so you get some corn chips, some sprinkle cheese and some TX Pete Hot Sauce.
It really is nice just to have so much flavor on trail, and then to be able to add those toppings and stuff … I think this one is the closest meal I’ve had to like a real meal in town, but while backpacking.
— Homemade Wanderlust: My 5 Favorite Backpacking Meals, YouTube Video, January 2019
The bane of some camping food: lack of texture. The bane of most: lack of flavor. This stewy meal ups the ante on both. The base is a meaty, tomato-based broth packed with as much flavor as the Lone Star State itself. But the proverbial icing on the cake? Included toppings of crushed Frito-style corn chips, shredded cheese and a packet of Texas Pete Hot Sauce that will warm your insides on a cold night.
— Backpacker Magazine Editors' Choice/Gear Guide, Spring 2012
frequently asked questions
We recommend that all of our hot meals spend time "steep-cooking™" while snuggled in a Cook-in-Cozy™. We find this method promotes a more consistent temperature and steady cook time for Cook-in-Bag™ preparation; and results in a better serving temperature for your meal. When not in use, our Cook-in-Cozy™ folds away nicely in your pack for storage and weighs in at only 1.4oz.
Reviews (58)
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Loaded with beans, veges, and meat. Mildly spiced, which fits my taste on the trail. Best trail chili.
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It’s very good, probably your best product. However, something called “Texas State Fair Chili” should not have beans in it, as there are traditionally no beans in Texas chili.
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Maybe the best dehydrated backpacker meal Ive had. Delicious taste and the cheese/corn chips. Suge recommends bringing extra corn chips WOOOO BUDDDDYYYY! ALL SECURE IN SECTOR 7!
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Best chili out there! I love all the extras like corn chips & cheese for toppings.
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I'm a commercial Fisherman out of Ventura California. I use my Jetboil to make this Chilli in minutes. No mess to clean up. It's simply Damn Good Chilli! Don't tell my wife or I'll be having for dinner at home... all the time.
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This Chili is so close to fresh the difference is negligible. I was afraid to write a review for fear thousand of buyers will cause the product to go out of stock. Here's hoping PackitGourmet is not overwhelmed with orders. Compliments to the Chef is an understatement for a freeze dried product :)
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Just placed my 3rd order for this chilli. It's a new tradition on our hiking and rafting trips to have chilli and margaritas! We are hooked :)
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Unbelievable taste. I was not expecting much flavor but was happy. Cheese and hot sauce really gave it a kick
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This is the best trail meal I have ever had so far. I could not believe how good it was. I never have too high of expectations for dehydrated trail meals but this one truly shocked me. I ordered several other meals from pack it gourmet but didn’t get a chance to try them because of injury on trail so looking forward to getting back on trail and trying my other packit gourmets on the trail.
Cooking Method
just add water
Water Required
12 ounces
Temperature
boiling water
Cook time
10 minutes
Serving
18 Ounces