The chicken broth contains pasta and is finished with fresh Parmesan. Good old chicken soup, American-style, is a staple at Nancy's Bagel Grounds, where some version or other is one of the regular soups in an otherwise vegetarian rotation. Look for chicken with rice, chicken and dumplings, chicken vegetable and chicken tortilla. The variations found in the Louisville area might not please a native of the Lone Star State, but they certainly are interesting. Perhaps closest in style, or at least in name, is the Texas beef chili at Judge Roy Bean's.
Smoked beef provides the protein in a tomato base sprinkled with green onions and jack cheese.
The award-winning Brewhouse Chili at the Bluegrass Brewing Company contains a splash of beer in its recipe. Based on pulled beef and seasoned with tomatoes and onions is the brewhouse chili at Bluegrass Brewing Company. Because it springs from a brewpub, it's not surprising that the chili, which has won the People's Choice Award at the Churchill Downs Great Chili Cook-Off three of the past four years, contains a dash of beer in its recipe. By the third spoonful or so, your eyes will start to water. The white chili at Timothy's has become almost as well-known, and as frequently imitated, as any Louisville culinary invention.