Does anyone have a good vegetarian chili recipe?!
Does anyone have a good vegetarian chili recipe?
Answers:
This is my favorite, it's Emeril's recipe:
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions
1 cup chopped red bell peppers
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 to 3 serrano peppers, stemmed, seeded, and minced, depending upon taste
1 medium zucchini, stem ends trimmed and cut into small dice
2 cups fresh corn kernels (about 3 ears)
1 1/2 pounds portobello mushrooms (about 5 large), stemmed, wiped clean and cubed
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespooon ground cumin
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
4 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
3 cups cooked black beans, or canned beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 cup vegetable stock, or water
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Cooked brown rice, accompaniment
Sour cream or strained plain yogurt, garnish
Diced avocado, garnish
Essence, recipe follows, garnish
Chopped green onions, garnish
In a large, heavy pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions, bell peppers, garlic, and serrano peppers, and cook, stirring, until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the zucchini, corn, and mushrooms, and cook, stirring, until soft and the vegetables give off their liquid and start to brown around the edges, about 6 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin, salt and cayenne, and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and stir well. Add the beans, tomato sauce, and vegetable stock, stir well, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro. Adjust the seasoning, to taste.
To serve, place 1/4 cup of brown rice in the bottom of each bowl. Ladle the chili into the bowls over the rice. Top each serving with a dollop of sour cream and spoonful of avocado. Sprinkle with Essence and green onions and serve.
Here you go. . .
Vegan Chili
1/2 large or 1 small onion, chopped
1-2 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 Tbsp. soy sauce
Dash liquid smoke (optional)
1 cup TVP mixed with 7/8 cup hot water
1 16-oz. can crushed tomatoes
2 cups cooked beans (black or kidney)
Dash ketchup
Dash mustard
1-2 cups vegetable broth (depending on desired thickness)
? Heat a couple of tablespoonfuls of water in a large, nonstick skillet. Add the chopped onion, chili powder, garlic powder, and pepper and cook until the onions are soft, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add more water, if necessary to keep the onions from sticking. (Use oil or margarine, if necessary.)
? Stir the soy sauce and liquid smoke into the TVP. Add the TVP to the onions in the skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 to 3 minutes. Next add the tomatoes, beans, ketchup, mustard, and vegetable broth and cook until heated through.
Makes 8 servings
It's always nice to help a fellow 'vegie'.
Spicy Chili
Prep Time
10 minutes minutes
Ingredients
1 package Morningstar Farms? Meal Starters? Grillers? Recipe Crumbles?
1 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 can (15 oz.) red kidney beans
1 can (16 oz.) whole peeled tomatoes not drained
1 packet (1.25 oz.) chili seasoning
1/2 cup water
Directions
In large saucepan combine all ingredients; bring to a boil. Lower heat and
simmer for about 45 minutes to blend flavors; stirring occasionally.
You can pretty much pick any chili recipe and just adjust the meat for soy meat products. My absolute favorite is on allrecipes.com and it is called broiler maker chili....just substitute the meat with soy beef & sausage.
Buy William Chili Seasoning Mix, and Williams brand Textured vegetable protein. Just follow the recipe on the chili mix and substitute the TVP for meat. It is really good.
http://www.williamsfoods.com/
Leave the meat out!!
Dried mixes. I get them in the natural food sections at the grocery store.