Your best vegetarian chili recipe

[MichelleLea]

And make it spicy

I need a good vegetarian chili recipe that won't have people asking :where's the meat?".

Thank you!

 

[desertrat]

And make it spicy

I need a good vegetarian chili recipe that won't have people asking :where's the meat?".

Thank you!

I'm sure I could come up with one that would leave them speechless. In any intelligible language anyway.

 

[aps45819]

I need a good vegetarian chili recipe that won't have people asking :where's the meat?".

Why?




if you don't want folks asking "where's the meat" the easiest solution would be to add pieces of dead animal.

 

[vraiblonde]

Make it like you normally do and add Boca crumbles instead of ground beef.

Not that I condone vegetarian chili or anything heinous like that.....

 

[Vince]

Make it like you normally do and add Boca crumbles instead of ground beef.

Not that I condone vegetarian chili or anything heinous like that.....

But what are "Boca crumbles?"

 

[GWguy]

But what are "Boca crumbles?"

Genuine imitation replicates of browned ground beef.

 

[desertrat]

4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion chopped
2 diced jalapenos
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
4 tablespoons chili powder, or to taste
1 tablespoon mustard powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 small can of diced chilis
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (or not)

DIRECTIONS
In a 4 quart pot, saute onion, jalapenos and garlic in oil until soft.
Add diced tomatoes (undrained), tomato sauce, tomato paste, beer, chili powder, mustard powder, oregano, pepper, chilis, cumin, hot pepper sauce. Stir in the pinto beans, garbanzo beans, black beans, red and white kidney beans. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and let simmer for 20 minutes. Top each serving with cheese (if you'd like).

 

[MoparRacer896]

A good vegetarian chili recipe... No such thing.

 

[GWguy]

4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion chopped
2 diced jalapenos
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
4 tablespoons chili powder, or to taste
1 tablespoon mustard powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 small can of diced chilis
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (or not)

DIRECTIONS
In a 4 quart pot, saute onion, jalapenos and garlic in oil until soft.
Add diced tomatoes (undrained), tomato sauce, tomato paste, beer, chili powder, mustard powder, oregano, pepper, chilis, cumin, hot pepper sauce. Stir in the pinto beans, garbanzo beans, black beans, red and white kidney beans. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and let simmer for 20 minutes. Top each serving with cheese (if you'd like).

Abbreviated version:
1 can beans
1 can diced or crushed tomatoes
1 packet TexMex seasoning.

Add to crock pot. Serve with onions and cheese in about 6 hours. (I like sour cream with mine)

Enhanced:
Add diced Jalepenos, onion and green peppers to the crock pot.

 

[desertrat]

A good vegetarian chili recipe... No such thing.

How many have you tried?

 

[pixiegirl]

MK and I have put tofu in our chili and it was really good. We add refried beans to it to thicken it up. I would get some of that vegitarian sausage or even cut up some veggies burgers into meat sized hunks.

 

[Vince]

4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion chopped
2 diced jalapenos
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
4 tablespoons chili powder, or to taste
1 tablespoon mustard powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 small can of diced chilis
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (or not)

DIRECTIONS
In a 4 quart pot, saute onion, jalapenos and garlic in oil until soft.
Add diced tomatoes (undrained), tomato sauce, tomato paste, beer, chili powder, mustard powder, oregano, pepper, chilis, cumin, hot pepper sauce. Stir in the pinto beans, garbanzo beans, black beans, red and white kidney beans. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and let simmer for 20 minutes. Top each serving with cheese (if you'd like).

Doesn't sound bad DR, but I have to leave the black beans out. They destroy me.

 

[GWguy]

Tofu, the stem cell of the food world.....

Not sure I'd use tofu in chili. Texture more than anything else.

 

[Vince]

MK and I have put tofu in our chili and it was really good. We add refried beans to it to thicken it up. I would get some of that vegitarian sausage or even cut up some veggies burgers into meat sized hunks.

Tofu???? Think I'll do some up with ground venison and kidney or pinto beans. You can substitute all the stuff you want, but it takes meat to make good chili.

 

[Dye Tied]

MK and I have put tofu in our chili and it was really good. We add refried beans to it to thicken it up. I would get some of that vegitarian sausage or even cut up some veggies burgers into meat sized hunks.

Hippie Chick.

 

[pixiegirl]

Tofu, the stem cell of the food world.....

Not sure I'd use tofu in chili. Texture more than anything else.

Tofu???? Think I'll do some up with ground venison and kidney or pinto beans. You can substitute all the stuff you want, but it takes meat to make good chili.

Hippie Chick.

Tofu is just bean curd and is great at absorbing the flavor of whatever you put it in. Small chunks of tofu in chili and you don't even know it's there!

She asked for vegitarian ideas so I gave her mine! I use ground turkey in mine and it's fabulous but if I wanted meatless I'd just subtract that and add tofu and veggie burgers. I added tofu in with my meated chili.

 

[lovinmaryland]

Tofu is just bean curd and is great at absorbing the flavor of whatever you put it in. Small chunks of tofu in chili and you don't even know it's there!

She asked for vegitarian ideas so I gave her mine! I use ground turkey in mine and it's fabulous but if I wanted meatless I'd just subtract that and add tofu and veggie burgers. I added tofu in with my meated chili.

was it in that 15 bean chili you made? That was really good! Big B is STILL raving about it

 

[GWguy]

Tofu is just bean curd and is great at absorbing the flavor of whatever you put it in.

Exactly why I equated it to stem cells.....

 

[pixiegirl]

was it in that 15 bean chili you made? That was really good! Big B is STILL raving about it

Cajun 15 bean soup! A family favorite!

 

[desertrat]

Doesn't sound bad DR, but I have to leave the black beans out. They destroy me.

Might be, I've never tried it. I don't even know what a cannellini bean is. and I'm having a hard time thinking about how those garbonzo beans would be.

Tofu, the stem cell of the food world.....

Not sure I'd use tofu in chili. Texture more than anything else.

I wouldn't try to substitute anything for meat. I would just leave it out.