Fabulous Fall Meatless Chili
72Vegetarian Chili
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If you are wanting to cut back on meat, this chili is a good place to start.
Kids love it, and no one will be saying "Where's the Beef?" when eating this dish. Add cornbread or tortilla chips for extra crunch.
Ingredients:
1 15 oz an spicy chili eans in sauce, undrained
1 15 oz can pinto beans, undrained
1 15 oz can dark red kidney beans, DRAINED
1 14 oz can chili- style chunky tomatoes, undrained
1 large onion, chopped to 1 cup
2 - 3 tsp chili powder
dash red pepper to taste, other hot seasoning to taste
Procedure:
- Mix all ingredients in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low heat setting 5 - 6 hours until flavors are well blended. Taste and season to your liking as mixture cooks.
Serve over brown rice or even pasta. Add a dash of fresh squeezed lime into 1 cup of sour cream and top the chili in your bowl; sprinkle the chili with fresh cilantro for a burst of fresh pepper spice. Garnish further with green onions. Let your imagination rule. Sharp cheddar is even better!
Where's the Beef? Right Here!
Beefy Chili in the Cooker:
Ingredients:
2 lb ground beef
1 large onion chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can 28 oz diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can 15 oz tomato sauce
2 tbls chili powder
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp salt or salt substitute
1/2 tsp pepper (red pepper flakes if you dare)
1 can 15 oz kidney or pinto beans, rinsed and drained (really improves the flavor!)
Procedure:
- Brown beef, drain, and set aside.
- Mix beef and remaining ingredients except beans (they get too soft and break apart) Place in slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 6 - 8 hours until flavors are blended and onion is transparent in color.
- Stir in beans and cook on high heat setting for 15 - 20 minutes until slightly thickened.
For extra fun, serve chili in bread bowls (round bread you have removed most of the center). Great served over noodles, rice, cornbread, or crackers. All kinds of toppings add spunk and spice. Think of corn relish, pepper relish, chow chow, corn chips, etc.
Draining your beef helps reduce fat, try ground steak for even less fat. However, some fat is needed in the meat for flavor. For extra heat, mix half the meat with spicy sausage instead of all beef.
Fabulous Fall Meatless Chili in the News
- Nigella Offers Simple Recipes For Holiday CheerNPR2 days ago
Food writer Nigella Lawson knows that the holiday season can be overstuffed with planning and decorating. She offers Renee Montagne two recipes — chocolate chip chili and a Christmas-y rocky road — to help keep things warm and simple.
- Web site offers recipes for all your holiday leftoversThe Scranton Times-Tribune28 hours ago
The turkey and trimmings can stand on their own for about two days after Thanksgiving with my family. Throughout the day and night, family members will come and go into my mother's kitchen to heat up plates of leftover turkey and ham slices, stuffing, po
- These simple meals cook up quicklyThe Indianapolis Star7 hours ago
Looking for recipes that combine fresh ingredients prepared in fuss-free ways? "The Instant Cook," (Ecco, $34.95), written by Australia's best-selling cookbook author Donna Hay, provides time-saving meals and captures the beauty of their simplicity with photos pretty enough for a coffee-table book.
- Bevy of books offers guidance on entertainingThe Standard-Times9 hours ago
When cold weather meets a stubborn economy it's time for a party at home. A bevy of new books on entertaining offers tips, techniques and recipes for elegant meals, glamorous tables, and fetching cocktails. Many of the ideas are worthy of the holidays.
- Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey RecipesBellaOnline3 days ago
Leftover turkey is the perfect ingredient for turkey fajitas and turkey wraps! Both recipes are an easy and budget friendly way to take advantage of delicious leftover turkey. Best of all, each recipe is kid friendly to eat and preapre.
- Thanksgiving Leftovers Quick RecipesWSAW Wausau2 days ago
When Thanksgiving dinner is only a memory, your refrigerator will be bulging with leftovers. It's time to think about putting all that gravy, roast turkey, stuffing and cranberries to good use or they'll end up in the garbage.
- The Wednesday Morning Rush 12-2-09The Kentucky Post7 hours ago
Good Morning, it's Wednesday December 2, 2009.... CINCINNATI TO SOUTH BEND It seems like we've done this before, speculating on whether a Cincinnati coach was going to become the next head coach at Notre Dame. We were approaching the state championships in 1980 and Dan Devine had already decided to step down at Notre Dame. Gerry Faust was in the picture from the start, and as soon as his team ...
- The Wednesday Morning Rush 12-2-09WCPO Cincinnati8 hours ago
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Me too! Depends on the mood thanks for stopping by!
Sounds yummy, M.
jusst remember, beans beans, the musical fruit
Great Hub, if you are tired of beans, use chick peas as well as chunks of sweet potatos, a good substitute as they do have a good texture as well as flavour.
chick peas? wow, I'll have to try that too, thanks for adding more variations...that's what I love about chili!! it's so fun to change it up! never did the sweet potatoes either but am willing! sounds almost like a chili stew! =))
Great recipe and thanks for pointing out that the fat adds flavor. I love fatty meat.
Chili without meat! I am gonna have to give it a try. It sounds really good!
I live with the slow cooker. It is a busy person's friend, these one pot does it all - dump it in style is user friendly and a hit! either recipe is really good...and simple evn to add your own touch to
come back soon!
Bob Ewing says:
15 months ago
I love chili and make both meatless and meat loaded,