Homemade Vegetarian Chili Recipes

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• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the onion, and season with bay leaves, cumin, oregano, and salt. Cook and stir until onion is tender, then mix in the celery, green bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, garlic, and green chile peppers. When vegetables are heated through, mix in the vegetarian burger crumbles. Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer 5 minutes.
• Mix the tomatoes into the pot. Season chili with chili powder and pepper. Stir in the kidney beans, garbanzo beans, and black beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 45 minutes. Stir in the corn, and continue cooking 5 minutes before serving.

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• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Saute onions, carrots, and garlic until tender. Stir in green pepper, red pepper, celery, and chili powder. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 6 minutes.
• Stir in mushrooms, and cook 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, kidney beans, and corn. Season with cumin, oregano, and basil. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium. Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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• In a slow cooker, combine all ingredients but the couscous, shredded cheese, cilantro and salt and pepper. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
• Five to 10 minutes before serving (depending on temperature of slow cooker) add couscous, cover and cook, until couscous is tender. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper.
• Just before serving, top each serving with shredded cheese and cilantro.

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• In a large pot, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring frequently, until onion is translucent and garlic is soft, about 4 minutes. Add cumin and chile powder, season with salt and pepper, and cook until spices are fragrant, 1 minute. Add zucchini and tomato paste; cook, stirring frequently, until tomato paste is deep brick red, 3 minutes. Stir in black beans, pinto beans, and both cans diced tomatoes. Add 2 cups water and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce to a medium simmer and cook until zucchini is tender and liquid reduces slightly, 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

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• 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.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch
• Published by William and Morrow, 1993.

Steps:

• In lg pot, saute zucchini, onion, peppers and garlic in oil until tender.
• Stir in all remaining ingredients.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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• In a large saucepan, saute onion and green pepper in oil for 5 minutes. Stir in the beans, tomatoes, water, tomato paste, mustard seed, chili powder, cumin seeds, cocoa and cinnamon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 40 minutes or until heated through., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring water and 1 teaspoon vinegar to a boil. Add onion; cook, uncovered, over medium heat for 2 minutes. Drain and cool. In a bowl, combine the oil, mustard seed, cumin, salt and remaining vinegar; stir in onion. Serve over chili.

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• In a large pot, combine meat substitute, black beans, kidney beans, diced tomatoes, tomato juice, onions, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, bay leaves, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and cover. Let the chili simmer for at least 1 hour before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Saute onions, carrots, and garlic until tender. Stir in green pepper, red pepper, celery, and chili powder.
• Cook until vegetables are tender, about 6 minutes.
• Stir in mushrooms, and cook 4 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes, kidney beans, and corn.
• Season with cumin, oregano, and basil.
• Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium.
• Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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• In a Dutch oven, cook zucchini, onions and peppers in oil over medium-high heat until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute., Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

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• Throw all the ingredients in a crock pot; stir.
• Cook on high for 6 hours.
• Notes: You can throw in half a jar of salsa if you like, whatever you find handy in the kitchen.
• If you do not have crockpot, it works fine on top of the stove.

Steps:

• In a large, deep saucepan, heat oil over medium heat;.
• Add onion, celery, carrots, pepper & garlic. Cook, stirring until vegetables are softened, about 7 minutes;.
• Add chili powder and cumin and stir for 1 minute;.
• Add tomatoes with juices and stock. Bring to a boil and add sugar and vinegar; season with salt and pepper;.
• Add quinoa, beans and corn. Cook, stirring until mixture returns to a boil;.
• Reduce heat to low;.
• Cover and simmer until quinoa is tender - about 25 minutes.
• Note: when re-heating, you may wish to add extra stock or water.

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• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and jalapeno; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic, cumin and chili powder; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in tomatoes, corn, beans, broth and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in cilantro. Serve with optional toppings as desired.

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• Mince or pulverize garlic.
• Chop onions.
• Chop half of the onion into small (1 cm by 1 cm) square pieces.
• Chop the other half into strips (1/2 cm by 8 cm).
• This is so you get aesthetically pleasing "strips" of onion in the chili.
• Chop the other fresh vegetables into small pieces.
• Saute (covered) the onions, garlic and carrots on medium heat for about three minutes.
• Add the remaining vegetables and continue to saute until the onions are just starting to soften, but before they become soft (about five minutes).
• Add the water and the Vegetarian Chili Mix (entire boxes) and the beans.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add canned vegetables and tomato paste.
• Add spices to taste and stir thoroughly.
• Simmer on very low heat for at least 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Let cool to warm before serving.
• Tastes best if re-heated.
• Serve with grated"sharp" cheddar cheese and generously buttered bread.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and saute until transparent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, beans, and chili powder; bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or longer.