Chili NON Carne for your Superbowl Pleasure

Chili Non Carne

If you are still figuring out your culinary options for game day tomorrow, here’s an interesting and easy recipe from professional chef Dave Schy – Chili NON CARNE . It has all the body and texture of chili, without the meat.

According to Dave, “It’s Damn Good!”. Visit Dave’s website New Taste, for step by step pictures of this and other great recipes.

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 Yellow Onion
1 Red, Yellow and Green Bell Pepper
8 Cloves Garlic
2 Tablespoons Dark Chili Powder
1 Tablespoon Ground Cumin
1 teaspoon Dry Oregano
1 Pinch Salt, if needed
1 Can or Box Chopped Tomatoes, about 28 ounces
3 Cups Vegetable Stock
2 Chipotle Peppers, canned
1/2 Cup Bulgur Wheat
1/2 Cup Corn Kernels, fresh or frozen
8 Ounces Firm Tofu
1 Can Black Beans, about 1 1/2 cup

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Instructions:

Rinse and dry the peppers.

Cut peppers in half; remove seeds and stem.

Peel the onion and garlic.

Cut all peppers into a medium size chunky dice.

Cut onion into a small dice.

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Heat oil in a large pot.

Add peppers and onion to the pot.

Cook ingredients over high heat.

Stir the pot every 10 or 15 seconds.

While ingredients are cooking, chop the garlic.

After the vegetables have cooked for a couple of minutes add the garlic.

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Cook and stir ingredients for another couple of minutes until peppers and onions soften and just begin to take on some color.

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Add chopped tomatoes, stock, chili powder, cumin and oregano to the pot.

As the liquids come to a boil, mince the chipotle peppers.

Add peppers to the pot.

Boil ingredients for a couple of minutes.

As ingredients begin to boil, gather remaining ingredients.

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Cut tofu into a medium size dice.

Remove beans from can; rinse and drain.

Measure bulgur and corn.

Place ingredients onto a large plate as seen in the photo.

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After the ingredients in the pot have boiled for a few minutes, add the above ingredients and mix in a few times.

Bring all ingredients to a boil.

Boil for a quick minute.

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Cover the pot and remove from the heat.

Let pot rest, off of the heat, for 20 to 25 minutes.

Remove the cover and mix a few times and serve.

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Can be garnished as you like with red onion, cilantro, lime…..

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  • Frugalarugula

    This is basically my chili recipe, except I add kidney, pinto, and adzuki beans with one more box of Pomi to it instead of tofu. If you put a tablespoon of balsamic in after it’s cooked but quite a bit but a while before serving as well, it’ll have that sweetness balance chili needs with no sugar.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kelsie-Gray/11515990 Kelsie Gray

    Bell peppers are so expensive (and so totally out of season right now), though.  I LOVE vegetarian chili, don’t get me wrong, but I’d probably replace the peppers with something else like butternut squash (I have a basement full!) or sweet potatoes.  I KNOW they makes it a little less like chili..but…it would make it more seasonal. :)

  • Sparkina

    That looks delish!

  • Olivia

    As someone who eats vegetarian most of the time, I was really excited to try this recipe because of its nutritional content and promise of great flavor. I made it last night, and even though I added an extra chipotle pepper, I was disappointed by the watery texture and overall lack of flavor. I won’t be making this again.

    • Dave

      Olivia,
      I am sorry to hear that you did not care for the recipe. I am not sure why it did not turn out. If you noticed in the recipe I did say to let it rest for 20 to 25 minutes covered at the end. This is when the bulgur wheat will thicken the chili. This amount of bulgur will definitely absorb most of the liquids.

  • Ashley

    Thought the chili was wonderful and very flavorful. My husband who is a meat chili kind of guy also enjoyed it! Thanks for the great recipe!