Vegetable Chili Con Carne Recipes

AWARD WINNING CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook green pepper, and onion, until softened. Add the ground beef and cook until browned. Crumble over bouillon cubes, and stir in wine; continue to cook for a few minutes. Stir in chopped tomatoes, garlic, and tomato paste. Season with paprika, chili powder, cayenne pepper, basil, oregano, and parsley. Stir in salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium low. Cover, and simmer for 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in kidney beans, and hot pepper sauce. You can add the reserved tomato juice if more liquid is needed. Continue to simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, corn meal, and water until smooth. Stir into chili, and cook for a further 10 minutes, or until chili has thickened up.

CHILLI CON CARNE RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare your vegetables. Chop 1 large onion into small dice, about 5mm square. The easiest way to do this is to cut the onion in half from root to tip, peel it and slice each half into thick matchsticks lengthways, not quite cutting all the way to the root end so they are still held together. Slice across the matchsticks into neat dice.
• Cut 1 red pepper in half lengthways, remove stalk and wash the seeds away, then chop. Peel and finely chop 2 garlic cloves.
• Start cooking. Put your pan on the hob over a medium heat. Add 1 tbsp oil and leave it for 1-2 minutes until hot (a little longer for an electric hob).
• Add the onion and cook, stirring fairly frequently, for about 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft, squidgy and slightly translucent.
• Tip in the garlic, red pepper, 1 heaped tsp hot chilli powder or 1 level tbsp mild chilli powder, 1 tsp paprika and 1 tsp ground cumin.
• Give it a good stir, then leave it to cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Brown 500g lean minced beef. Turn the heat up a bit, add the meat to the pan and break it up with your spoon or spatula. The mix should sizzle a bit when you add the mince.
• Keep stirring and prodding for at least 5 minutes, until all the mince is in uniform, mince-sized lumps and there are no more pink bits. Make sure you keep the heat hot enough for the meat to fry and become brown, rather than just stew.
• Make the sauce. Crumble 1 beef stock cube into 300ml hot water. Pour this into the pan with the mince mixture.
• Add a 400g can of chopped tomatoes. Tip in ½ tsp dried marjoram, 1 tsp sugar and add a good shake of salt and pepper. Squirt in about 2 tbsp tomato purée and stir the sauce well.
• Simmer it gently. Bring the whole thing to the boil, give it a good stir and put a lid on the pan. Turn down the heat until it is gently bubbling and leave it for 20 minutes.
• Check on the pan occasionally to stir it and make sure the sauce doesn't catch on the bottom of the pan or isn't drying out. If it is, add a couple of tablespoons of water and make sure that the heat really is low enough. After simmering gently, the saucy mince mixture should look thick, moist and juicy.
• Drain and rinse a 410g can of red kidney beans in a sieve and stir them into the chilli pot. Bring to the boil again, and gently bubble without the lid for another 10 minutes, adding a little more water if it looks too dry.
• Taste a bit of the chilli and season. It will probably take a lot more seasoning than you think.
• Now replace the lid, turn off the heat and leave your chilli to stand for 10 minutes before serving. This is really important as it allows the flavours to mingle.
• Serve with soured cream and plain boiled long grain rice.

VEGETARIAN MUSHROOM CHILLI

Steps:

• Heat 2 tsp vegetable oil in a pan and add the spices.
• Fry for 1 minute then add the mushrooms and fry for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the sliced garlic and fry for another minute.
• Tip in the chopped tomatoes, half a tin of water and the kidney beans. Season and bring to a boil.
• Lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes until thickened.
• In a small bowl, mix the soured cream, lime zest and juice with 1 tbsp of water.
• Serve the chilli with basmati and wild rice, and a drizzle of the soured cream.

VEGETABLE CHILI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Saute onion and garlic in oil in a large Dutch oven until softened.
• Add the meat, brown and crumble, drain excess fat.
• Add the tomatoes with their juice.
• Add all of the seasonings. Heat until bubbly, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add the beans and vegetables, cover and simmer about 20 minutes longer (until carrots are softened).
• Add the tomato sauce or juice if the chili is too dry.

CHILI CON CARNE WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• In a large, deep, Dutch oven, saute the onion and garlic in the oil until softened.
• Add the meat, and brown, stirring to break up pieces. Drain any excess fat.
• Add the tomatoes and their liquid and all of the seasonings. Heat until bubbly, reduce the heat, cover and simmer about 30 minutes.
• Add the beans and vegetables, simmer covered about 20 minutes longer.
• *if it's not soupy enough, add 1 or more small cans of tomato juice.
• *Can put it in a large crock pot after the meat is browned. Cook as long as you need it to, I've cooked it on low for 8 hours, the carrots were a little soft, but fine. You could probably cook it on High for 2 hours or so and it would be fine as well.
• *I have used venison in this recipe with good results.

CHILI CON CARNE WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Splash vegetable oil in large pan on medium heat, and saute onions and garlic for about 3 minutes. Add meat and brown for about 5 minutes. Add and mix to the meat the tomoto sauce, boullion cube, ground cloves, chile powder, chile peppers (or red pepper), mushrooms, brocolli, bay leaves, flour, salt, pepper, and cook until the meat is entirely browned (about 10-15 minutes). Add the stewed or diced tomatoes and kidney beans to the mixture, and simmer for 20 minutes. Spinkle grated cheese to top of individual bowls, and serve with tortilla chips.

VEGETARIAN CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a frying pan and add chopped onions and peppers, fry until soft.
• Add mince, continue cooking until brown, 2 - 3 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, baked beans, tomato puree, stock cube, garlic, chilli, cumin powder and salt, cook on a low heat for 20 minutes, stir occasionally.
• While chilli is cooking begin to cook rice.
• Taste to see if more chilli is needed, if so cook for a further 2 minutes.
• Serve hot with rice and tortilla chips.