Ingredients
- 8 tomatoes (chop)
- 4 garlic (cloves)
- 2 jalapenos (minced)
- 1 corn chips for (crushed garnish)
- 950 ml vegetable stock
- 260 gr kidney beans (dried)
- 230 gr soy tempeh
- 170 gr mushrooms (sliced)
- 140 gr green peppers (minced)
- 130 gr carrots (minced)
- 120 gr coarse onions (chopped)
- 120 ml low sodium soy sauce
- 120 ml wine (red)
- 100 gr celery (minced)
- 65 gr mild chili peppers (minced)
- 60 ml dry sherry
- 50 gr tomato paste
- 30 ml olive oil
- 3 gr chili powder divided
- 2 gr cumin (ground)
- 1 gr basil (dried)
Soak beans in cold water to cover 8 hours or overnight. drain. Combine crumbled tempeh, wine, soy, cumin, basil, chili; let marinate for 2 hours at least. Meanwhile, in a 6 litre pan over medium high heat, saute onions in sherry and oil 10 minutes, stirring. Add mushroom and cook 10 more minutes. Add tomatoes, green pepper, carrot, celery, chili, jalapenos, garlic. Saute stirring 5 minutes. Add beans, stock, tomato paste. Bring to boil, cover, lower heat, simmer 2 to 3 hours till beans are tender. Add tempeh and marinade. cook 10 minutes. Serve garnished with chips. NOTES: This is a midwestern chili (beans and tomatoes!). I added some leftover crushed tomatoes, and we garnished it with non-fat sour cream and chopped cilantro (better for you than corn chips). A more traditional chili style would be to relplace all tomatos with a red chili sauce: split and de-seed dry red anchos, anahiems, and/or gujanailos (sp?) and sear on a hot cast iron skillet. put in a bowl and cover by boiling water. let soak 20 min, then puree, maybe with a little garlic (and usually salt, but not for this recipe!). Use that instead of tomato paste and crushed tomato. Enjoy, Keith