Friday, October 06, 2006

Crock Pot Chili

I made this recipe for meat eaters, and they loved it!

olive oil
1-2 large yellow onions, diced
1 package of beef substitue (I like the Quorn product)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 red pepper, diced fairly large
1 green pepper, diced fairly large
10 crushed tomatoes
1 tbsp. cumin
1 tsp. cayenne (or to your taste)
1 package frozen corn
2 cans black beans (or any other kind of beans you like - chickpeas work well too)
1-1 ½ c. hot sauce
salt to taste
grated cheddar, if desired

THE METHOD:
Sauté onions in the olive oil. (**I used cooking wine instead to cut out the fat). Add garlic bit later, then add beef substitute. After onion and garlic are have turned golden brown, add cumin, cayenne, and whatever other spices you might like. Fry for a couple of minutes. Next, add the peppers, sauté them for a few minutes. Put the crushed tomatoes, corn, beans and picante sauce into the Crock-Pot, and add the onion mixture. Cook on low about 10 hours. Serve with grated cheddar and cashew nuts, if desired. NOTE: you will have to vary the sizes above depending on the size of your Crock-Pot.

1 comment:

Reetsyburger said...

I used the leftover Crockpot Chili to make Crock Pot Chili Cheese dip for a snack for the guys after a bachelor party. I came home at 3am to a kitchen full of drunks chowing on chili cheese dip - all meat eaters. Just used 2 16 oz boxes of Velveeta (one lo-fat), a jar of salsa, some grated cheddar, and about 4 cups of chili. Put it on low at about 9pm. 4 hours later, it was ready for the drunkards.