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vegetarian chili to fool a meatlover

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onejdlady avatar
San Diego, CA
Updated on Mar 11, 2018

You won't believe there is no meat in this, low carb, vegan chili! I have won chili competitions for years with my full meat chili. But now I am on Weight Watchers, and my roomie has gone vegan ketogenic. SO ... the challenge was on, a vegan low-carb, Weight Watcher's friendly chili. WW 2SP, 6 net carbs per cup! But in tasting this, you would never guess that this does not have either meat or beans (well in the traditional sense)! Black soy beans are very similar to black beans, but leaves out the carbs and ups the protein! Oh, and did I mention it's also budget friendly?

prep time 15 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Stove Top
yield 12 1 c. servings

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 cup diced yellow onion
  • 3 tablespoons chopped garlic
  • 3 tablespoons gebhardt's chile powder
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 48 ounces vegetable broth
  • 1 cup honeyville farms beef flavored tvp
  • 1 1/2 cups taco beef flavored tvp
  • 2 cans diced tomatoes, drained (14.5 oz cans)
  • 1 can tomato sauce (14.5 oz)
  • 1 tablespoon better than boullion vegetable base
  • 1 can eden black soy beans (drained)
  • 1/4 cup diced roasted hatch new mexico green chiles (either fresh or canned)

How To Make vegetarian chili to fool a meatlover

  • Step 1
    Sautee onions in the oil over medium heat for 3-4 minutes until softened, add chopped garlic and sautee another minute.
  • Step 2
    Add all spices to the onions and stir for about 30 seconds so the spices take on the heated oil.
  • Step 3
    Add all of the vegetable broth, and then the two kinds of TVP and bring to a boil.
  • Step 4
    Add the remaining ingredients and let simmer on low for about 30 minutes. At this point taste it and make sure it has the right amount of salt and chile powder to your liking.
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