On 6/4/2021 8:36 PM, cshenk wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 6/3/2021 1:03 AM, Michael Trew wrote:
>>> I made my typically chili con carne from my pre-war Better
>>> Homes/Gardens cook book, but I decided to nix half of the cost of
>>> the dish and make it without ground beef this time; vegetarian if
>>> you will. Substituted butter/olive oil for the fat and started
>>> off frying garlic/onions, then adding crushed tomatoes, green
>>> pepper and seasoning; finally lots of kidney/pinto/black beans.
>>>
>>> Honestly, I didn't feel that it was missing much of anything
>>> without the ground beef... it maybe halved the cost, which was a
>>> nice bonus. Other than adding a lot of beans, does anyone have
>>> useful tips on "vegetarian chili"?
>>
>> Not chili and not "vegetarian", although you could make it so. I
>> make a nice spicy bean soup using black beans, red kidney, garbanzos,
>> great northern, navy, pinto and cut green beans. If you want it to
>> be vegetarian use vegetable stock/broth rather than beef. Can't
>> guarantee how good it will taste if you use just water or vegetable
>> "stock".
>>
>> I do sautee the onion and garlic in butter/oil. This quick fix soup
>> uses canned versions of all the beans. One can of each type of bean,
>> e water and stock to cover. Add all the herbs and spicse. Simmer on
>> low heat for about 2 hours.nd the
>>
>> You could add canned crushed tomatoes at some point if you like.
>>
>> This bean soup is nicely spiced, seasoned with ground chili
>> seasoning, 1 tps. gruond thyme. A little ground ancho pepper and a
>> Tbs. of liquid Tabasco or some other hot sauce.
>>
>> I thicken the soup with 1/4 cup of pearled barley added in the last
>> 20 minutes of cooking. The soup is quite nicely spiced and filling.
>> I nearly always bake a skillet of cornbread to go with it. If I'm
>> feeling adventurous, cornmeal griddle cakes cooked on the stove top
>> to go with.
>>
>> Jill
>
> BTW,
>
>>> I made my typically chili con carne from my pre-war Better
>>> Homes/Gardens cook book, but I decided to nix half of the cost of
>>> the dish and make it without ground beef this time; vegetarian if
>>> you will. Substituted butter/olive oil for the fat and started
>>> off frying garlic/onions, then adding crushed tomatoes, green
>>> pepper and seasoning; finally lots of kidney/pinto/black beans.
>
> I don't see beef stock in there. I see it only as a comment from
> another? I must be odd. I've never used stock in any chili. Just
> canned tomatoes.

I believe that she meant the stock for the bean soup. I've never used
stock in chili either.