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Vegan Chili Topped with Cornbread - ilovevegan.com

Vegan Chili Topped with Cornbread

  • Yield: 2 hungry people 1x
  • Category: Lunch, Dinner, Main Course
  • Cuisine: Vegan

Description

A hearty meatless Tim Hortons-style chili topped with cornbread. This recipe can easily be scaled up to serve more people.


Ingredients

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Chili

  • 1 ½ tbsp olive oil
  • 1/3 cup chopped red onion
  • 1/3 cup chopped carrot
  • ¼ cup chopped celery
  • ¼ cup chopped green pepper
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • ¾ cup sliced button mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp chili powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 cup cooked kidney beans
  • 1 cup diced, drained, canned tomatoes
  • ¾ vegan “beef” crumbles (I recommend Gardein’s Beefless Crumbles)
  • 1 ½ cups vegetable broth
  • 1 ½ cups water

Cornbread

  • 2/3 cup unsweetened soy milk
  • 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp cornmeal
  • 1 tsp ground flax seed
  • 2 ½ tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp + ½ tsp vegetable oil (I used canola)
  • ½ cup unbleached  flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt

Instructions

Chili

  1. In a medium saucepan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add red onion, carrot, celery, green pepper and garlic. Cook until onion appears translucent, about 5 minutes.
  2. Add mushrooms, chili powder and salt. Cook until mushrooms begin to soften, about 2 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  4. Add kidney beans, tomatoes, "beef" crumbles, vegetable broth, and water. Turn heat to medium and simmer for 35 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning.
  5. Prepare cornbread batter.
  6. Divide chili between two Meal Mugs. Top with cornbread batter and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving (mug will still be hot!)

Cornbread

  1. Combine soy milk, cornmeal, ground flax seed and sugar. Set aside for 10 minutes.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine flour (refer to Notes for best results with measuring flour), baking powder, and salt.
  3. Add soy milk/cornmeal mixture to dry ingredients and mix well. 
  4. Baking instructions: Top chili with cornbread batter and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving. Microwave instructions: Top chili with cornbread batter and microwave on high for 4-5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

For best results, make sure to measure your flour accurately! How to Measure Flour