Vegetarian chili

Ambam24

One thing I really miss is chili. What do you use as a substitute for hamburger when you make chili? I'm not a huge chili bean fan. Chili was one of my go-to football foods.

WJean

I love chili! Do you make it without beans? I like having a lot of beans, and I use chopped mushrooms instead of ground meat. I've seen recipes where you can substitute crumbled up tempeh.

Ambam24

I do put beans in our chili. I actually put chili beans and black beans. I add corn too for more flavor. I'm really just missing the meat, I think it thickens it up. I love mushrooms and never thought about adding them. I will try this. Do you saute the mushrooms first, like you would with burger?

WJean

I saute the mushrooms. I know what you mean about sometimes missing the thicker feeling from burger. But I don't miss the heavy feeling after having lots of red meat! I also know some recipes suggest adding bulgur or quinoa. I haven't tried either one.