Best Vegetarian Cashew Chili Recipes

VEGETARIAN CASHEW CHILI

Steps:

• In a soup pot, heat the oil. Add onions, garlic and bay leaf and saute for about 3 minutes. Add the green peppers and celery and cook until the vegetables are tender but still crisp, approximately 3-5 minutes.
• Melt in the butter, then add spices, herbs, pepper, and salt. Saute for 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently so nothing burns.
• Add quart of tomatoes plus juice and beans to the mixture and simmer for about 15 minutes for flavor to blend.
• Toast cashews in a 350 oven or toaster oven for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add toasted cashews and vinegar. Simmer for another 15 minutes and serve.
• It's even better the second day.

VEGETARIAN CASHEW CHILI

Steps:

• At home, place first 4 ingredients in a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag. Combine vinegar and next 8 ingredients (vinegar through bay leaf) in a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag. Place in cooler or backpack. At campsite, heat oil in a large Dutch oven over hot coals (or in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat if at home). Add onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic; sauté 8 minutes or until tender. Add vinegar mixture, kidney beans, tomatoes, and pinto beans; cook 20 minutes, stirring often. Discard bay leaf. Stir in cashews. Yield: 7 servings (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups) NUTRITION PER SERVING CALORIES 350(28% from fat); FAT 10.9g (sat 1.9g,mono 6.6g,poly 1.7g); PROTEIN 15.6g; CHOLESTEROL 0.0mg; CALCIUM 178mg; SODIUM 882mg; FIBER 13.4g; IRON 5.3mg; CARBOHYDRATE 51.7g Corinne Humphrey Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2003

VEGETARIAN CASHEW CHILI FOR CAMPING

Steps:

• At home, place onion, pepper, celery, and garlic in zip lock.
• Combine vinegar, molasses, basil, oregano, cumin, salt, chili powder,
• black pepper and bay leaf in zip lock or nalgene.
• At campsite, heat oil in dutch oven. Add first ziplock
• bag, saute 8 minutes or until tender. Add vinegar mixture and all the cans;
• cook 20 minutes, stirring often. Discard bay leaf and
• stir in cashews.