Chili sin Carne Recipe without Meat

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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer, cookbook author and blogger.
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Now I would like to introduce you to my Chili sin Carne Recipe.
A chili vegetarian or vegan, which makes you full and happy without meat.
You want it spicy and uncomplicated? Aquí está, here you are right!
A lot of guests can eat there. My chili quickly gets on the table and makes everyone happy.
Have fun cooking and eating.
Table of Contents
1. Shopping List Chili sin Carne
Well, I’ll whisper it in your ear now: Chili sin Carne is one of the fastest stews I know. Guaranteed to work, no matter whether it’s prepared in a student dormitory or in an office kitchen!
The greatest effort is made when shopping. For a good Chili sin Carne, please get the following ingredients:
- smoked tofu
- strained canned tomatoes
- canned kidney beans
- canned sweet corn
- fresh red peppers
- onion
- fresh garlic
- fresh red chilli pepper
- lime
- flat parsley or spring onions
- olive oil
- vegetable broth
- sugar
- paprika powder
- cumin
- salt and pepper
That’s a lot of ingredients, but I’d like to mention one in particular – it’s the insider’s tip!
Soy sauce is the insider tip for seasoning. This sauce brings the full flavour to the stew.
Ingredients insider tip from chef Thomas Sixt
2. Recipe Chili sin Carne
Chili sin Carne
Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Simple guide for chilli sin carne.

Ingredients
Chili sin Carne Stew | ||
300 | g | tofu (I use 2 pieces of smoked tofu) |
250 | g | kidney beans (equivalent to 1 can) |
250 | g | sweet corn (equivalent to 1 can) |
250 | g | strained tomatoes |
2 | pc | fricasseed red pepper |
2 | pc | onions |
4 | pc | Garlic cloves |
2 | pc | chilli peppers |
3 | tbs | Olive oil |
3 | tbs | tomato paste |
400 | ml | Vegetable broth |
2 | tsp | lime rubbing |
1 | tsp | cumin |
1/2 | tsp | Salt |
5 | pinches | black pepper |
Soy sauce (My secret Ingredient) | ||
2 | pinches | brown sugar |
Decoration | ||
4 | tbs | fresh flat parsley, roughly chopped (or leek rings from spring onions) |
Instruction

Cut peppers
Cut 2 red peppers into 1 cm cubes.
Set aside.

Grate tofu
Grate the smoked tofu with a suitable grater and prepare.

Dice onions
Finely dice the onions.
Chop the garlic very finely – do not put it through the garlic press!
Otherwise it would become bitter!
Remove the seeds from the chillies and dice very finely.

Sauté onions
Sauté the onions with 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large saucepan.
Add the chilli and garlic and sweat it.

Add tofu
When the onion cubes are glassy, add the grated tofu to the pot and fry at high heat for 3-5 minutes.

Add peppers
Then add the diced peppers and fry for another 3 minutes.

Wash off canned ingredients
Put 1 tin of corn and 1 tin of kidney beans in a sieve.
Rinse very briefly with cold water.

Add ingredients
Add the beans and corn to the frying pan, add the strained canned tomatoes.

Finish stew
Pour in the vegetable stock.
Add tomato paste and stir in with a wooden spoon.
Season with grated 1 lime, cumin, paprika powder, sugar, salt and pepper.

Finalize and serve
Let the chili simmer for a good 30 minutes.
Stir well so that nothing burns.
Sprinkle with spring onion rings or roughly chopped parsley.
Bon appetit!
Courses
Cousine
Keyword
3. Nutritional Values
4. The Way to Fiery Hot Chili sin Carne
What do you have to do now to prepare your chili quickly and safely?
- Cutting – onion, garlic and fresh paprika in cubes, chilli pepper in fine rings
- Rasps – smoked tofu, lime peel
- Open cans – kidney beans, sweet corn, strained tomatoes
- Add – granulated vegetable stock
- Fry – onion, garlic, tofu, paprika and chilli
- Everything in one pot – all ingredients except parsley or spring onion, which are for decoration
- Seasoning – chilli, sugar, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, secret: Soy Sauce
That was fast, wasn’t it? 😉
5. Vary and Stay Vegan
My recipe is a typical preparation, a kind of basic recipe. I would also like to give you some ideas and variation possibilities. Let yourself be inspired by my little overview.
Instead of meat | Further ingredients |
---|---|
Natural or smoked tofu | Soy sauce or Tamari |
Black beans, mountain lentils or Beluga lentils | Apple vinegar plus sugar |
Potatoes or sweet potatoes | Thyme and marjoram |
Soya slices | Grated black chocolate or dark cocoa |
Note Soy chopped: I have not yet found a 100% convincing product, I prefer to stick to the smoked tofu, the taste is excellent!
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