Chili Sin Carne

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 onions
• 1 1/2 lbs red peppers
• 3 green chili peppers
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup soybeans, flaked
• 1/2 cup red lentil
• 1 cup red wine or 1 cup beer
• 3 (14 ounce) cans tomatoes, chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans
• 1 (12 ounce) can corn
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1/2 tablespoon cumin
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oregano
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 1/2 ounces dark chocolate
• 1 teaspoon chili powder

Recipe

• 1 chop onions in pretty big pieces, heat some olive oil in a big pot and let the onions fry on high heat until they brown a little bit.
• 2 in the meantime, remove the core from the peppers and cut them in big chunks.
• 3 put them to the onions and fry them together.
• 4 half the chili peppers, remove the core, cut halves in stripes and put them into the pot.
• 5 put in the soybeans and red lentils and fry everything together for a few minutes.
• 6 if everything is well fried and the bottom of the pot beginns to brown, pour in the beer/wine.
• 7 let it reduce for about 3min, still on high heat.
• 8 reduce the heat to medium and pour in all the cans (no need to strain) and put in all spices.
• 9 dissolve the chocolate into the pot and mix thoroughly.
• 10 let everything simmer for about 1h with no lid, check regularly to mix well because it tends to scorch - rule of thumb: the longer it sits on the stove > the thicker it gets > the lower the heat should be.
• 11 it's done, when the consistency isn't runny anymore.
• 12 serve chili with guacamole, slices of chili peppers and fresh bread (gluten-free when needed).