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- Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,rec.food.recipes
- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Subject: Vegetable chili with red beans
- Message-ID: <199412062015.AA129714913@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 20:15:16 GMT
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- Vegetable chili with red beans
- 6 to 8 servings
- Preparation time: 30 minutes
- Soaking time: Overnight
- Cooking time: 2 hours
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- 1 cup dried red kidney beans (see note)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced, about 1 teaspoon
- 1/2 pound mushrooms, wiped clean, sliced
- 1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes with added puree
- 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 small zucchini, ends removed, sliced
- 2 red bell peppers, seeded, chopped
- 1 or 2 jalapeno peppers, to taste, seeded, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon each: salt, freshly ground pepper
- 1 package (10 ounces) each: frozen corn, frozen lima beans
- Crushed red pepper flakes, optional
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- 1. Put red beans in large bowl. Add cold water to cover. Let soak overnight.
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- 2. The next morning, drain the beans. Put beans into a large pot and add
- fresh water to cover. Heat to boil; cover and simmer until almost tender,
- about 1 hour. Drain.
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- 3. Heat olive oil in large dutch oven. Add onions and garlic; cook and stir
- 1 minute. Add mushrooms and cook until slightly browned. Stir in drained
- beans, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste and chili powder; heat
- to boil.
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- 4. Reduce heat to simmer and add zucchini, red peppers, jalapeno peppers,
- salt and pepper. Simmer, covered, until vegetables are crisp-tender, about
- 30 minutes.
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- 5. Stir in corn and lima beans; cook until heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve with crushed red pepper flakes if
- desired.
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- NOTE: One can (16 ounces) red kidney beans, drained, can be substituted for
- the dried beans. Omit steps 1 and 2.
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