Vegetarian Chilli con Carne with Quorn Mince
A rich, hearty meat free vegetarian chilli recipe packed with flavour. All the taste and kick of a classic chilli con carne, but with fewer calories and less saturated fat. What's not to love?
Serves 4
30 mins
Easy
1151 kJ
(Per serving)
9g of fat
(Per serving)
20
g fibre
(Per serving)
14
g protein
(Per serving)
Made with Quorn Mince
Low in Fat
Good Source of protein
Good source of fibre
Ingredients
- 300g Quorn Mince
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 2 fresh red chillies, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 3 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp chilli powder (optional depending on your heat preference)
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 500ml tomato passata
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 400g can kidney beans, drained
- 1 tsp brown sugar or 1 small cube plain chocolate (optional)
- salt to taste (optional)
- 1 large bunch of fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped
Method
- Pre -heat the oil in a large frying pan and cook the onion for 5-6 minutes or until beginning to soften. Add the red pepper and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes. Add the chillies, garlic and spices and cook for a further 2 minutes stirring continuously
- Stir in the chopped tomatoes, passata, tomato puree and crumble over the stock cube and bring to a gentle simmer for 8 minutes stirring occasionally. Stir in the kidney beans, sugar or chocolate if using and Quorn Soy Free, Meat Free Mince, cook over a gentle heat for a further 10 minutes. Season to taste
- Stir in the chopped coriander and serve with rice, jacket potatoes or with nachos