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Vegetarian Chilli con Carne with Quorn Mince

Vegetarian Chilli con Carne made with meat free Quorn Mince, served in a sauce pan with tortilla chips on the side

A rich, hearty meat free vegetarian chilli recipe packed with flavour. The perfect vegetarian comfort food to keep you warm during winter nights. Our veggie chilli con carne has all the taste and kick of a classic chilli con carne, but with fewer calories and less saturated fat. What's not to love? Try this Chilli Quorn Carne tonight!

Serves 4

30 mins

Easy

275 cals
(Per serving)

9g of fat

20 g fibre
(Per serving)

14 g protein
(Per serving)

Vegetarian Quorn Mince product packaging with nutritional information

Made with Quorn Vegetarian Meat-Free Mince

Gluten Free

Low in Saturated Fat

Soy-free

High in Protein

Ingredients

  • 300g Quorn Vegetarian Meat-Free 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

  1. 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
  2. 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 the Quorn Meat Free Mince. Cook over a gentle heat for a further 10 minutes and season to taste
  3. Stir in the chopped coriander and serve with rice, jacket potatoes or with nachos for a delicious dinner!

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Chefs tip

Adding beans like kidney beans or black beans to Quorn Mince helps to bulk out dishes to make your ingredients go even further. You could also add some greens to this dish by stirring in a couple of handfuls of fresh or frozen spinach leaves!

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3 out of 5 stars

Amazing

5 out of 5 stars

First time I have cooked this. It tasted amazing. Luckily I had all the ingredients so didn't need to alter it.

A. Mars

5 out of 5 stars

Make this every week for family of 4 and have leftovers for jacket potatoes. Best chilli I have tasted anywhere.

Best Veggie Chilli Recipe

5 out of 5 stars

This is the best Veggie Chilli recipe I have ever eaten. It was ridiculously easy to make and tasted incredibly flavoursome. I didn’t deviate from the recipe and used sugar in mine instead of chocolate. I would highly recommend this!

Clare

5 out of 5 stars

Tweaked it loads as I didn’t have some of the things in the cupboard and it was still fab! No garlic, paprika, coriander, passata or kidney beans! Used dried chillies and some fresh tomatoes chopped up.

JC

5 out of 5 stars

A great recipe which I've been making for years. So I'm not sure why it only gets 3 stars overall on here. Similar to others, I omit the chocolate, use dried chili's and sometimes splash out on fresh coriander but the recipe is still great without these additions. Great flavour, nice sauce consistency. Would give 6 out of 5 stars if I could!

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