MEATLESS CHILI WITH CORN CHIPS

      Title: MEATLESS CHILI WITH CORN CHIPS
  Categories: Vegetarian, Mexican, Main dish
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
       1 c  Dried kidney beans
       8 oz Soy tempeh, crumbled
     1/2 c  Red wine
     1/2 c  Low-sodium soy sauce,
            -shoyu, or tamari
       1 ts Ground cumin
       1 ts Dried basil
       1 ts Chili powder divided
       1 c  Coarse chopped onions
     1/4 c  Dry sherry
       2 tb Olive oil
       2 c  Sliced mushrooms
       8    Chop tomatoes
       1 c  Minced green peppers
       1 c  Minced celery
       1 c  Minced carrots
     1/2 c  Minced mild chili peppers
            -(usually anahiems; could
            -use
            -canned)
       2 tb Minced jalapenos
       4    Cloves garlic
       4 c  Vegetable stock
       3 tb Tomato paste
            -Crushed corn chips for
            -garnish
  
   Soak beans in cold water to cover 8 hours or overnight. drain.
   
   Combine crumbled tempeh, wine, soy, cumin, basil, chili; let marinate
   for 2 hours at least.
   
   Meanwhile, in a 6 qt. pan over medium high heat, saute onions in
   sherry and oil 10 minutes, stirring. Add mushroom and cook 10 more
   minutes.
   
   Add tomatoes, green pepper, carrot, celery, chili, jalapenos, garlic.
   Saute stirring 5 minutes.
   
   Add beans, stock, tomato paste. Bring to boil, cover, lower heat,
   simmer 2 to 3 hours till beans are tender.
   
   Add tempeh and marinade. cook 10 minutes. Serve garnished with chips.
   
   NOTES: This is a midwestern chili (beans and tomatoes!). I added some
   leftover crushed tomatoes, and we garnished it with non-fat sour
   cream and chopped cilantro (better for you than corn chips). A more
   traditional chili style would be to relplace all tomatos with a red
   chili sauce: split and de-seed dry red anchos, anahiems, and/or
   gujanailos (sp?) and sear on a hot cast iron skillet. put in a bowl
   and cover by boiling water. let soak 20 min, then puree, maybe with a
   little garlic (and usually salt, but not for this recipe!). Use that
   instead of tomato paste and crushed tomato.
   
   Enjoy, Keith
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