Bring water to a boil in a large soup pot, reduce heat to low, and cook onions in the simmering water until translucent, 5 to 8 minutes. Among those convictions: Vegetarian chili is an oxymoron, since the dish’s full, original name is chile con carne, which translates literally to chili with meat.” (Commenter trufflecat takes the carne to the max, using four kinds of meat in chili: lamb shoulder, ground beef, chuck steak, and spicy sausage.”) Real chile has no beans, and certainly meat rather than ‘soybean cake,’ ” asserts commenter dkm.
The only accurate way to determine any recipe’s SmartPoints® value is to plug the ingredients into the recipe builder on the Weight Watchers website (Click on My Foods,” select Recipe,” and click Create a recipe.”) which does not count fruits and vegetables in recipes in the calculations as they are now 0 points.
I have made this recipe several times before but never in a cook off but I just started culinary school and we are having a chili cook off in a couple months and I know this chili would win but they go by ICA rules so there cannot be any beans…I know I know chili should have beans.
Of course, I jumped on board the Instant Pot bandwagon at Christmas, thanks to my parents I have this 8-quart model , and I LOVE it. We’re a family of five (soon to be six), I love to cook double and eat leftovers, and I most definitely would go for the 8-qt again.
I created this recipe at home, tested it on my husband and then tried in at my restaurant after my husband raved about it and encouraged me to do so. My restaurant customers were pleased he asked me to do so. It is now a favorite restaurant chili recipe.
