Name: Chili Veggie Dog

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 bag of meat-free crumbles
• 2 ounces dark chocolate
• 1 can 14.5-oz diced tomatoes (without basil or other seasonings)
• 3 cups vegetable broth
• 1/2 teaspoon salt substitute
• 6 veggie dogs
• 6 hot dog rolls
• Shredded cheese

Instructions:

• Heat the olive oil and cook the onion, garlic and spices for 5 minutes in a medium saucepan.
• While this cooks, place the crumbles in a food processor and pulse until the large chunks are broken up.
• Add the crumbles, chocolate, tomatoes and vegetable broth to the pot and bring to a low boil.
• Lower the heat and simmer slowly, uncovered, for about 40-60 minutes until the chili thickens.
• Stir frequently. Salt to taste.
• Heat the hot dogs according to the package instructions.
• Toast the hot dog rolls, if desired, and place the hot dogs in the rolls.
• Serve the chili over the hot dogs and top with cheese.

Comments: 5/24/2015 - I used a 12-oz bag of frozen Morning Star "Chipotle Black Bean Crumbles". Simmering for 60 minutes left the sauce still pretty liquid. I served it on bratwurst, that had been grilled for about 35 minutes. It was good. There was a lot of sauce and after using it on five brats, there was still a lot let.
9/7/2016 - I reduced the chili sauce to 1/2 an onion, 3/4 ounce dark chocolate, 7 ounces water, 1 teaspoon beef bouillon, and two pre-cooked hamburger patties. The spices and the diced tomatoes were the same. The sauce was tasty, and there was a lot left. The Tofurky Artisian Sausage was very dry.
11/16/2019 - I Followed the recipe mostly, using only 1/2 onion, 1.5 ounce dark chocolate, and 1 cup of beef bouillon. For meat crumbles, I had 10-oz Morning Star Farms Veggie burgers. The sausages were Field Roast Vegetarian Mexican Chipotle and Italian Sausage. Gail liked the chili, but not on those sausages. We ate the leftover chili on rice and that was good too.

Source: A Humane Society magazine. Other recipes are at http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/eating/recipes/recipes.html

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