Chilli for dinner but bored of rice. What do you eat with chilli?

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Big pan of veggie chilli made ready for later but don't fancy rice. What shall we have with it instead?

Remus your veggie chilli sounds amazing - any way you could post the recipe? I am craving it now

I must try this myself, had it in Disney.

Wrap, chilli, cheese, wrap, bake, cut into 8.

With spaghetti, like Cincinnati chilli

DM - I'm glad you enjoy it but personally I didn't like the sound of it. Sorry for the ugh though. :)

Calypso -

This is how I do it:

2 diced onions, 3 diced carrots, 1 diced courgette, 1 diced pepper, 3 cloves garlic, any other vege I fancy (celery, leeks, sweet potatoes, butternut squash) plus a chopped red chilli. Fry for a few mins with a load of finely chopped parsely and coriander. Add paprika, cumin seeds, chilli flakes, cocoa powder, black pepper. I then add a cup of strong black coffee and a tablespoon of barbecue sauce (currently a Jack Daniels one!) plus a teaspoon of chipotle paste. Add passata, water and red, green and puy lentils (the red add bulk and the other two add texture) plus a little bottle of lager. Shove in the oven for about 40 mins (it may need more water). Then add a couple of tins of kidney beans and warm through. Lots more coriander on top to serve.

What size pot do you use and how many are you cooking for?

aww poor wannabeadomesticgoddess - you were only trying to be helpful :)

I'm cooking for 4 but usually make enough for 2 meals. I use a big stockpot.

Am sorry re the mashed potato, honest! It's just that the idea of anything tomatoey with mashed potato just really doesn't do it for me. Each to their own though. Grovel...

Sweet potato wedges

I drop in now and again Remus.

Quinoa.

That sounds proper lovely, Remus, will make it this week. I am SO bored of making Quorn chilli.

www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/heston-blumenthal/chilli-con-carne-with-cornbread-muffins-recipe

Cornbread muffins . The spiced butter on this is also great.

Barley is also delicious but I am in agreement with the person who suggets you don't need any more carbohydrate.

Yum to sweet potato wedges - no sweet potatoes though. While we're on the subject, baked sweet potatoes split open and filled with red chilli, soured cream, red onion and coriander are a thing of wonder too.

Remus thank you - I am going to attempt this tomorrow. Do I definitely have to put a cup of coffee in it?

Mmm, chilli. Liking the cornbread suggestion.

It won't taste of coffee. It just makes it a bit darker and more intense and takes away some of the 'tomatoeyness' that a lot of veggie meals tend to have. I don't always put lager in it but it's better if you do (obs you need less water then).

massive salad, homemade potato wedges with cheese and spring onion on is naughty but nice.

I'm actally going to second the mash potato

I turn chili into a shepherds pie type dish and run cheese and spring onion through the mash, bung the whole thing in the oven to set the top & melt the cheese -yum!

family favourite

Sounds good, Katy.

S&S - I can see that working with a meat one but just don't fancy it as a veggie one. But I am 'funny' about both mash and tomatoes so...

Lovely, thanks for taking the time Remus coffee and beer it is!

I just have Chili on its own (well with some cheese on top) no need to have anything else with it.

Sweet potato wedges. Take less time to cook then normal wedges too.

...Over Here..."Spaghetti Red" is a Biggie. Men Love it.I think it is a "Man" thing.We just cook a regular spaghetti dinner...and after ladling the Sauce on-we place a 4-5 inch Circle of Chili in the Center of the spaghetti.