Fresh, hearty and full of flavor, this easy Raw Veggie Chili with mushroom-nut meat is perfect for a light lunch, dinner or make ahead meal! Healthy, gluten free, and vegan recipe.
This raw veggie chili is a welcome meal after all the Thanksgiving festivities. Nothing like adding a raw meal into the mix, and this was superb!
I have to hand it to Ani Phyo for not being afraid to use spices, this packs great flavor with fresh produce to create a raw chili that I absolutely adore and am craving already.
Adapted from this recipe ‘Fresh Tomato Chili with Taco Nut Meat’. I will definitely be adding this to my to go lunches as well as my at home meals.
How To Make Raw Veggie Chili
- Vegetables: Prepare vegetables and combine all ingredients in large size bowl. Place 1/2 or so of the mix into a food processor and blend until pureed, as shown above.
- Combine veggies: In a medium sized bowl, combine the puree with the remaining diced vegetables and toss well, as shown above.
- Nut Meat: Place the sliced mushrooms, walnuts, spices and tamari into the bowl of you food processor and pulse until crumbly (shown above). You don’t want to over blend or it will turn into a paste.
- Serve: Place the vegetable chili in individual serving bowls and top with nut meat, adding any additional garnishes you like on top.
Feel free to add/subtract any vegetable you wish. Get in as many as you can to really make this a well rounded garden chili recipe. Use as much or as little as you like of each ingredient.
Serving Suggestions
This would be amazing with sliced avocado, and dollop of raw Sour Cream or this flavorful Lime Cilantro Cashew ‘Sour Cream’, adding a perfect final touch!
How To Store Leftovers
For best results, I recommend storing the vegetable mixture and nut meat separately. The vegetable mix will last 4 – 5 day, while the nut meat will stay fresh for up to 2 – 3 days. If you’re going to eat the chili within 2 days, it’s fine to mix it all together.
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If you try this raw chili recipe, please let me know! Leave a comment and rate it below. I love to hear what you think, or any changes you make.
PrintRAW VEGGIE CHILI
This raw vegetable chili is fresh and flavorful, and makes a delicious lunch, dinner or meal prep idea!
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 15 min
- Yield: Serves 2 - 4 1x
- Category: Raw, Entree
- Cuisine: Vegan, Raw
Ingredients
- 3 cups tomatoes, diced (I used grape)
- 1 small red bell pepper (orange would be great too), diced
- 1 large rib of celery, diced
- 1/2 red onion, diced
- 1 small zucchini, diced
- 1 corn off the cob
- 1 – 2 cloves garlic, minced
- chopped cilantro, chopped (use as much as you like)
- 2 teaspoons chili powder, to taste
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano, fresh or dried
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, to taste
Nut Meat
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 2 teaspoons coriander
- 1 teaspoon tamari, coconut amino’s, bragg’s or 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, to taste
To Serve, optional
- lime wedges
- Vegan Sour Cream
Instructions
Vegetables: Prepare vegetables and combine all ingredients in large size bowl. Place 1/2 or so of the mix into a food processor and blend until pureed. Return puree to diced vegetables and toss well.
Nut Meat: Place all ingredients into food processor and pulse until crumbly. You don’t want to over blend or it will be a paste.
Serve: Place vegetable chili in bowls and top with nut meat adding any additional garnishes you like.
Serves 2 generously, or 4 smaller portions.
This would be great with sliced avocado, and a dollop of raw sour Cream or this flavorful Lime Cilantro Cashew ‘Sour Cream’, adding the perfect final touch!
Store: Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 5 – 6 days. Nut meat will last up to 2 – 3 days, depending on the freshness of the mushrooms. Before eating let sit at room temp as it tastes best this way.
Enjoy the freshness!
Updated: Raw Veggie Chili recipe originally published November 2012. Updated October 2019 with new photos and helpful tips. No change to the recipe – it’s still delicious as is!
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Abbie says
This recipe turned out great!
★★★★★
Sammy lee says
I have made this recipe, I am a new raw vegan personally I am very interested with the new flavors and textures of everything. The cumin adds all the difference in the dish because once everything is combines it really does smell like ground meat. I dont like cumin but it does give off a meat like smell to the dish, I personally think the cumin even put in as little as possible overpowers the dish. Second, this is a great meat alternative using walnuts but I personally really dont like to eat too many nuts, I started to feel sick eating this dish, but this is perfect for nut lovers. The combination of the walnut meat and cashew sour cream really made the meal heavy. I highly recommend sharing because it is a lot of food. Overall this meal was good but I feel like it wasn’t for me because I am not a huge nut fan. Thank you for the recipe its a very interesting take on using nuts.
★★★★
Jay says
Man! This was great! I admit I’ve tried other raw recipes from different people and all were nasty. BUT this recipe is awesome!! Very flavorful and tasty! I will definitely keep this recipe for future making!
★★★★★
Julie | The Simple Veganista says
Yay, so glad you loved it! Thanks for sharing, Jay! Cheers :)
Na'Riyah Bonds says
This is amazing! I love it
stacey says
i enjoyed this so much! thank you!
Michelle Wilton says
I have made this and it is delicious and so fresh. Thankyou!
Anonymous says
I am your newest fan! I just tried this recipe and it was DELICIOUS!!! I made a few slight variations. Added a smudge of lime juice and a jalapeño to the the tomato-chili. I spiced the nut meat with cumin, chili powder, and red cayenne. The recipe is versatile and SO TASTY!!!
julie@thesimpleveganista says
Wonderful! You addition sounds delicious. I will have to try it myself next time. Cheers :)
lillian says
This is my very first raw recipe and it is so delicious! I omitted the tomatoes and zucchini because I didn't have any on hand. Thanks for the recipe!
julie@thesimpleveganista says
Yes, this is a great raw recipe…so filling and flavorful! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Cheers :)
Grace Styklunas says
What food processor do you use?
julie@thesimpleveganista says
Hi Grace, I now use the Cuisinart Elite that was gifted to me a year ago. It has been a great processor so far! I would look for it on sale. The one shown here is an older one that was a very reasonable price and did fairly well for most things (I can't rememeber the brand). I love my Cuisinart!
SaraSue59 says
Made this for dinner tonight and put it over a bed of lettuce. Drizzled the Lime Cilantro Sour Cream on top, it was delicious!
Thank you!
Julie says
That's sounds wonderful! Thank you for sharing and giving us all some more inspiration on how to enjoy this recipe. :)
AUBREY @ Project Lovegood says
I found this recipe via "Finding Vegan" and am now a new follower! I'm on a whole foods plant-based diet and vegan to the core. I have some recipes on my blog too but I know I'll be frequenting yours. I just pinned this one and definitely plan to try it! Thanks for sharing!
~Aubrey
Project Lovegood
Julie says
Hi Aubrey! Glad we connected, you have some wonderful recipes on your blog so I will visit you as well. Keep it up!
You will love this raw chili…it's so fresh and clean…I'm making it today as a matter of fact. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Cheers :)
lysa jordan says
What an amazing and original recipe. This looks totally delicious:)
Anonymous says
This looks DEVINE!!!
Julie says
Yes, it was! Hope you get a chance to try it soon. :)