Chili Especial Vegetarian

This is a great veg chili recipe. The cocoa really gives it a nice depth. The process for this recipe is essentially to make a rue although there is no flour in it, and then layer in the rest of the ingredients at various intervals.

The chili is great as is and you can also change it up with some chopped roasted chicken or cubed beef or ground round. It's also a good dish to serve over rice which gives you another variation. 

Here is the original recipe online which as you can see calls for ground round. I dislike not having the correct source but this link is all I could find. I got the recipe from a magazine and stupidly did not write down which one.

1 chili from a 7 oz can of chiles in adobo, minced
1 c chopped onion
4 garlic cloves chopped
2 T vegetable oil
2 1/2 T chili powder
2 t unsweetened cocoa
2 t dried oregano
2 t ground cumin
1 t salt
1 c water
1 c cherry tomatoes halved
1 28 oz can tomatoes chopped
1 15 oz can black beans
1 15 oz can kidney beans
1 15 oz can pinto beans
7 oz roasted bell peppers (optional)
1 1/2 T red wine vinegar

Cook onion and garlic in Dutch oven or large skillet until browned with small amount of oil.
Set aside onion and garlic.
In the same pan, heat more oil.
Add chili powder and next 4 ingredients through salt. Stir well.
Cook for about 1 minute.
Stir in minced adobo chili, water, and all tomatoes.
Bring mixture to a boil, cover, and reduce heat.
Cook for about 15 minutes.
Stir in onion/garlic and add beans.
Cook for about 10 minutes.
Stir in bell pepper and red wine vinegar.
Cook for another 3 minutes until heated through.