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Insect Recipes

Chili con Buffalo

chili con buffalo worms

Another type of chili…

  • Prep Time20 min
  • Cook Time50 min
  • Total Time1 hr 10 min
  • Yield6
  • Course
    • Main Course

Ingredients

  • 200 g buffalo worms
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 pepperoncini
  • 1 onion
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 yellow pepper bell
  • 1 carrot
  • 100 g celery
  • 100 g brown mushrooms
  • 2 potatoes
  • 4 tbsp. olive oil
  • 100 g maize (canned)
  • 100 g kidney beans (canned)
  • 2 tbsp. tomato puree
  • 200 ml red wine
  • 200 ml vegetable broth
  • 2 cans peeled and diced tomatoes
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tbsp. oregano, chopped
  • 2 tbsp. parsley, chopped
  • 2 tbsp. mild chili powder
  • 1 tsp. cane sugar
  • 2 bay leaves

Preparation

1

Take the Buffalo worms out of the refrigerator 1 hour before the cooking and defrost them in sieve. Cut the garlic cloves and the pepperoncini in small slices. Dice the other vegetables, including the potatoes in small pieces.

2

Heat up the olive oil in a pan and steam in there the vegetables, the potatoes, the maize, the beans as well as the buffalo worms. Add the tomato puree and steam it for 1 minute with continuous stirring. Deglaze with the red wind and boil down until the red wind is evaporated. Fill up with vegetable broth and the tomatoes. Add salt, oregano, parsley, chili powder, cane sugar and the bay leaves and let it simmer for about 45 minutes over low heat. Remove the bay leaves before serving.

3

Note: You can replace buffalo worms with mealworms as they have a similar flavor.