Today our food truck road trip takes us to Los Angeles to visit the Bowled and Beautiful food truck on our magic carpet ride. This California-based hopeful food truck is looking to win this season's Food TV's Great Food Truck Race.
The group of ladies dishes up fusion California cuisine served in a bowl. And they do have a chance to win! The ladies have earned one of the top two spots for three weeks in row, and they don't look like they'll be slowing down. We'll see how tonight's episode progresses.
Since none of the trucks this season actually own a food truck, yet, the ladies don't actually have a business or a menu I can peek at. No matter; Food TV has supplied cyber space with a picture of one of their meals.
A signature dish of theirs is 3-Bean, Beef and Bacon Chili Bowl. The picture of the bowl on the Food TV site appears to contain sweet potato fries, so, in addition to the name, I decided to add this golden root vegetable to the bowl.
I call my dish, 3-Bean, Barley and Smoky Chili Bowl. I used kidney, pinto and black beans as my trio. I added the barley to give the dish some bite while keeping the faux meat out of the bowl.
I grabbed a package of sweet potato fries at my local Whole Foods, baked them up and plopped them at the bottom of the bowl. Topping the fries with the spicy, smoky chili and finely shredded vegan cheese and minced onions, gave me an adequate facsimile of the pictured dish.
As it turns out, the bowl was quite a hit! The chili took only about 20 minutes to cook. Bonus! However, the fries were the surprise element that we all thought worked quite well with the chili.
Good luck to these women, although given that they are Californian, I'd expect more veg cuisine from them.
Here's hoping they hear the rumble of the vegan crowd.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! I LOVE THESE LADIES! I'm watching my DVR'd "Great Food Truck Race" right this very minute while I read MoFo blogs!! It's fate!!
ReplyDeleteLove them, too! Strong. Female. Moms. 'Nuff said.
DeleteYum, your bowl looks amazingly good, espesh the sweet potato fries!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mandee!
DeleteI soooooo wish I had access to vegan food trucks!
ReplyDeleteI think they are only in bigger cities. Bummer.
DeleteI have never seen the Great Food Truck Race, but I dig their outfits especially the chucks and the aprons.
ReplyDeleteLove the way you plated, um bowled the chili and fries.
Thanks, .... GiGi?
Deletefilling in for GiGi.
DeleteOh yum! Vegan food truck food is the best. If these people were smart they'd add your version to the menu!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Randi!
Delete4 tablespoons of oil? Is it mostly for the sweet potato fries?
ReplyDeleteHi Wayne. No. The recipe says to cook the onions in the oil. This becomes the base for the chili. Food truck recipes aren't healthy by any stretch. Thanks for visiting!
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