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Vegan chili recipe | my favorite comfort food!
How amazing is chili? I love comfort food like chili and curry very much since it’s hearty, healthy and delicious. My vegan chili recipe is easy to make and can be served with rice, potatoes, pasta or flatbread. This chili sin carne (chili without meat) is packed with healthy veggies and is full of flavor. I often prepare a huge pot of chili as my boyfriend can’t get enough of my vegan chili recipe, so we often end up eating chili 2 times a week.
Eating Chili is healthy
Did you know that eating hot red chili peppers may help us live longer? “A study of more than 16,000 people in the United States revealed that individuals who consumed red chili peppers had a lower risk of death from all causes over an average of 18 years than those who did not eat the spicy food.” How amazing is that? My vegan chili recipe contains hot red chili peppers which makes it a healthy and delicious meal.
This vegan chili recipe is:
- Gluten free
- Low in fat
- Dairy-free
- Healthy
- Spicy
- Flavorful
- An amazing comfort food
- Great for meal prep
Best vegan chili recipe with beans
You can make this chili with kidney beans, white beans, pinto beans or black beans. I used two cups of kidney beans and 2 cups of white beans as this is what I had at home. But you can use one cup of each, it’s totally up to you. You can sprinkle some fresh cilantro or parsley on top which will add even more flavor to this vegan chili recipe.
Perfect for meal prep
This vegan chili recipe is also great for meal prep. Here is a meal prep idea which you might like. I bought the glass containers on Amazon.
Easy to make vegan chili recipe
My vegan chili recipe is fairly easy to make and doesn’t require any fancy ingredients. It took me about 40 minutes from start to finish. I would recommend however to let the chili simmer for more than 30 minutes, as is will be even more flavorful the longer it cooks.
If you recreate my recipe, please leave a comment below and/or tag me in your Instagram or Facebook post with @elavegan and #elavegan so that I can see it and leave a comment.
Vegan chili recipe
Ingredients
- 1 medium/big onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic finely minced
- 1 green pepper chopped
- 1 small/medium carrot grated
- 5-6 medium diced fresh tomatoes (560 g) or use canned ones (20 oz)
- 6 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 cups water or vegetable broth
- 4 cups canned beans e.g. kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, white beans, or 1 cup of each
- 2 tsp coconut sugar or sub brown sugar or any other sweetener like maple syrup
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 3/4 tsp salt or less if you use vegetable broth
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/4 tsp hot chili powder
- 1-2 hot red chili peppers (I used 1, my boyfriend prefers 2)
- 2 tsp oil of choice for frying
Instructions
- In a large pan or pot over medium heat, add in the oil. Sauté the onion and pepper for about 5 minutes, add the garlic and sauté for an additional 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Mix in the tomatoes and sauté for another 3 to 5 minutes.
- Now add all remaining ingredients, increase the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes or longer, stirring occasionally.
- Serve with rice, pasta, potatoes or flatbread. Garnish with fresh cilantro or parsley.
Notes
Nutrition
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Kirsten says
March 11, 2017 at 9:02 pmI love how easy your recipes are as I always have all ingridents on hand this is perfect for meal prep and busy days to feed my family a easy healthy nutritious meal so thank you ! Xo
Ela says
March 11, 2017 at 9:05 pmThank you very much Kirsten, I love easy and healthy meals. Let me know if you ever try it out. Enjoy your weekend 🙂
anna says
March 12, 2017 at 9:04 amLooks super tasty Ela! I can’t go through the day without adding chilies into my dishes, I even use crushed chilies in my sandwiches! Love these spicy beauties, so good news about living longer! 😉
Beautiful pictures, as always, and it looks super tasty! I’m definitely trying this with beans! Pinned of course! x
Ela says
March 12, 2017 at 12:57 pmHello Anna, thank you so much my dear! You are so right, chili peppers are amazing, we buy them regularly and I even dry them (when we have too many) and make chili powder. So tasty and good for us. Thanks for pinning, you are a sweetheart! 🙂
Mariana Ferreira says
March 13, 2017 at 7:21 pmI looooove LOVE this recipe!! Wow So and It looks PERFECT AND yummy! Hehe… I think I have all ingridents for tonigh. I this is perfect for this new healthy lifestyle my family is eating. I’ll tag you on Instagram when I make it! ????????❤️.. Thanks!
Ela says
March 13, 2017 at 10:53 pmYay that’s awesome! I can’t wait to hear how it turned out 🙂
Amy says
March 13, 2017 at 7:26 pmI am not lying when I say that this was one of the best chili recipe’s that I have ever made. The flavor is spot on and goes perfectly well with a steamed sweet potato and side of chopped romaine <3
Ela says
March 13, 2017 at 10:55 pmThank you so much for the amazing feedback Amy! I am really happy that you like my recipe. Steamed sweet potato and romaine sounds like the perfect addition to this chili 🙂
Nisha / @rainbowplantlife says
March 30, 2017 at 4:35 pmI love a good chili recipe. This sounds so comforting and delicious, Ela!
Ela says
April 1, 2017 at 2:40 pmThank you very much Nisha, how amazing is a good chili 😀
Maria says
April 1, 2017 at 5:27 pmWell hello gorgeous! Isn’t this the most nourishing and delicious bowl ever! I love it. Thanks for sharing the recipe my love <3
Ela says
April 2, 2017 at 12:43 pmHello beautiful and thanks a lot for stopping by. 🙂 Glad you love chili as much as I do ❤️
MARIAN says
July 9, 2017 at 3:02 pmTHIS CHILI, YOU GUYS! As a new vegan I feel SO lucky to have found Ela`s recipes, theyre simple to make and so delicious! I tried to curry and its awesome, but this chili, I could have this chili every single day (and I just might do that).
Thanks you Ela! <3
Ela says
July 9, 2017 at 11:17 pmWow, I am speechless! Thanks so much for this awesome feedback Marian! Makes me so happy that you enjoyed my vegan chili. I made it today as well because my boyfriend loves it so much 🙂 ????
Dee | Green Smoothie Gourmet says
November 7, 2017 at 12:07 amEla! I did not know hot chili peppers can support a longer life! Fascinating. I love that you add sugar in this recipe, that is like something my grandmother used to do – she was always tossing brown sugar into tomato dishes..You and she must know secrets..Thank you for this comforting recipe! Dee xx
Ela says
November 7, 2017 at 1:32 pmThank you very much, Dee! Yes, isn’t it fascinating that some food can make us healthy and some food makes us really sick? I really love adding some sweetness to savory recipes, especially when tomatoes are involved. Makes it taste so much better. Have a great new week 🙂
Bianca says
December 12, 2017 at 7:42 pmThankyou so much for sharing… just a little confused- when it says add garlic and sauté which ingredients make up the saute?
Bianca says
December 12, 2017 at 7:46 pmOmg ahaha.. I realise how I misread the saute part – its a verb????????! I just woke up ahaha
Ela says
December 12, 2017 at 8:00 pmHaha, don’t worry 😀 I hope you will like my recipe 🙂
Vaishali says
December 16, 2017 at 4:27 pmYou and your super delicious, easy and healthy recipies are life!! You inspire me to be healthy and to eat simple delicious food !! Specially this one is super yumm ..Looking forward to try more recipies ????????
Ela says
December 16, 2017 at 4:37 pmThank you so much for your wonderful feedback, Vaishali!! Your comment made my day ???? Lots of love ????
nisha says
June 8, 2018 at 6:47 amThis recipe reminds of my holiday in Northern India. This dish is called Rajmah Chawal. I really like the meal prep containers. Are they made of glass? Does the kidney bean gravy soul over into the other compartments?
Please could you share the brand name or link.
Ela says
June 8, 2018 at 3:50 pmThanks, Nisha! Yes, they are made of glass and I bought them on Amazon. I will include the link to the blog post now.
I normally don’t fill them with so much liquid and haven’t had problems with leaking yet. But yes, if you use a lot of liquid and shake the box or turn it upside down it will definitely leak. Hope this helps. 🙂
Wambugi says
June 26, 2018 at 4:50 pmCiao Ela! I just made this with 3cups red kidney beans and 11/2 of favabeans and 2 hot chilli peppers and ohmygosh my mouth is on fire ha ha. I normally dont take chili but I am slowly pushing myself to and this is good ha ha. Thank you Ela!☘
I will tag you on insta so you see my big wooden sharing bowl with this awesome awesome out of my comfort zone comfort meal????
Ela says
June 28, 2018 at 12:49 amSo glad you liked my recipe!! I can’t wait to see your photo on Instagram. Please use the hashtag #elavegan so that I don’t miss it. 🙂
Thea says
December 8, 2018 at 12:06 pmI made this chili sin carne for my family, who are very old school and dosn’t get the whole “vegan thing”, but they LOVED it – and so did I! Thanks for your amazing recipes. Lots of love ❤️
Ela says
December 8, 2018 at 6:04 pmSo glad you liked my chili recipe! Thanks for your feedback, Thea. ❤️
Melanie says
March 27, 2019 at 2:39 amThis is going to be a go to recipe for sure. Super delicious and easy to make.
Ela says
March 30, 2019 at 2:11 pmWonderful! Thanks a lot for your feedback, Melanie. 🙂
Ray says
April 26, 2019 at 10:57 amI love that you use a grated carrot in your chilli for extra nutrients and this looks really economical as well. Can’t wIt to make this!
Ela says
April 26, 2019 at 7:17 pmI hope you will love the recipe, Ray! 🙂