Vegetarian Chili Recipe

This Vegetarian Chili Recipe is for all my friends that don't eat beef. (I don't have many!)

This is really a good dish with several different beans plus carrots and corn.

"Even my friends that eat beef like this chili."

Vegetarian Chili Recipe

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh mushrooms
1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes with liquid, chopped
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, undrained
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, undrained
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, undrained
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 tablespoon cumin
1 1/2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 1/2 tablespoons dried basil
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder

Vegetarian Chili Directions

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the garlic, onion, and carrots in the pot until tender. Mix in the green bell pepper and red bell pepper. Season this mixture with the chili powder. Continue cooking for 5 minutes, or until the peppers are tender.

Mix the mushrooms into the pot. Stir in the tomatoes with the liquid, the black beans with the liquid, kidney beans with the liquid, pinto beans with the liquid, and the corn. Season this mixture with the cumin, oregano, basil, and garlic powder. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium, cover, and cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili Recipe

This slow cooker recipe can sit in the slow cooker until it's time to serve. It's a great chili that's a real crowd pleaser.

1 (19 ounce) can black bean soup
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1 (16 ounce) can vegetarian baked beans
1 (14.5 ounce) can chopped tomatoes in puree
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon chili powder, or to taste
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil

In a slow cooker, combine the black bean soup, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, baked beans, tomatoes, corn, onion, bell pepper and celery. Season the mixture with garlic, chili powder, parsley, oregano and basil. Cook for at least two hours on High.

This Vegetarian Chili Recipe is great as a whole meal or as a mid-afternoon snack. If you prefer a meatier texture you can add vegetarian burger crumbles. I prefer not too. I hate that stuff.