Recipe: Quick and Best Vegetarian Chili Recipe to Make in 30 Minutes

In 2020 we stocked up on essential foods for the pandemic.

I wrote an extensive Surviving and Thriving in a Pandemic Guide.

We must have had 50+ cans of beans stored away.

Now 1+ year later, we haven't opened a single can. I don't want them to spoil and waste food.

I decided to learn how to make vegetarian chili.

I've now made this vegetarian bean chili a dozen of times and perfected my recipe.

Best part of this recipe is how easy and quick it is to make, here is how.

Ingredients

All the ingredients will make at least 8 servings of the chili. Enough for a family or left overs for the rest of the week.

• 1 sweet onion, diced
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 1 can of diced tomatoes (14.5 oz)
• 2 cans of diced tomatoes of green chili (8oz each)
• 1 can of tomato sauce (8 oz)
• 1 cup of water
• 4-5 cans of beans (14.5 oz each); I often use black, kidney and pinto beans at the same time
• 1 teaspoon of chili powder
• 1-2 teaspoon of ground cumin
• 1 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper
• 1/2-1 teaspoon of hot pepper sauce

Here are all the ingredients above as pictures so you can get a sense of what I use.

1 can of diced tomatoes (14.5 oz), 2 cans of diced tomatoes of green chili (8oz each) and 1 can of tomato sauce (8 oz):

4-5 cans of beans (14.5 oz each); I often use black, kidney and pinto beans at the same time:

Spices: chili powder, ground cumin, ground black pepper, hot pepper sauce:

Quick Directions List

• Get a large pot or pan
• Cook diced onions and minced garlic in a pan with olive oil until lightly cooked
• Add diced tomatoes, diced tomatoes of green chili, tomato sauce, cup of water, 4 cans of beans of any type, chili powder, ground cumin, sugar, salt, ground black pepper and hot pepper sauce
• Cook for 30 minutes, stirring throughout

Step #1

Get a large pot or pan.

Cook diced onions and minced garlic in a pan with olive oil until lightly cooked.

• 1 sweet onion, diced
• 5 cloves of garlic
• Cook in a pan with olive oil until done

Step #2

Add diced tomatoes, diced tomatoes of green chili, tomato sauce, cup of water, 4 cans of beans of any type, chili powder, ground cumin, sugar, salt, ground black pepper and hot pepper sauce.

• 1 can of diced tomatoes (14.5 oz)
• 2 cans of diced tomatoes of green chili (8oz each)
• 1 can of tomato sauce (8 oz)
• 1 cup of water
• 4-5 cans of beans (14.5 oz each); I often use black, kidney and pinto beans at the same time
• 1 teaspoon of chili powder
• 1 tablespoon of ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of hot pepper sauce

Step #3

Cook for 30 minutes, stirring throughout

Done: Serve

Serve over white rice. This is a constant meal at the Stalex House.

Another Recipe: take a look at this Oven Baked Chicken I make once per week.