Bean Chili
Crushed tomatoes, red kidney beans and black beans come together in this vegan — 65 minutes, 6 steps, and the kind of result worth repeating. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 6 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
You'll mainly reach for large pot and saucepan. At medium difficulty across 6 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, every ingredient resolved to a plant source.
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Diet: vegan — no meat, fish, dairy, egg or honey, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: none of the major allergens we track from the ingredients listed.
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How to make it
- Dice the onion and both bell peppers and mince the garlic. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat and cook the onion and peppers for 6 to 8 minutes until softened.
- Add the garlic, chili powder, cumin and smoked paprika and stir for about 1 minute until fragrant.
- Stir in the tomato paste and cook for another minute, then add the crushed tomatoes and the vegetable broth.
- Drain and rinse the kidney beans and black beans, then stir them into the pot and bring everything to a gentle boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the chili has thickened and the flavors have melded.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve hot, topped as desired.
You'll use: Large pot · Saucepan
Tips & common questions
How long does Bean Chili take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 6 steps and 14 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Bean Chili vegan?
Every ingredient listed on this page resolved to a plant or mineral source in our ingredient ontology — no meat, fish, shellfish, dairy, egg or honey. Labels can still differ by brand, so check packaged items.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Bean Chili is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Bowl of Chili No Beans.jpg (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.