How To Make Vegan Chili

This hearty vegan chili recipe is made with lots of spices, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, 3 different beans, and beer!
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VEGAN CHILI??? It sounds like an oxymoron, but don't let the fact that there's no meat involved put you off on this recipe because it's DELICIOUS. We have had a LOT of requests for more vegetarian/vegan recipes so we decided to recruit an expert vegan to help us out. In this episode we welcome special guest Karol Gajda from http://www.ridiculouslyextraordinary.com. Karol demonstrates how to make his amazing Soy Free Gluten Free 3 Bean Vegan Chili! (P.S. it's not really gluten-free the way we made it here because of the beer! Oops!)

INGREDIENTS: * some oil (we used about a tablespoon of canola oil) * a few (or, you know, more) cloves of garlic, minced (we used 4 largish cloves) * 1 green bell pepper * 1 medium-large white onion * 1 pound sliced mushrooms (I buy them ready to go instead of preparing them myself because I'm lazy) (I forced him to slice an entire pound of white button mushrooms by hand and then he cried and had to take a time out) * 1 15 oz can black beans (drained and rinsed) or equivalent dried/soaked overnight beans (This would probably be about 1/2 c of each bean type, dry. I don't know because I forgot to set them a'soaking, so we used canned beans) * 1 15 oz can kidney beans (drained and rinsed) or equivalent dried/soaked overnight beans * 1 15 oz can great northern (err, white) beans (drained and rinsed) or equivalent dried/soaked overnight beans * 1 28 oz can diced tomatoes (or less lazy: equivalent fresh tomatoes!) (We used 9 Roma tomatoes) * 1 8 oz can tomato sauce * Optional: 12 oz dark BEER (This was my idea and it was brilliant.) * Hot stuff bonus: jalapeno peppers or something hotter. (We used 2 jalapenos and 4 chili pequins, minced)

SPICES: * 1 Tbsp chili powder * 1 tsp black pepper * 1 tsp oregano * 1 tsp ground cumin * 1 tsp sea salt * (all the above to taste...more or less based on what you like) * 1 tsp (or moooorrrrreeee) cayenne pepper

Add oil to a big pot on medium. Let it warm up for 3-4 minutes..

Chop up your onion and bell pepper and mince your garlic in the meantime.

Add onion, bell pepper, and garlic to the pot and sautee for a few minutes. (don't let the garlic burn...might have to turn down your heat a bit) Add mushrooms and sautee until mushrooms are soft and squishy... ~5 minutes.

Add all the beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and spices. Turn up the heat and bring to a boil.

Once at boiling lower heat to medium low, stir, and put a lid on the pot. Let it do its thing for 20 minutes.

Stir. Taste. Add more spices (or don't). (We did! We added more cumin, chili powder and peppers.)

Stir. Cover again and let it do its thing for 20 more minutes. (If using dry/soaked beans will need ~10 more minutes.) (If you used the beer, cook with the lid off for the last 20-30 minutes to thicken the chili.)

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[Parsalsa]

This sounds so hearty and delicious... but what can I use instead of beer because I want to make this for my family.

[hilahcooking]

@Parsalsa Just leave it out!

[notefromself]

That looks amazing. I'm so going to try that.

Hilah doesn't act like anyone. She doesn't need to.

[hilahcooking]

@notefromself Yay! Hope you like it! Thank you.:)

[LBurris597]

Great video!

[hilahcooking]

@LBurris597 Thank you!

[Wivanunu]

You totally act like Phoebe from "Friends"!!!!!

[hilahcooking]

@DrH2OH Are you a real doctor? I'll think about it...

[vortexsurferrosa]

@Parsalsa And why should you leave it out when making it for your family? (BTW: if it's an alcohol issue, there won't be a drop of alcohol left, after cooking a few hours)

[RottingintheMidwest]

@jeffinition

i barely noticed the so-called foul language. what was it? just one eff-bomb, right?

[RottingintheMidwest]

note to those using extra hot peppers in their chili: WEAR PLASTIC GLOVES when cutting and handling them, so you will not have to worry about "burning" your fingers.

[jammingwithmarley]

Woa it's so colorful

[LuvHealthNConception]

@Wivanunu 4true

[LuvHealthNConception]

Let's have beers & do it .... Make the Chilli

[jeffinition]

i dig the foul language. there are plenty of other cooking shows for soccer moms.

[stevebond727200]

You might want to consider toning down the language to make this family-friendly...I'm sure many would appreciate it. Thanks!

[solobelle0433]

Make a popcorn video

[adamc404]

cool!!!! but the beer makes it not so much gluten free btw.