For a vegetarian red bean chili that meat lovers would like, this recipe is healthy and tastes great. It takes just a few minutes to prepare, then the chili simmers in the slow cooker leaving me free to do something else. I top bowls with shredded cheddar cheese.—Connie Barnett, Athens, Georgia

Vegetarian Red Bean Chili

(16 ounces) red beans, rinsed and drained

tomato sauce

water

(14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained

(12 ounces) frozen vegetarian meat crumbles

onion,

chili powder

cumin

garlic cloves,

pepper

salt

cayenne pepper

Sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese

In a 4-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 12 ingredients. Cover and cook on low until heated through, 5-6 hours. If desired, serve with sour cream and cheddar cheese.

Way too watery. Pretty boring vegetarian chili recipe unless you just want heat, which is fine but, meh....

To reduce salt, avoid processed foods like the veggie crumbles and canned tomatoes.  Rinsing the beans mandatory, better yet, cook your own and freeze until needed.  Use fresh tomatoes for the canned, quinoa for the crumbles.  I agree too much cumin unless you really like the spice.  Use minimum salt at cooking start, adjust about 30 minutes before meal finishes. For more interest, had frozen corn near end as well, heat just until corn is hot.

@Lwise-  the serving size is One and one-third cups.This chili has a great flavor after a few minor alterations. The cumin would be overpowering at the stated amount, so I cut it to a rounded tsp and used only one can of tomato sauce with two cans of diced tomatoes. I added some green bell pepper and diced green chilies, with only 1/4 tsp cayenne.  Oh, and we used ground beef, as we are not vegetarians. It's just a good, basic chili recipe which is easily altered to suit personal tastes.

I reall modified this recipe. Instead of tomato sauce I used 2 pts of my canned tomatoes which has basically no salt in it. I only used the chili powder and pepper for seasonings , 1 cp water  and the taste is great for us

This was easy to fix, but way too spicy for me. I will make it again but leave out the cumin and add only a sprinkle of the peppers. I will use just 1 Tbs. of chili powder and will add 1 cup of water because it was not chunky enough for me. I loved the crumbles and the easy way to prepare this in a slow cooker.

any recommendations as to how to cut down on the sodium?

God basic quick chili recipe, but added beef, green chiles; also cut down on cumin, only 1 can of tomato sauce and it was very good.

1/3 cup is a serving? I have never heard of a chili recipe with such a small serving. It seems like a lot of sodium and carbs for such a small amount.

vegetarian red bean chili

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 5 hours

Total: 5 hours, 10 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Taste of Home

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