julie@thesimpleveganista

By KEGMD

Ingredients

• Ingredients (serves 6)
• 1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 can (15 oz) kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 can (15 oz) fire roasted diced tomatoes or 1 1/2 cup diced fresh tomatoes
• 1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
• 1 large sweet pototo, diced (with or without the skin...I leave the skin on)
• 1 cup dry quinoa
• 1 onion, diced
• 5 - 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• a few dashes of garlic powder
• a few dashes of onion powder
• himalayan salt to taste
• 4 cups (32 oz) water or vegetable broth, + more as needed
• avocado, cilantro and/or diced onion, for garnish (optional)

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from thesimpleveganista.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

In large pot or dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, cook until soft and they start to turn brown (about 7 - 10 minutes). Add garlic, cook for another minute or so. Add the tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, oregano, garlic powder and onion powder, cook for 2 more minutes stirring constantly. Add tomatoes, liquids, beans and sweet potato, stir until combined. Add quinoa, bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover slightly ajar and cook for 30 - 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Chili is ready when sweet potatoes are tender. Add additional water if chili is too thick for your liking.

As with all recipes, adjust seasoning to taste. Add a 1/2 teaspoon or so chipotle powder for some added heat. Also, use whatever beans you prefer. You may even like to use one kind of bean instead of two.

Sounds like something my husband would love to eat and he'd make it, too! You have lots of recipes on this site, please let me subscribe to it.

So you add the dry quinoa with the remaining ingredients and then boil.

Yes, I just adjusted the recipe directions to be more specific. When I made mine I cooked the onion and garlic, and then added all the ingredients with the quinoa being added lastly. I think you'll find the directions a bit more clear. :)

Thank you! I actually did add it last before you replied....let me just say I LOVE THIS DISH!!! Super yummy and easy to make! My boyfriend was delighted too :)

So I'm not a vegan, but I cook vegan meals and snacks quite often I made this recipe tonight. After dabbling a bit and making a few creative adjustments I made it so spicy that it burned my face off and I'm pretty sure that I'll be giving birth to some red crayons in the morning so best of luck to the poor sap who uses the bathroom after me tomorrow. So while I was in the process of making a second batch without the spices to mix into the first to dilute it down, My arson-scathed noggin had an idea. My nonvegan self took over and spread a pile of the 5 alarm vegan chili on a bed of tortilla chips and then melted a layer of mexican cheese shreds on top. Before: Digestive tract = blown. Right now: Mind =blown. Thank you for sharing your recipes! ^^

Lol, you are so funny Erin! It sounds like you must love spice but creatively added a bit too much. ;) So glad you tried it again with great success. It sounds like you made a great meal out of this with some chips and cheese. Your so welcome....thank you for sharing your story and giving others inspiration of what to do and not to do! Cheers :)

This was one of the first vegan recipes I made by Googling dishes instead of using my handy Veganomicon "bible"--this is such an easy dish, and delicious! It's especially good for new cooks in that it shows how you can switch out ingredients, add less or more of items, or add other ingredients (I added part of a HUGEMUNGUS summer squash I'm steadily adding into everything I cook). In other words--thank you for the fantastic recipe!!! Any suggestions for making this into a more "manwich" / sloppy joe consistency? I'm steadily tricking my boyfriend to eat more veggies :)

I'm so glad this popped up for you! You bet this would make for a great sloppy joe sandwich...try using 1/2 cup less water, that should thicken it up a bit. I've been meaning to put together a sloppy joe recipe so stay tuned!

Hi Nyssa, I'm so glad you loved this! It will be perfect for the cooler days ahead. I just checked out your recipe and it looks delish...I love that you added some zucchini as well. Thank you so much for the link back! Cheers to good healthy eating. :)

I've just started to follow your blog and this is the first recipe I've made. It was so fantastic, thank you! I'm trying to transition into a mostly vegetarian home and recipes like this make it so doable. Thank you again!

After adding quinoa and beans, I cooked in crockpot for 3-31/2 hrs on hi. Turned out great.

It's great! I cooked it on low for 6 1/2 hours then added the quinoa and cooked another 1/2 hour. Yummy!! Thanks!

This looks good, I really like the addition of the avocado on top!

Wow, I love this! But I think it would be better to cook the sweet potato first (and maybe even the quinoa), as I found that even with a lot of water and regular stirring the sweet potato took ages to cook and the quinoa kept sticking to the bottom of the saucepan so I couldn't have it too hot. So next time I may boil up the sweet potato and quinoa first, and when they look almost ready add all the other ingredients (obviously not the ones you need to fry!). But even when the first time I cooked this some of the quinoa stuck to the bottom and burnt it was still lovely (and had a slightly smoky flavour lol). I'm considering making it on my next camping trip (roll on summer!), so that will be a fun challenge. Thank you sooo much for sharing this recipe!

After adding quinoa and beans, I cooked in crockpot for 3-31/2 hrs on hi. Turned out great.

I made this on Sunday for my weekly lunches and it is amazing!!!! It was so easy to make. Just tossed everything except the quinoa into the crock pot on low for 4.5 hours. Then tossed in the quinoa and cooked for another 30 minutes or so. Absolutely great!!!

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A great addition to your healthy kitchen library, vegan or not!