Best Chili Yet!

I have tried MANY chili recipes and haven't found 'the one' until I stumbled upon this one. I am a vegetarian (pescitarian actually, I occasionally eat fish and shellfish) so finding a recipe with tons of flavor that didn't include meat and was hearty enough to fulfill my carnivore husband has been a challenge.

Cooking Light

Chunky Vegetarian Chili

Here is the link to the recipe!

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

• 2 cups chopped onion 
• 1/2 cup chopped yellow bell pepper 
• 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper 
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar 
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 
• 2 (16-ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, undrained 
• 2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained 
• 1 (15-ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained 
• 1 (15-ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained 
• -After chopping the peppers, onion and garlic, heat oil in a dutch oven over meduim/high heat.

-Add the peppers, onion and garlic; saute for 5 minutes or until tender.

-Add beans, tomatoes, brown sugar and spices.

-Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to simmer for 30 minutes.
-Add additional salt and pepper to taste and enjoy!

I tried it as the recipe states and after adding a little more salt, it was perfect! My husband has the idea of adding Morningstar farm crumbles (faux ground beef made of soy protein) so I added a 1/2 cups of the crumbles and wow, it was fantastic!

Nutritional Information

Amount per serving

• Calories: 257
• Calories from fat: 9%
• Fat: 2.7g
• Saturated fat: 0.3g
• Monounsaturated fat: 0.5g
• Polyunsaturated fat: 1.2g
• Protein: 12.8g
• Carbohydrate: 48.8g
• Fiber: 14.2g
• Cholesterol: 0.0mg
• Iron: 4.5mg
• Sodium: 876mg
• Calcium: 150mg

Thanks to Cooking Light for this recipe!