Hearty Vegetarian Chili

Vegetarian chili with beans, corn, and vegetables in a wooden bowl.

We love a good chili, but when the budget is tight or we just don’t feel like meat this Hearty Vegetarian Chili is a great addition to the family meal plan. Super easy to throw together, it’s also a perfect way to use up leftover veggies. Add whatever you want into it!

Hearty Vegetarian Chili

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum
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A rich and warming chili packed with vegetables and beans for a hearty vegetarian meal.

Course: Recipes, VegetarianCuisine: MexicanDifficulty: Easy
Servings
+

4

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

35

minutes
Calories

250

kcal
Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp Olive oil

  • 1 Large onion-diced

  • 0.75 cup Carrots-diced

  • 2 tsp Garlic-minced

  • 1.5 cups Capsicum-diced, colour of your choice

  • 1.5 cups Zucchini-diced

  • 400 gram Kidney beans

  • 400 gram Tomatoes-whole, tinned

  • 400 gram Corn kernels

  • 1 cup Vegetable stock

  • 1 tbsp Chilli powder-more or less to taste

  • 2 tsp Cumin-ground

  • 1.5 tsp Salt-more or less to taste

  • 1.5 tsp Oregano-dried

  • 1.5 tsp Basil-dried

Directions

  • Heat oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan over a medium heat. Once warm cook the onions, garlic and carrots until tender. Then add the capsicums and chilli powder. Cook until the vegetables are tender, generally around 5 minutes.
  • Stir in the zucchini and cook for a few minutes. Then add the tomatoes, kidney beans and corn. Cook for a few minutes, then add all the spices in. Stir for 3-5 minutes and then add the stock. Depending on how ‘wet’ you want your chili to be, you can add more or less stock at this point.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce heat to medium. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring to stop it from sticking. Serve with tortilla chips if desired
Vegetarian chili with beans, vegetables, and spices in a wooden bowl.

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor
Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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