I have been cooking most of my life. As a little girl I loved to cook with my Mom and my Grandma. Now that I have a large family of my own, cooking has become more of a necessity. When our new neighborhood sent out an email that they were holding a chili cookoff I knew we needed to prepare an entry. I really did not think we would win, especially against other meatier chilis. But now that the chili cookoff is past us, I can say we are winners, we won first place!! Not only did we win, we won with our vegan chili, woohoo! We have been eating vegan foods for many many years, so to us vegan is quite normal, but the rest of the world? We were not so sure that people would like a chili without meat in it. This chili is not too spicy and full of protein, warmth and love. I hope you enjoy it with your family.
Ingredients
- 2 packages of vegan meat crumbles(we used Yves brand 12 oz each)
- 2 T Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 cups of water
- 1 can 28 oz crushed tomatoes
- 1 can 14 oz stewed tomatoes
- 2 cans of kidney beans, drained
- 1/3 cup chili powder
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper (optional if you like it spicy)
Instructions
- Heat up your pan until it is very hot.
- Add in your extra virgin olive oil and let it get hot as well.
- Saute your fake ground beef for about 3-4 minutes.
- Add in your onions, red pepper, and garlic. Saute for another 3-4 minutes.
- Add in all the rest of your ingredients.
- Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
- Reduce the temperature and simmer gently for about 30 minutes.
- You can cook it longer to get it to thicken up more. You can also add in a little flour/water combination to make it a bit thicker.
- Serve with a little vegan cheese on top.
- Enjoy!
That looks wonderful and will try making it this way the next time we want chili. Congratulations on the cook off win!
Thank you!! Still can’t believe we won!
YUM!!! Chilli is the best! And it definitely warms you right up.
Chili is really the perfect winter meal. Warms your body and your soul. Thanks for visiting!
Congratulations! I love chili, so I’m definitely pinning this recipe to make soon. Thank you for sharing your prize winning recipe!
Thanks for pinning! I hope you enjoy it with your family soon.
Oooh this looks yummy!!
Thank you!
I have been meaning to make some chili one of these days… This recipe sounds is making me hungry for some!
I hope you get a chance to try it Willow. Thanks for visiting.
Yum. I don’t eat poultry or red meat and my family does. We are always looking for good things we can all eat. This works :).
We also have a large family and many do not eat meat or poultry. This chili really fills you up and is great for the meat eaters who might not realize it is vegan!
Must be the cinnamon. Always a magical ingredients!
Cinnamon really is a magical ingredient!
This looks super yummy! I am visiting my family in Green Bay, and it is a balmy 23 degrees with wind chill. This looks perfect for staying cozy during the cold days. I wonder if my gramps will notice the fake meat? 😉 I will give it a try! Thanks.
Well, the fake meat that is available now, really tastes a lot like real meat. I would be curious if your family notices! You can also easily substitute in real ground beef if you want to!
I love this hearty & delicious vegan chili. This was the very first chili recipe I ever tried about a decade ago and fell in love with it. It has been a while I made this, so thank you for reminding me about it.
That is awesome! I hope my recipe is as good as you remember it being!
Congratulations on your win! I love vegan chili and pinned to give this a try.
Thank you! I hope you love it and also find it award winning!
I am not vegan, but love to eat foods like this. They are yummy and filling. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
You can easily make this recipe non vegan by using regular ground beef or chicken or turkey if you prefer! Just brown the meat before starting to add the rest of the ingredients.
I love chili! It’s one of my go to recipes during the colder months. Mm, now I want some. Happy Saturday & congratulations on the win!
Thank you so much! I still cant believe we won. I hope you can make some chili, it sure did get colder here overnight. Time to make another batch of chili!
I’m a vegan and this look so yummy and delicious! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy it.
Congratulations!
This looks delicious! Love that it’s an easy recipe and doesn’t have to cook all day.
It is actually a pretty quick chili. Still hard to believe we won!
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