Hearty Vegan Slow Cooker Chili Recipes

Steps:

• Combine black beans, butter beans, great northern beans, black-eyed peas, kidney beans, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, carrots, celery, leeks, tomato paste, chipotle chile, paprika, and chili powder in a slow cooker.
• Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, 4 to 6 hours on Low.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the green, red, and yellow bell peppers, onions, and garlic until the onions start to brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Place the mixture into a slow cooker. Stir in spinach, corn, zucchini, yellow squash, chili powder, cumin, oregano, parsley, salt, black pepper, tomatoes, black beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, and tomato paste until thoroughly mixed. Pour the tomato sauce and vegetable broth over the ingredients.
• Set the cooker on Low, and cook until all vegetables are tender, 4 to 5 hours. Check seasoning; if chili is too thick, add more tomato sauce and vegetable broth to desired thickness. Cook an additional 1 to 2 hours to blend the flavors.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add green pepper, onion and garlic; cook and stir 3-4 minutes or until tender. Transfer to a 6-qt. slow cooker., Working in batches if necessary, cook beef in the same skillet over medium-high heat until no longer pink, 8-10 minutes, breaking meat into crumbles. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to slow cooker., Stir tomatoes, tomato sauce, chiles, parsley and seasonings into beef mixture. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours to allow flavors to blend. Serve with rice and toppings as desired. Freeze option: Freeze cooled chili in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water or broth if necessary.

Steps:

• Rehydrate TVP by adding it to a medium bowl and covering with warm water. Cover with a lid or plate and let it soak for 10 minutes. Drain.
• Peel and chop sweet potatoes into ½-inch cubes.
• Empty entire can of chipotle peppers and finely chop until its nearly a paste. This adds quite a bit of heat, adjust to your heat preferences.
• Rinse and drain beans.
• Add all ingredients and spices to the slow cooker with the exception of the sweet corn. Mix well. Cook on low until sweet potatoes are tender, about 4-5 hours.
• Stir in corn. Add salt and pepper as needed. Serve warm with cornbread.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; stir in bell peppers and onions. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker.
• Add zucchini, yellow squash, and spinach to the slow cooker; stir to combine. Mix in diced tomatoes, corn, black beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, tomato paste, vegetable broth, chili powder, oregano, and cumin. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook on Low for 4 to 5 hours.