Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, homemade vegetarian chickpea and kidney bean chili. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook homemade vegetarian chickpea and kidney bean chili using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Homemade Vegetarian Chickpea and Kidney Bean Chili:
- Get 115 g dry chickpeas/garbanzo beans, soaked overnight (or 1 can cooked)
- Make ready 115 g dry kidney beans, soaked overnight (or 1 can cooked)
- Prepare 1 onion
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic
- Prepare 1 stalk celery
- Take 1 green bell pepper (or other color is okay)
- Get 1 cup fresh or frozen corn (240 ml, optional)
- Take 1 can whole tomatoes
- Prepare 1 cup tomato juice (240 ml)
- Prepare SPICES:
- Get 1 Tbsp chili powder, more to taste
- Make ready 2 tsp ground cumin
- Take 1 tsp ground coriander
- Prepare 1 Tbsp dried oregano (or some fresh)
- Make ready 1 Tbsp dried basil
- Take to taste salt & pepper
- Get Optional toppings: shredded cheese, fresh cilantro, sour cream/plain yogurt
Steps to make Homemade Vegetarian Chickpea and Kidney Bean Chili:
- If using dry beans, soak them overnight in plenty of water. Before cooking, chop up the onion, garlic, green pepper and celery.
- Heat oil in a large pot and sauté the onions and garlic until soft and transparent.
- Add the other green pepper, celery and dry spices. Sauté a few minutes until fragrant.
- Add can of tomatoes and break up into smaller chunks.
- Add beans, corn (optional) and tomato juice and stir. Add a little water, if needed, to cover all ingredients.
- Bring to a boil, turn to low and cover with lid. Let simmer for about 1 hour if using canned beans. And up to 1.5 to 2 hours if using dry beans or until they are soft. Check occasionally to stir and add water if too low.
- Once beans are desired softness, taste and adjust the spices and salt if needed. If too acidic from the tomatoes, add a teaspoon or so of sugar to mellow it out. Serve into bowls and top with your favorite toppings!
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