Recipe- Easy To Make Vegetarian Chili

This Easy Vegetarian Chili Recipe is our family's go-to, one-pot meal. It's full of vegetables, made with pantry staple ingredients, and is so easy to make. It's a delicious vegan chili that everyone raves about! There is one thing you need to know: I wasn't joking about this being an easy chili recipe. Even though I have all the ingredients listed in proper measurements, feel free to eyeball and make substitutions. This is one chili that you cannot mess up.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 large onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, finely minced
1-3 tablespoons chili powder, more will be spicier
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
¼ – 2 teaspoons chili flakes, the more chili flakes the spicier it will be
2 medium bell peppers, diced
2 medium carrots, diced
3 medium celery stalks, diced
2 28-ounce cans of whole tomatoes and their juice, use your hands to roughly crush the tomatoes
2 15-ounce cans of beans, drained and rinsed (we like kidney and white beans)
2 cups frozen corn, you could use fresh but frozen is easy and works great
Sea salt, to taste (we like about 2 teaspoons)
Optional toppings: sour cream, cheddar cheese, cilantro, diced avocados, or green onion

Method

* Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sauté for about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute more. Add the chili powder, cumin, oregano, and chili flakes and stir.

* Add the peppers, carrots, and celery and cook for about 5 minutes, or until they just start to soften. Add the tomatoes and their juice and bring to a simmer. Once the chili begins to simmer, reduce the heat to medium-low. You want the chili to be at a low simmer with the lid off.

* Continue to cook the chili, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Add beans and corn and let the chili return to a simmer. Cook for 5 more minutes or until the corn and beans have heated through. Season generously with sea salt.

* Serve on its own or topped with one (or all!) of the delicious toppings. Enjoy.