How about a delicious vegetarian chili that is loaded up with lots of healthy protein and just happens to be super delicious? Chili in the slow cooker is the best because it just sits and simmers and lets the flavors meld together all day. The whole house ends up smelling amazing and if you live in an apartment the neighbors might just start wandering over to see what’s for dinner! I love this veggie chili because there is no precooking of ground meat required. Just get all the fresh ingredients chopped up and added to the pot and you are on your way to a delicious dinner.
I love using a combo of pinto and black beans but you can certainly go with all of one or the other. The must have is lots of juicy diced tomatoes!
Chop up some fresh onions and garlic and add them to the crock along with some crisp sweet corn and quinoa. Couldn’t be easier to get a healthier meal rolling!
Top it all off with some sour cream, cheese and a squeeze of lime if desired and dinner is served!
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
- 15 ounces black beans, drained and rinsed ((canned))
- 15 ounces pinto beans, drained and rinsed ((canned))
- 1 cup frozen sweet corn kernels
- 29 ounces diced tomatoes ((canned))
- 15 ounces tomato sauce ((canned))
- 1 small onion (diced)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons homemade taco seasoning blend
- 1 teaspoon dried cilantro
- sour cream, (cheese and lime juice for garnish, if desired)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients (except garnishes) in slow cooker
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4
- Garnish individual bowls with sour cream, cheese and lime as desired
Notes
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Super delicious and oohhh so easy!!
Thanks!
My friend made this for a get-together last night and I really enjoyed it. However, there was for more than 4 servings in the pot (and she didn’t double the recipe). So, my question is (and I see it’s been asked before, but not answered), how much do you consider to be a serving size? 8 oz? 12 oz?
Thanks!
I’m so sorry, I don’t have that info for this recipe. I’m in the process of remaking all recipes on my site (over 500) and hope to get this information updated as soon as possible.
What are the time adjustments if you make this in an instant pot?
I’m so sorry, I don’t have the conversions for this recipe at this time. I’m working through my old recipes to test them for the Instant Pot, so I’ll add this to my list!
Is the quinoa cooked or uncooked?
uncooked!
What is a serving size?
Can you double this easily? If so, how does that affect the cook time?
You can just double, it should cook in the same time!
If I don’t want to make all that taco blend seasoning and only want it for this dish, how much of each ingredient would I need?
Here is the link to make the individual size: https://slowcookergourmet.net/homemade-seasoning-blends/