Making Vegetarian Bean Chili

Series Summary

Chili is one of the most versatile food dishes in all of history, as it lends itself to almost any variation a creative chef can imagine. The origin of chili is not exactly known, though it was certainly developed in Mexico or along the border towns of California in the mid-1800's. It was made from the food left over from other meals prepared in small cantinas, and was cheap and easy to make. Today, most chili is made with chili peppers, beans and meat, but can also contain tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, corn and anything else the chef may have lying around.

In this free video series, our expert will demonstrate how to make a delicious and spicy vegetarian chili. This hearty chili replaces meat with a variety of beans in order to make it vegetarian and healthier. Our expert will give you step-by-step instructions on how to prepare the peppers, onion, jalapeños, and other chili peppers. You will also get tips on how to saute the vegetables, simmer the chili, and even how to make vegetarian Frito pie. This great recipe is sure to please everyone in the family, even the meat eaters!

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Drew and in this series I'm going to be showing you how to make a vegetarian chili. It is not necessarily just for vegetarians if it is just like a bean chili so meat eaters can have it too. It is very good so they should enjoy it. Since I have been a vegetarian for over 2 years and I really enjoy chili cause I'm from Texas and my mom use to make me chili all the time. So I really sot out the chili recipes and I kind of made my own recipe from this basic recipe that I started with. It is basically like 2 cans of beans, a can of tomatoes, 1/2 can of corn, and then some vegetables like diced up bell pepper, diced up onions and then some hot peppers. Like jalapeños and I'm going to put a poblano pepper in there. Depending on how spicy you like it you can use more or less peppers. It is a really good chili, I hope you enjoy it. I'm going to serve it up Texas style which means Frito pie. So we got our chili here on a layer of Frito's and cheese you can see down there. Absolutely delicious so if you are ready it is chili time. "