Mothers #1 Vegetarian Chili

Submitted by weekend cooker

"This is so good, this is a hand-me-down family recipe."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 6 bowls
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 2 (850.48 g) can stewed tomatoes
• 425.24 g can kidney beans, rinsed, and drained
• 425.24 g can pinto beans, liquid reserved
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 14.79 ml chili powder
• 198.44 g package elbow macaroni
• 59.14 ml butter, sliced
• 14.79 ml oregano
• 4.92 ml basil
• 4.92 ml black pepper

directions

1. In a4 or 5 quart slow cooker, combine tomatoes, kidney beans, pinto beans, onion, bell pepper, chili powder,pepper, oregeno, basil, and 1 cup of water.
2. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours, or on high for 2 hours.
3. Cook macoroni, according to package directions, drain and stir butter into hot macoroni.
4. Fold into chili.
5. If desired, top each serving with shredded cheddar cheese.

Reviews

[Lucky in Bayview]

Super easy and just the ticket for a busy, snowy day. I did have to kick up the spices a bit by adding about 1/4 teaspoon each of garlic powder and cumin, also little molasses, something my mom taught me and then reduced the butter to about 1.5 tablespoons. Tasty and really filling. My DH loved this and is looking forward to taking the leftovers to work. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[loof751]

Very nice and filling chili! I used hot chili powder to give a bit of a kick. We don't use much salt but I did find that some was needed so I added a little at the end of the cooking time. I used large elbow macaroni which I thought went great with this hearty chili. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[NorthwestGal]

We really enjoyed this chili. And it wasn't too spicy hot, so even my little kids were happy. It was tasty and quite a full meal with the macaroni noodles. I will probably do as another reviewer suggested though and add a bit of cayenne when I want a bit of "kick" when making this. But it's a good vegetarian chili that I know I'll make again. Thanks for sharing your recipe, weekend cooker.

 

[Brooke the Cook in]

Makes a great big crock of chili once you get the noodles in there! This is a good 'needing something filling in a jiffy' type of recipe and I often have everything to make it on hand. I threw in a good sprinkling of cayenne. I did not add additional butter to this. The only thing was that after I added the noodles, they seemed to suck up all the liquid, so it was really more like a casserole and less like chili - but it tasted great, nonetheless!

 

[Enjolinfam]

Wonderful! My whole family enjoyed this. Had it with some corn bread to make a perfect meal. We will repeat this. Thanks! Made for 1-2-3 Zaar Tag.