RECIPE: Creamy White Bean Chili
Looking for a healthy alternative to a high-calorie bowl of chili? This white bean vegan option is sure to do the trick!
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Brianna Goebel
This creamy white bean chili recipe comes from Southern Vegan: Delicious Down-Home Recipes for Your Plant-Based Diet by Lauren Hartmann (Page Street Publishing Co., 2020). Enjoy!
Creamy White Bean Chili
This white bean chili is a healthy alternative to the usually heavy, high-calorie meal.
Equipment
- 1 Blender
Ingredients
- 3 15-oz. cans navy, cannellini, or great northern beans drained, divided
- 1½ cups vegetable broth divided
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ medium yellow onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
- Pinch plus 1 tsp salt divided
- Pinch plus ½ tsp black pepper divided
- 8 oz. canned diced green chilies plus more as needed (optional)
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- Pinch of chili powder
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- Finely chopped fresh chives optional
- Vegan sour cream optional
- Pickled jalapeños
Instructions
- Add 1 can of the beans to a blender. Add ½ cup (120 ml) of the broth and blend on high until the beans are completely smooth. Set the white bean cream aside.
- Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic. Sauté for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the onion is translucent, reducing the heat if needed to prevent burning.
- Add the remaining 2 cans of beans to the pot. Stir and season the mixture with the pinch of salt and pinch of black pepper.
- Add the green chiles to the pot, stirring to combine. Sauté for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the remaining 1 cup (240 ml) of broth, the white bean cream, the remaining 1 teaspoon of salt, cumin, the remaining ½ teaspoon of black pepper, chili powder, and cayenne pepper to the pot. Stir to combine and reduce the heat to low. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the chili has thickened slightly.
- Taste and adjust the seasonings. Serve the chili with chives (if using), sour cream (if using), pickled jalapeños (if using), or more green chiles (if using).
Notes
Reprinted with permission from Southern Vegan by Lauren Hartmann. Page Street Publishing Co. 2020. Photo credit: Julie Grace & Lauren Hartmann.
Nutrition
Calories: 58kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 360mgPotassium: 151mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 261IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1mg
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Brianna Goebel
Brianna is StyleBlueprint’s Associate Editor and Sponsored Content Manager. She is an avid fan of iced coffee and spends her free time reading romance novels.