Mildly Spiced Chili

Name: Mildly Spiced Chili
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Latin American
Ingredients: 1 16 oz can of Bush's best mild chili pinto beans with its sauce (used the vegetable broth by pouring into this can to get all the flavors out); 1 16 oz black bean can (rinsed - fun fact rinsing beans helps reduce some of the starches that cause gas); 1.5 cups reduced sodium vegetable broth or enough to get the liquid to almost cover everything; 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp yellow curry powder; 1/2 tsp cumin powder; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp minced garlic; 1 red onion diced; 2 jalapenos diced (with its seeds) - we find sauteing them helps cook out some of the spice depending on how long it's cooked but it'll still be somewhat spicy in this recipe; 2 stalks of celery diced; 15 baby carrots chopped (it's what we had in the fridge, could have easily shredded carrots instead), it'll provide some sweetness (carrabbas uses carrots in their spaghetti sauces); 2 tsp ginger paste; 1/2 tsp paprika powder; 1/4 tsp to 1/2 tsp garlic powder; 1/2 tsp onion powder; 1/2 cup medium salsa; 1/8 to 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder

7 steps

Prep:10minCook:25min

It seems like a long list of ingredients but we just used what we had in the house!

Updated at: Sat, 17 May 2025 18:25:01 GMT

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Ingredients

6 servings

1 x 16 ozcan mild chili pinto beans

with its sauce, used the vegetable broth by pouring into this can to get all the flavors out

1 x 16 ozblack bean can

rinsed - fun fact rinsing beans helps reduce some of the starches that cause gas

1 ½ cupsreduced sodium vegetable broth

or enough to get the liquid to almost cover everything

½ tspyellow curry powder

½ tspcumin powder

¼ tspblack pepper

2 Tbspminced garlic

1red onion

diced

2jalapenos

diced, with its seeds, we find sauteing them helps cook out some of the spice depending on how long it's cooked but it'll still be somewhat spicy in this recipe

2 stalkscelery

diced

15baby carrots

chopped, it's what we had in the fridge, could have easily shredded carrots instead, it'll provide some sweetness, carrabbas uses carrots in their spaghetti sauces

2 tspginger paste

½ tsppaprika powder

¼ tspgarlic powder

½ tsponion powder

½ cupmedium salsa

⅛ tspcinnamon powder

Instructions

Step 1

Heat olive oil to medium heat in a large pot

Step 2

Add chopped jalapenos with its seeds, celery, carrots, and red onion and cook on medium for about 10 to 15 minutes, I just threw in the vegetables as I was chopping them

Step 3

Add the 2 tbsp minced garlic and saute for a minute

Step 4

Add in both cans of beans

Step 5

Heat to boil, might need to turn the heat to medium high heat and once it boils, turn to simmer on low and now you'll add the curry, cumin, paprika, black pepper, ginger paste, medium salsa, cinnamon, garlic and onion powders

Step 6

Cover and simmer on low for at least 10 minutes, or however long it takes to cook your brown rice, but the longer the better! Instant brown rice will take about 15 minutes

Step 7

Enjoy with Greek yogurt (as a substitute for sour cream), shredded cheese, and brown rice