Looking for a delicious, quick, easy, healthy and frugal dinner recipe? This vegan Spicy Bean & Sweet Potato Chilli ticks all those boxes!
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I created this sweet potato & kidney bean chilli recipe three years ago and is still one of my staple favourites. It's just SO easy to make and packs in so much flavour and nutrition.
Things I love about this sweet potato chilli
- It's full of flavour
For a recipe so minimalistic, it's really big on flavour. With cayenne pepper, cinnamon and cumin spices.
- Simple to cook
This dish is definitely suitable for anyone who is new to cooking or suffers with executive dysfunction.
The prep is just peeling and chopping the sweet potato, garlic and onion, all of which you can buy pre-chopped or frozen to help you further.
- It's all in one pot
One pot means less washing up - hooray!
- Full of nutritional goodness
I put this recipe into Cronometer (a nutrient tracking site/app) and the results were impressive.
It meets over 100% of your vitamin A and K needs, very high in Vitamin C, provides 8.2g fibre and has 9.3g protein. Full nutritional content under the recipe.
If you serve this recipe with some rice, you'll create a complete protein. The combination of rice and beans mean you'll get all the essential amino acids.
- A budget-friendly recipe
Recipes centred around tinned beans and chopped tomatoes are great if you're trying to be frugal.
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📖 Recipe
Spicy Bean & Sweet Potato Chilli
A winter warming vegetarian chilli, with sweet potato, kidney beans and kale. Tasty, healthy, frugal and so easy to make.
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1 inch cubes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 red chili, finely chopped
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper , (Optional - for extra heat)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 400 g / 14 oz tin of kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 x 400 g / 14 oz tin of chopped tomatoes
- 100 g / 3.5 ozkale, washed and chopped
- Salt & pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and add the sweet potatoes, onion and garlic. Cook on a medium heat for 5 minutes until the veg has softened slightly.
- Stir in the chili, cayenne pepper, cinnamon and cumin and cook for a futher couple of minutes.
- Add the kidney beans and chopped tomatoes, stir to coat the vegetables thoroughly then simmer gently for 30-35 minutes. Add a little water if it becomes too thick.
- At the last minute, add the kale. Don't over cook it, just let it wilt slightly so it retains colour and texture.
- Season with salt and pepper and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size ¼ recipe (302 g)Amount Per Serving Calories 325Total Fat 4.6gSaturated Fat 0.7gTrans Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 217mgCarbohydrates 38.5gFiber 8.2gSugar 12.5gProtein 9.3g
The nutritional information was updated on 27/08/2021 using Cronometer
Rosie says
Made this at the weekend and have been bringing it to work for my lunches, making everyone else jealous! Love the spices and use of sweet potato, I'll definitely be making it again (possibly with added mushrooms) xx
Aimee says
So happy to hear that Rosie! Thanks for letting me know and I'm glad you enjoyed it :-) I'll definitely be making some again soon...
Have a great weekend x
Sarah & Arkadi says
this chili is FANCY! love these ingredients!
Aimee says
Haha "fancy" I love that! Thanks :-)
Thalia says
Today I ventured out into the snow just to get the cumin & kidney beans for this recipe, and it was 100% worth it! I loved how aromatic the flavours were - my mouth is watering just thinking about haha xD Thank you so much for this recipe!
Aimee says
That's so great to hear, Thalia! Thank you for letting me know how much you enjoyed it and I'm glad it was worth braving the snow for... :-)
rika@vm says
This is a gorgeous wintery chili filled with loads of yumsome goodies - and what a surprise, a savory dish - no desserts?!!!! Hehehe, no worries, I love all your posts! I’m quite ill at the moment and I would love to have some of that chili soon!
Aimee says
Haha yes, I like to surprise everyone with a savoury dish every now and then! Glad you enjoyed it anyway :-)
whatjessicabakednext says
This looks divine!
Aimee says
It is! (if I may say so myself)