This Best Sweet Potato Chili Recipe is a star and a family favorite! This is a delicious healthy dinner recipe that doesn’t leave you short of meat.
Have you ever returned home and found a strange family living in your home? We did it recently… but luckily in our case it was paid actors! A friend of ours was filming this commercial for Hurst Beans and asked if we would consider renting out our kitchen. We did and it was an absolute pleasure to see the production. It has to be said that it is strange to see another family eating this sweet potato chili in our dining room! But it did inspire this cozy chili recipe: and we think it’ll become a family favorite in no time. (Even a family of paid actors!)
Related: The best recipes for gluten free dinners
Why Make This Sweet Potato Chili?
Before I throw this away another one Chili recipe, let’s see why this vegetarian sweet potato chili should be on your must-have list:
- It’s vegetarian but you won’t miss the meat. If you’re looking for a chili that isn’t loaded with meat, this is it.
- It’s healthy, full of veggies like sweet potatoes, a nutrient-dense superfood.
- It’s really deliciouswith the complexity of chilli secrets like cocoa powder and balsamic vinegar.
Tips for making sweet potato chili
Now that it’s chili season, we’ve been making a big batch of these sweet potato chillies and eating them for days. Here are some tips to keep in mind when crafting:
- That’s a huge pot. This one is perfect for feeding a crowd (we believe chili should only be made in bulk). It is enough for 8 servings.
- It is plant-based (vegan). If you keep the toppings vegan like with vegan sour cream, it’s also a plant-based chili! But you can absolutely top with cheese and sour cream.
- Use canned or dried beans. For the beans in this sweet potato chili recipe, you can use any kind you like: make it a sweet potato chili with black beans, or use pinto beans and chili. You can also make a casserole with your own beans: we made our own dried beans using our Dutch Oven method. You can also try our Black Bean Instant Pot method.
Chili toppings!
As any chili lover knows, toppings are key. Alex and I liked the taste straight out of the jar, but we How with hot sauce, sour cream, grated cheese and spring onions. Make sure you don’t skimp on the toppings! Here are our top 10 chili toppings:
- Sour cream or vegan sour cream
- Grated cheese
- Sliced spring onions or chopped red onion
- Roasted Salted Pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
- Chopped Red Onion
- Vegan Nacho Cheese
- Canned Pickled Jalapenos or Homemade Pickled Jalapenos
- pickled onions
- coriander
- lime wedges
Sides to serve with sweet potato chili
And of course serve with cornbread! We recommend our fan favorites Best Homemade Cornbread, Classic Cornbread Muffins, or Easy Vegan Cornbread. It’s so tender and chewy and very easy to make. We warmly recommend it! Or we have many more ideas for serving: check out our best side dishes with chili!
This Sweet Potato Chili Recipe is…
Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, gluten-free, naturally sweetened and refined sugar-free.
The description
This Vegetarian Sweet Potato Chili Recipe is a star and a family favorite! This is a delicious healthy dinner recipe that doesn’t leave you short of meat.
- 1 medium red onion
- 2 green paprika
- 1½ Books about sweet potatoes
- 6 Garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 28 ounces canned diced tomatoes
- 3 15 ounce cans of pinto, black or pinto beans or 4 ½ cups cooked chili beans, cooked by this method
- 1 cup corn (fresh or frozen)
- 2 cups vegetable soup
- 4 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup Masa Harina (optional)
- 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar (optional)
- Toppings: hot sauce, sour cream (or vegan sour cream or cashew cream), sliced spring onions, grated cheese
- Chop the onion. Chop the green pepper. Cut the sweet potatoes into small cubes (cubes about 1/2 inch thick). Be sure to cut the sweet potatoes as directed so they cook quickly and get the right chili texture. Chop the garlic.
- In a large Dutch Oven or stock pot (at least 5 liters) heat the olive oil. Sauté the onion, bell pepper, and sweet potato over medium-high heat for 8 minutes, stirring frequently. Then reduce the heat to medium-low.
- Add garlic, tomatoes and their liquid, beans, corn, vegetable stock, chili powder, cumin, cayenne, cocoa powder, kosher salt, and black pepper. Stir, then cover and cook for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- After the 25 minutes, mix the masa harina with ½ cup of water and stir in a small bowl. Add the chilli mixture to thicken and cook another 10 minutes. Stir in the balsamic vinegar.
- Season to taste with additional kosher salt and pepper.
- Cut the spring onions into thin slices. Divide chili among individual bowls and garnish with hot sauce, sour cream, scallions, and sour cream. Store leftovers in the fridge or freezer for up to 3 months.
- Category: main course
- Method: Cook
- Kitchen: American
Keywords: Sweet Potato Chili, Chili Recipes, Vegetarian Dinner Ideas, Vegan Dinner Ideas, Best Chili, Healthy Dinner Ideas
Looking for other vegan and vegetarian soups?
This site is full of vegetarian soups and vegan soups! Aside from this vegetarian sweet potato chili, here are some other vegetarian soups that we recommend:
Last updated September 2019
