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Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili

A thick vegan chili where sweet potato goes soft and sweet against smoky chile heat.

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
50 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$7.55

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb sweet potatoes
  • 30 oz canned black beans
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 2 tbsp chili powder
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 28 oz canned fire-roasted tomatoes
  • 2 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 lime
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)

Method

  1. Cook the diced onion and pepper in the olive oil 6 minutes.

  2. Add the garlic, chili powder and cumin and cook one minute.

  3. Stir in the peeled, cubed sweet potato, the tomatoes and the broth.

  4. Simmer covered 20 minutes, until the sweet potato is nearly tender.

  5. Add the drained beans and simmer uncovered 10 minutes more, until thick.

  6. Season with salt and finish with lime juice and cilantro.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
Canada$100.41$25.1011 of 11 ingredients
United Kingdom£22.64£5.6610 of 11 ingredients
United States$30.20$7.559 of 11 ingredients
Australia$37.10$9.289 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$45.70$11.439 of 11 ingredients
Greece18,28 €4,57 €8 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏٥٤٨٫٤٨ ج.م.‏‏١٣٧٫١٢ ج.م.‏8 of 11 ingredients
Germany26,03 €6,51 €8 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$629.53$157.388 of 11 ingredients
Spain11,31 €*2,83 €7 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 18,37*€ 4,596 of 11 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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