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Two-Bean Vegan Chili

A thick chili of black and kidney beans with peppers and warm spices.

Two-Bean Vegan Chili, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
47 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$7.31

Ingredients

  • 15 oz canned black beans
  • 15 oz canned kidney beans
  • 28 oz canned diced tomatoes
  • 3 oz tomato paste
  • 2 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 3 tbsp chili powder
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tsp kosher salt

Method

  1. Cook the diced onion and bell pepper in the olive oil over medium-high for 7 minutes.

  2. Add the minced garlic, chili powder, cumin, and tomato paste and cook 2 minutes until the spices smell toasted.

  3. Add the diced tomatoes, the broth, both cans of drained beans, and the salt.

  4. Simmer uncovered 25 minutes, stirring now and then, until thickened.

  5. Mash some of the beans against the side of the pot for body.

  6. Taste for salt and serve with rice or cornbread.

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 12 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
United Kingdom£26.65£6.6612 of 12 ingredients
Canada$111.48$27.8712 of 12 ingredients
United States$29.22$7.3111 of 12 ingredients
Australia$41.12$10.2811 of 12 ingredients
New Zealand$56.30$14.0811 of 12 ingredients
Spain19,01 €4,75 €11 of 12 ingredients
Egypt‏٧٥٣٫١٠ ج.م.‏‏١٨٨٫٢٨ ج.م.‏9 of 12 ingredients
Mexico$651.67$162.929 of 12 ingredients
Greece19,60 €*4,90 €8 of 12 ingredients
Germany16,23 €*4,06 €7 of 12 ingredients
Austria€ 16,65*€ 4,167 of 12 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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