How Much Vegan Chili Can I Make for $36? 

Hey Everyone! Let me know if you liked the format of this video! I'd like to do more budget, grocery haul style videos!

A few general chili notes: -bay leaves add a depth of flavor that tricks your mouth into thinking something has been cooking for much longer. I don’t consider them optional in any broth/soup/stew/etc. -Oregano (preferably Mexican) also adds a very typical chili flavor. Add it to the veg after the garlic is cooked -I’m not a fan of chocolate in chili, but I highly second the cinnamon. A pinch in taco seasoning is also amazing. The warmth compliments the other flavors and enhances the whole dish. -Chipotle in adobo is another amazing multi-purpose flavor component. Heat, smoke, acidity, and general depth of flavor on one tiny package. Definitely don’t skip it. -If you have a texture aversion to whole beans (like I do), make your chili a bit thinner than normal and stir in cans of refried beans towards the end of cooking. They can be hard to fully meld into the rest of the chili, so I do almost exactly what he did with the veggie base. Ladle out some of the liquid from the pot & mash/whisk the beans into it, then add the thickened bean/broth back into the whole pot. It gives flavor, nutrition, and richness. Just make sure to use vegetarian, because regular refried beans usually have animal fat.

Any time someone says that cooking vegan food is expensive, I just get confused.

Loving these tvp recipes lately! It's a pretty underrated vegan protein source where I'm from, since the recipes in the packages always instruct to boil it in plain water, making it all mushy and bland. If only people saw your videos on it

I've been looking for a good chili recipe, and I trust you more than others. Thank you!

This was an amazing video! I love this format. Anything to show how accessible vegan food can be!

Definitely like this format. All your work is awesome.

Recipe notwithstanding (looks utterly delicious, I wish I was a guest at yours for dinner!), the price comparison in this video is also really helpful, especially during the current economic squeeze. Thanks Vegan Burger Dude!

Love this! Kinda like the Cincinnati chili I grew up on. Also a big fan of batch cooking (I do tofu scramble on sheet trays, giant pots of lentil soup etc and save them for my partner's lunch so I only need to make lunch like once a month 😂) . Would absolutely love to see more of that type of large batch freezer meal prep vs what people usually do which is premade fridge lunch boxes.

I definitely liked this format a lot! Good to have a previous idea about how much the ingredients cost. So thank you a huge lot! Nice recipe :D

This is amazing! Thanks for the recipe!

And to think, Vegan chili used to be with beans as the main protein! The TVP works beautifully along with beans and your recipe adds wonderful extra depth of flavor! Awesome !

I made this and it was really delicious! Thanks for the easy recipes!

This has inspired me! Order the ingredients right now. Thanks man 🙌

you're always a lifesaver!

Making this right now! We love you and we love your videos and excited to try the tofu ground beef which we are making fo the chilli right now. Thank you dude❤

That looks really good. I made some burritos with squash, canned lentils, corn, black olives, taco seasoning and the real kicker was the Chipotle in Adobo (which I blended into a sauce). Basically, you don't need a meat substitute to make good vegan alternatives. Just get creative with seasonings. I actually preferred it to when I use the gardein b'ef grounds.

If I'm adding canned beans to my pot of chili, I use a can of black, a can of red and a can of pinto beans. I'm trying this recipe soon!

I just boughtthe book on amazon and i am going to eat for a week strictly from the book!! Cant wait to update!!

Love the new blog!!

i was in Ecuador for the whole month of October and shopping at the Mega grocery store there, $36 got me five full grocery bags of food. take your results and times them by 5 and that's how much chili you could make down there. i had your cookbook with me on that trip and i'm planning on going again in March. i'll bring it again and do a photo op in front of the City Display Sign the next time = )

I'm from West Virginia and I use a jar of Oliverio's peppers in sauce in my chili. It's a WV product, made from a family recipe & they come in sweet, mild & hot, so you can use them in just about anything! They're sold in most grocery stores in WV, Inc our Walmarts. I chop the pieces up a little before adding them to my pot after I've sautéed my onions & warmed my spices, but you could add them the last 15 minutes or so if you wanted to. I just like mine super soft & squishy. Lol 😋

This looks really good... Thank you 🥰

You know I’m gonna have to make this!

I have to make this this weekend!

Looks amazing!

Great video! Made it myself and i have to say, i think i will be eating less meat from now on because this one really hit the spot! Where im from i couldnt really find any tvp or these plant flakes, so i cooked it up with some couscous and it was amazing!

you make me smile, thank you

That looks so good!

Great video! I love the editing

I don’t like Walmart but when I’m budgeting Walmart is a better choice. Great chili recipe! Might have to try adding tvp to mine to see how my family likes it.

i cannot wait to try this when I am done with my finals!

Looks great. Looks simple enough.

Hey Burger Dude! Just made this chili (1/2 recipe) exactly as written, and WoW, it’s perfect! Love the huge amount of spices, layer upon layer of taste. Thanks so much, love the video!!

Look awesome, Dude. Another good tip for anyone trying to perfect the thickness of their chili is to use Maseca. Me, personally, I love really thick chili.

Just an update - I made chili this weekend with TVP as you demonstrated - it rocks!!! Thank you so much for the tip!! 😊👍

Looks delicious! Sadly I don't have TVP anywhere near me but lentils work perfectly fine for me. Definitely will be adding cinnamon and cocoa next time I make chili

I need to hunt chipotle adobo to enhance my next chilli for sure! Thanks !! If we say that making vegan chilli is a privilege, definitely the ability to cook any meal is priviledge in itself - and it shouldn't be. Everyone should have access to food! Donate to your local food banks folks :)

Looks lovely, but I‘m once again shocked at how expensive food can be in the US. I just returned to Germany from an internship in Boston and only now got used to „normal“ prices again. This brings me back to a year ago in Boston when I couldn‘t believe my eyes when I went grocery shopping for the first time! 😅

Looks lovely and rich. I'm trying the cocoa powder next time if I remember.

YUM! I've been making very lazy chili lately. I'm making it in the microwave in one bowl servings. lol. It's just some cherry tomatoes, pickled jalapenos with some juice, mixed greens, drained can of black beans, chili powder, paprika, smoked paprika, chipotle chili powder, cayenne, lactic acid, nutritional yeast, and black pepper. It's quite tasty for how quick it is!

I add spicy salsa to my chili, it's a game changer in my opinion!

I just made my first ever vegan chili, combining ideas from your video with J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's latest one. I used Beyond mince, and it was honestly the best chili I ever tasted, so thanks a bunch for the video, Dude!

Sounds amazing

I love cinnamon in chili! I'm also a fan of Cincinnati Chili. This looks great!

My standard has been a cheap yummy staple for decades! Onions, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, canned kidney and chili beans, chili powder, extra ancho powder, garlic, cumin, oregano. Lime juice if I have it. Sometimes veggie burger crumbles but not needed. I like to eat it w/ oyster crackers also!

I've been putting cinnamon in my taco meat and stir fry for a while, it really makes the dish something special

I know I’m late to the party, but I love this video! I usually add Impossible to my chili, but will definitely try TVP to save on costs (would pulsed soy curls work the same? Cuz I have multiple bags of that). Oh, be a cool kid and eat chili with white rice. It’s 🔥

I just finished making this recipe and WOW! It was the best vegan chili recipe I've tried. Thank you!

Awesome!!!

love if you’d be able to include some low FODMAP versions in a future video!

3 years being vegan and i've never made chili before jajajajja gonna try this tonight!!!!! so excited:-))

Love!!!!

Thanks!

This is very similar to my own chili. But I do add soaked bulgar to have some chew to the chili.

Thank you💜🙋🏾‍♀️👍🏾

Woooooh, finally did the chilli recipe with TVP! Thank you! Also, for another burger video, why don't you try making burgers with TVP and oatmeal? I tweaked Chef Ani's sausage patty recipe and come to find out that these patties make good bouncy burgers like McDonald's.

great value chili beans 🫶 a staple for my chili

This is genius! I hate it when people (especially vegans) just mindlessly recite the propaganda that eating vegan is expensive. Also, somebody gave me a bunch of cans of beans and tomatoes. I've never made chili, so I've been looking for a recipe. I think this video will send me in the right direction. So thanks!

Now I wanna try vegan chili with tvp! 😊👍

i love the lore knew exactly what this video was about when i saw it ahaha

I've never liked chili but this video makes me want to try it again LOL

Hey my beautiful friend. Look for La Fiesta spices brand of TVP they make it and I buy tons of it from my local GO for like 2 bucks for 8oz

thanks for this. i too use tvp chili.

Looks amazing!! Thx. By the way: the link to the recipe seems to be broken. From the teaser of your marvelous website as well Cheers

This looks like it would be great to take to a potluck!

Wow looks delicious man i like this recipe i want try make this anyday You win a like

If you don't do any research and get the flashy, green-washed vegan items, yeah, it's going to be expensive. I regularly make vegan chili and I can do about 10 servings for like $8. It's really easy lol Not only that, but if you have an instant pot you can make dry beans so quickly. I can do about 4 cups of chickpeas in 34 minutes at high pressure. Way easier than soaking overnight and then boiling for forever.

WONDERFUL!!!! 😍😋👍💕

That sounds like a good price to me!

Me watching a random video -- hey, those are pictures of all my supermarkets in Burbank!

Nice recipe, also wanted to let you know that the link for the mac and cheese in the previous video in the description doesn't work.

My guy! Now I want chili😑

I live in a very non-vegan-friendly small town. Chili cook off next Month. Think this would be a good recipe to enter??

This is an unrelated questions but related to your wesite. How much of your homemade taco seasoning do you add to a recipe. Do you use it just like store bought seasoning :)

My dad was a meat and potatoes guy. I did an experiment and made chili with tofu. He didn't know the difference!

Wow I only pay $3.50 for that bouillon here in Jersey at Walmart

I discovered chili not too long ago, believe it or not and wow- did not really like it, haha. I'm not used to my beans with tomatoes and peppers and all of those rest of ingredients. I bought it canned, though- I'll give it another try homemade. :)

Hello!😊😊 my partner is a meat eater… and is convinced that all veggies and fruit are ‘disgusting’.. but if I blend them so he can’t feel the bits of the veg/fruit, he will eat it. Have you got links to videos I could make any food that is vegetables but blended so he can eat it without seeing the actual vegetable pieces.. I’ve tried blended tomatoes to make a pasta sauce and he liked it but id like some ideas for ‘junk food’ that’s healthy without any vegetable pieces he can feel.

You forgot to factor in the cost of your pot lol. But, I am definitely trying cocoa powder and cinnamon in my next chili!

😱 What are the prices ?! Tasks knife on the bottom of a ceramic mug, bowl.

Serve with rice to make even cheaper

Thanks for making this, people always used that stupid argument that you showed in the beginning

Delicious Chili sin carne

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What's a good vegan sour cream brand?

Need 2try

Thanks for the recipe and videos! Quick question: written recipe says 8 cans of beans?!? Seems you are using 3 in the video… so what’s the correct qty?

From one Dude to another you REALLY need to open up a restaurant or even a food truck! All your recipes are wonderful and would kill on the street and they're so cheap it's almost instant profit. I would do it myself if it wouldn't be stealing all your recipes.

Imagine thinking cooking is a privilege

Website looks amazing! Edit: Someone is a fan of The Hat, huh? 👊

U ever heard if food not bombs? (found out about it three days ago so I'm not an expert lol)

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Instead of impossible meat can you use tofu?

Now I really vegan chili cheez fries

Jeez. TVP at nearly $5 for 340g. In the Uk, I get TVP mince from a local Turkish market for 79p (about $1) for 300g.

I love this vegan inside joke. I definitely wanna buy tvp now

So, how much vegan chili can you make if you often times ignore the lower prices for supplies and go with a higher priced alternative? -1

Ok but how much did you spend on gas?

Think there is an issue with the recipe link. Says not available