Easy Gluten Free Chili Recipe
Dinner doesn't get any easier than this healthy, hearty weeknight gluten free chili with sweet chicken Italian sausage, two types of beans, and your favorite toppings of choice. Enjoy fully loaded!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 421kcal
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons high oleic expeller pressed sunflower oil
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet Italian chicken sausage
- 1 small sweet onion or 1/2 large onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 14.5 oz can chopped or diced tomatoes
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup vegetable broth or chicken broth.
- 15 ounce can black beans
- 15 ounce can pinto beans
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
- Optional toppings See the recipe notes.
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large saucepan or dutch oven over medium heat. Removed casings from sausage, add to pan and cook until sausage is no longer pink (~7-10 minutes). Removed sausage from pan into a small bowl using a slotted spoon, and set aside.
- Add chopped onion and mined garlic to pan with meat drippings, and stir until onion is tender.
- Return cooked sausage to pan and add beans, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste. Add 1/2 cup broth and stir in with other ingredients. Add an additional 1/4 cup if more liquid is desired.
- Add spices and salt and pepper to taste, then turn heat down to low and simmer for ~ 20 minutes.
- Divide in to 6 bowls and garnish with toppings of choice.
Notes
Make it your own! Easy ingredient swaps & substitutions:
- Optional Toppings: Chopped onion, grated cheddar cheese, chopped avocado, chopped cilantro, sour cream, or Greek yogurt.
- Omit meat for a vegetarian version
- Omit meat and cheese for a vegan version & add extra veggies {butternut squash, sweet potatoes, fresh or frozen corn, pumpkin, chopped peppers, etc.}
- Add additional varieties of beans and/or lentils; stir in cooked whole grains such as sorghum, rice, millet, buckwheat, or quinoa.
- Have fun experimenting!
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 421kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 80mg | Sodium: 2033mg | Potassium: 890mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1960IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 117mg | Iron: 6mg