Chipotle, Mixed Bean and Red Pepper Stew

Chipotle, Mixed Bean and Red Pepper Stew

2 min read
This rich and flavoursome stew makes a delicious vegan main course that can easily be doubled up so that you can ‘eat one and keep one’. Serve one day with crusty bread to soak up the sauce, then use a second batch to fill some tasty tacos or burritos.

Serves 4 

Prep time 15 minutes

Cook time 28 minutes

 

Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 red onion, peeled, halved and sliced

250g sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 2cm chunks

1 large red pepper, deseeded, halved and diced into 2cm chunks

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 tsps smoked paprika

1 tbsp chipotle paste 

2 tbsps tomato purée

400g can chopped tomatoes

300ml vegetable stock, made with one vegetable stock cube

Salt and black pepper

1½ tbsps cornflour, mixed with 2 tbsps cold water

2 x 400g mixed beans, drained and rinsed

Small bunch flat leaf parsley, chopped

To serve

Crusty bread

 

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large non-stick saucepan, add the onion and fry gently for 4 minutes, until the onion has softened and is caramelised. Add the sweet potatoes and red peppers, and continue to fry gently for a further 3 minutes. 
  2. Next add the garlic, smoked paprika, chipotle paste and tomato purée, and continue to cook for a minute until the vegetables are coated in the spices. 
  3. Stir in the chopped tomatoes,  vegetable stock and season with salt and black pepper. Bring to the boil, cover then simmer for 15 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
  4. Stir the cornflour mixture and the mixed beans through the tomato sauce and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes, until the beans are heated through, the sauce has thickened and the stew is piping hot. 
  5. Stir ¾ of the chopped parsley through the stew and check the seasoning.
  6. Serve the stew in warm bowls, with a sprinkling of the remaining chopped parsley and some crusty bread.

 

Tip

If you have any vegan yogurt, try serving a spoonful on the side.

 

Savings

34 minutes 

32p

Chipotle, Mixed Bean and Red Pepper Stew