Taisen's vegetarian 5 bean chili

• 2 cans of light or dark red kidney beans
• 1 can butter beans
• 1 can capellini beans
• 1 can mild chili beans
• 1 can northern beans
• 2 cans of tomato sauce
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 can diced tomatoes or leave this out
• 2 packets of taco seasoning
• 6 to 8 tablespoons of chili powder ( you can add more or less )
• 5 tsp garlic powder ( you can add more or less or even use 2 or 3 cloves of garlic , minced or diced fine )
• 4 tsp onion powder ( I like extra onion flavor, but you can omit this )
• 1 red pepper flakes , red pepper and / or black pepper ( optional )
• 1 block ( 8 ounce ) cheese . we use cheddar . shredded ( optional )
• 1 small purple / red onion ( optional )

1. Open all cans of beans.
2. Drain juices.
3. Add to crock pot
4. Add in onion
5. Add seasonings.
6. Chili powder , onion powder , taco seasoning.
7. Mix well .
8. Red and black pepper if using.
9. ( as you can see , I add a lot of spice because my family loves chili to be extra spicy ) stir well
10. Add in the tomatoes and tomato sauce.
11. Stir .
12. Set crock pot on high for 4 to 6 hours .
13. Stir every hour if your crock pot is like mine.
14. Mine gets over hot so a lot of times I use medium heat longer .
15. Before serving , shred the block cheese and dice onion as a topping.
16. If making cornbread do this now or use butter bread.
17. Serve with butter bread , cornbread or salad .
18. Enjoy

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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/349514-taisens-vegetarian-5-bean-chili (may not work)