Texas Vegetarian Chili

I went to a multi-faith cooking class in May and the women there had done a Texas-themed menu. The food was super-duper good and easy to make. So i'm giving the recipes exactly as I got them from them, and I'll let you know the variations I've done.

Here we go,

Ingredients:
1/2 lb. black beans, red beans, pinto beans
2 tbsp. salt
2 yellow onions chopped
2 cloves of garlic, diced
1 cup buttter
1 pint sweet peppers diced and seeded
1 pablano pepper seeded and diced
2 jalapeno peppers seeded and diced
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 chipotle chili powder
2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. chili powder
28 oz. can diced tomatoes drained
28 0z. can crushed tomatoes
15.5 oz can white hominy drained

Directions:

Soak beans in ample water overnight with 2 tbsp. salt

Rinse and drain beans.

Place beans and 2 yellow onions in a slow cooker and cook for 6 hrs.

Drain liquid from beans.

In a large stockpot add 1 cup butter, 1 yellow onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 pint diced sweet peppers, 1 pablano pepper and 2 jalapeno peppers. Cook until onion is clear.

Add beans to onion and pepper mixture.

Add 28 oz can of diced tomatoes, 28 0z can of crushed tomatoes, and 15.5 oz can of white hominy.

Add remaining spices and cook on medium until it comes to a boil. Then turn to low and cook for 3-4 hours.

To serve top with sour cream & cheddar cheese. Enjoy!

OK NOTES:
First of all, I dont own a slow cooker, so I just used a regular pot and my regular stove. Worked wonders for me! I just had to keep watching it though.
I only used red beans and I thought it was fine, although the chili I had at the event did taste a lot better than mine...but then I also added about 4 lbs of ground beef when I made just because my husband can not eat something without any meat in it. Omnivore, nothing. He's all carnivore.

Also, at the event they really went all out with the chili. When serving it, first they put a scoop of rice (in each individual serving), then came the chili, then fritos, then sour cream, then cheddar cheese, then green onions. SO obviously it tasted divine.

Also, I'm thinking for desi people, it should be a bit more spicy?
I dunno, maybe you will need to play around with it a bit.

Again, enjoy!