Sweet Bean Chili Food

SWEET BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Fry ground beef and bacon separately then drain.
• Add with other ingredients together in large pan or crock pot.
• Bring to boil and then reduce heat to simmer for approximately 2 to 3 hours.
• Let cool.
• If using a crock pot cook on high.
• Reheat before serving if you want thicker beans.
• When I make this in the crock pot, I usually half the recipe.

SWEET BAKED BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Note: If you like more meat, and less beans, replace the Drained can of beans with a second pound of meat.
• Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat.
• Add garlic, onion, and peppers to oil, and sautee until onions are translucent and soft.
• Add ground beef to the sauteed onions, garlic and peppers, brown the meat, and drain.
• Add meat and veggie mixture to crock pot.
• Add the drained and undrained beans to the crock put, and mix with the meat.
• Add the tomato paste, water, beef gravy, katsup, hot sauce, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper to the crock pot.
• Stir all ingredients together until well blended.
• Cook in crok put on Low for 8-10 hours, or on high for 4 hours.
• Serve over rice, with hot dogs, or just have a bowl o' chili!

EASY SWEET CHILI

Steps:

• Crumble ground beef into a skillet over medium heat. Stir garlic, oregano, chili powder, and basil into the beef; cook and stir until beef is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Combine light red kidney beans, dark red kidney beans, diced tomatoes, and corn in crock of a slow cooker. Stir cooked ground beef into the bean mixture.
• Cook on Medium-Low for 2 hours. Stir sugar into the chili and continue cooking as long as you can wait, at least 6 hours. Season with salt and black pepper to serve.

SWEET POTATO AND BLACK BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Combine sweet potatoes, chipotle pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large bowl and toss to coat. Spread sweet potatoes on the prepared baking sheet in a single layer.
• Roast sweet potatoes in the preheated oven until the outside is crunchy and inside is tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool to room temperature.
• Cook and stir remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, onion, garlic, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, ancho chile powder, cumin, and dried oregano together in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
• Pour tomatoes and water into the onion mixture and bring to a simmer. Add cornmeal, 1 teaspoon salt, sugar, and cocoa powder. Bring to a simmer, stirring constantly, reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Stir black beans and cooled sweet potatoes into the onion-tomato mixture. Add more water if mixture is too thick. Simmer until heated through, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and cayenne pepper to taste. Serve topped with sour cream and cilantro.

SWEET POTATO & BLACK BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a nonstick Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, saute sweet potatoes and onion in oil until crisp-tender. Add the chili powder, garlic, cumin and cayenne; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the beans, tomatoes, coffee, honey, salt and pepper., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with cheese.

SWEET POTATO BLACK BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saute pan or small soup pot on medium high heat.
• Add onion, turkey, garlic and sweet potato and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add seasonings and saute for another 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and their juice and jalapeno and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• You might need to add water or tomato juice if too much liquid evaporates.
• Stir in red pepper and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add beans and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
• Add zucchini and cook for 5 minutes more.
• Stir in squeeze of lime juice to taste.
• Can be made a day in advance, add a little liquid when reheating.

BLACK BEAN AND SWEET POTATO CHILI (VEGETARIAN)

Steps:

• Warm the oil in a large pan over medium heat and add the onion, red pepper, garlic, and salt. Saute until soft, about 4 minutes.
• Add the sweet potato and lime zest, cook 10-15 minutes more, continuing to stir occasionally.
• Add the tomatoes, black beans, jalapeno, lime juice, cumin, chili powder, and cocoa; bring to a simmer, cover, and cook for 10 minutes.
• OR omit the oil, throw everything in a crock pot, and cook on high for 6 hours.
• Serve over brown rice with lime wedges and cilantro.