Two Bean Chili
over baked sweet potato
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Smarts #2: Like most chili recipes, this one is even better if made a day ahead so the flavors have time to develop in the fridge overnight.
Ingredients
- Onions, medium - 1, diced
- Carrots - 12 oz, diced
- Garlic - 3 cloves, chopped
- Chili powder - 3 tsp
- Paprika - 2 tsp
- Cumin - 1 tsp
- Coriander, ground - 1 tsp
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
- Green onions - 3, chopped, green and white parts combined
- Beans, red kidney (14 oz / 397 g) - 2 cans, drained and rinsed
- Beans, black (14 oz / 397 g) - 1 can, drained and rinsed
- Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp
- Tomato paste - 2 Tbsp
- Stock, any type - 1 cup
- Tomatoes, diced and preferably fire-roasted (28 oz / 794 g can) - 1 can
- Sour cream - for serving (sub plain or Greek yogurt)
- Sweet potatoes, medium - 4, sliced in half lengthwise
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Prep
- Sweet potatoes / Onions / Carrots / Garlic - (If prepping right before cooking, get oven heating first.) Prep as directed. Combine onions and carrots. Store sweet potatoes and garlic in their own containers. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Combine spices - Combine chili powder, paprika, cumin, coriander, and salt. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Green onions - Chop green onions, combining green and white parts.
- Beans - Drain and rinse.
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Make
- Heat oven to 400F / 204C.
- Rub halved sweet potatoes on all sides with some cooking oil. Place potatoes cut-side down on a sheet pan. Transfer to oven and roast until potatoes are fork-tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
- While potatoes roast, heat a Dutch oven with oil over medium-high heat. Add onions and carrots and saute until soft, 5 to 6 minutes.
- Add tomato paste, garlic, and spices to onions and carrots. Saute for 2 minutes.
- Pour stock, tomatoes (including liquid), and beans into pan. Bring to a simmer and then reduce heat to low-medium. Put the lid on the chili, leaving it slightly ajar, and simmer for 20 minutes. (Watch the chili and give it a stir every 5 to 10 minutes. If too much liquid simmers off, add a bit more stock or water to prevent it from burning on the bottom of the pan.)
- When potatoes and chili are done, taste chili and season it with some salt and pepper. Add some hot sauce (not in ingredients list) if you’d like more heat.
- Set aside 1/3 of the chili (about 2 cups / 475 mL for 4 servings; adjust if customizing) for Wednesday.
- Place sweet potatoes, cut-side up, on serving plates. Gently mash them with a fork. Spoon chili over sweet potatoes and serve with sour cream and green onions on top. Enjoy!
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Delicious, easy, straightforward, quick--this one's a keeper! I used ground turkey that I had on hand instead of beef and it worked great. Ended up eating the sweet potatoes separately since they were so appetizing plain (they're a favorite). Chili worked just fine on its own, though I'm sure it would be tasty on the potatoes too.
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Easy one that we actually did in the slow cooker. I just diced and roasted the sweet potatoes, heated them up when it was dinner time, and added them to my chili instead since most of my family doesn't like sweet potatoes. They're used to having corn chips with their chili but I was trying to make it healthier. :) They weren't all huge fans of it without the corn chips but I thought it was great.
0 HelpfulReally good and filling. The lunch leftovers were actually so big that I split them in half and ate them twice.
0 HelpfulDelicious, easy, straightforward, quick--this one's a keeper! I used ground turkey that I had on hand instead of beef and it worked great. Ended up eating the sweet potatoes separately since they were so appetizing plain (they're a favorite). Chili worked just fine on its own, though I'm sure it would be tasty on the potatoes too.
1 HelpfulNothing fancy here, but a solid, filling meal that was easy to make and froze super well. I made a huge batch of these and have them in my freezer at work for emergency lunches. I love the idea of the sweet potato base.
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