Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
-1 small sweet onion, small diced
-1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
-1 can organic black beans, rinsed and drained
-1 14 oz can organic fire roasted diced tomatoes, drained
-1.5 C organic veggie broth
-3 garlic cloves, minced
-1 T chili powder
-1 t cumin
-1 t paprika
-pinch cayenne
-1/2 t sea salt
-1 lime (for splash of juice at the end)
Combine all ingredients into a slow cooker (except the lime), sprayed with nonstick spray.
Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
If you’d like to add meat –I did this for the pilot-, bake an organic chicken breast seasoned with sea salt, pepper, and chili powder, dice and put into his bowl.
Add chili and FEAST
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Oh.My.Gosh.
This recipe kicks butt! I made it last night and doubled the recipe since I’ve got a few hungry and large appetites to satisfy. It is phenomenal when cooking, phenomenal hot, and phenomenal even cold! The aroma is to die for. I made a couple of changes because I added a 1/2 small tin of tomato paste and 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg (to the recipe as it appears on this page, I actually added 1 small can of tomato paste and 1 teaspoon of nutmeg since I doubled the recipe). I didn’t do it in the slow cooker because mine is too small for the batch I made, so instead I worked it with an electric frypan (deep dutch-oven style) and let it simmer at 275 for and hour, stirring often. It was a smashing success!
I had to eat it cold the next day, however, because it is too smelly for the office. And you can bet I’m having it for dinner again tonight! This is a keeper!
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I made this and added a T of nutmeg….so good!
as leftovers i served it over some mashed sweet potatoes, also thickened it up…my new fave!
The sweet potatoe black bean chili was a BIG hit! Flavors were wonderful and added a sunnyside egg ontop which made the chili creamy yummy! It wasn’t something that I would make but definately glad I did will be making this part of a fall meal:) Thanks!
Oh and I forgot to add I didn’t have any black beans on hand so I used a can of kidney beans, I also didn’t have Cayene so I used a pinch of crushed red pepper and it still tasted wonderful!
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Hi Gina! I want to make this to bring to a party tomorrow as a vegetarian friendly dinner option, how many servings does the recipe make? Thanks!
i’d say about 4 hefty servings
Thanks so much for responding so quickly! Obsessed with your blog!
This is in my crock pot right NOW;) Can’t wait for dinner tonight! xoxo sweetie & lil nuggette
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Every time you link to this, I wanna make it… Then I remember I don’t have a slow cooker! Guidance on making it on the stove top?
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I made this on Sunday and it was a HIT!! Thanks for a great recipe. And it tasted even better the next day for leftovers : )
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Hi!
I was wondering if you knew what the actual serving size was? Like a cup 1/2 etc.. And also the calories for that serving size this would really help me out! I’m not real sure how to figure that out when it is multiple servings of a large recipe! If you could help me out that would be great because I can’t find an answer anywhere! Thank you so much! I love your blog and I check it daily you are such an inspiration!!
this recipe is considerably low in calories, so i like to add in some goat cheese and/or avocado. i’d say it’s about 6 small servings, 4 hefty ones
xoxo
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