Becky’s Sweet Potato Chili
Feeds 15 people
Ingredients
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 medium-large sweet potatoes
3 large onions, diced
4 fresh chillies, diced
12 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chilli powder
12 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 cups of water
1.5 kg of tomatoes or 800g tinned tomatoes
800g tinned kidney beans
800g tinned haricot beans or black beans
1 lime
3 squares of dark chocolate
Optional toppings: chopped fresh coriander, feta cheese, soured cream or plain yoghurt
Directions
- If using fresh instead of tinned tomatoes, peel the tomatoes using boiling then cold water. Remove stem cores, dices and cook down tomatoes in a pot. Reduce approximately a quarter of the water and then set to the side off heat.
- Heat olive oil in a large pot and cook the onions, chillis and sweet potatoes for about 5 minutes until the onions are transparent.
- Add the garlic, chilli powder, cumin and salt to the pan and stir for 30 seconds.
- Add the water and bring the mixture to the boil then simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and beans, then simmer for a further 15 minutes (can also keep warm on the stove until the rest of the meal is ready).
- A few minutes before removing the chilli from the heat, add the squares of chocolate and stir through.
Andrea’s Chili Soup
Ingredients
12 oz can black beans
12 oz can kidney beans
12 oz can chickpeas
28 oz can crushed tomatoes
14.5 oz diced tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic
One red onion
3 limes
1 bunch of cilantro.
One qt vegetable stock
Olive oil
Brown rice