{"id":352,"date":"2014-12-24T19:34:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T19:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/?p=352"},"modified":"2014-12-30T01:46:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T01:46:38","slug":"black-bean-and-sweet-potato-chili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/black-bean-and-sweet-potato-chili\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chili"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This chili is a nice alternative to the meat variety and the smoked paprika and sweet potatoes contribute to it&#8217;s sweet, smokey flavour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ingredients\"><h3>Ingredients<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 cup dried black beans or 1 &#8211; 19oz can of black beans,drained<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 cloves garlic<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 teas salt<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into bite size chunks<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3 tbls olive oil<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 medium onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">16 oz of crimini mushrooms or your favourite mushrooms<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">4 cloves garlic, crushed<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 teas ground cumin<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/8 teas cinnamon<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 teas cayenne<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 teas smoked paprika<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teas salt<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 398 ml can Alymer Fire Roasted tomatoes<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2\u00a0 798 ml can crushed tomatoes<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 large fresh tomato, seeded and chopped<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 cup corn niblets<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 tbls brown sugar<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Fresh cilantro or Vietnamese corriander<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Asiago\/Monterey Jack cheese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"shortcode-directions instructions\"><h3>Directions<\/h3><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If using dried beans, soak for at least 4 hours or overnight in the fridge.\u00a0 Drain and put in a saucepan adding fresh water and the garlic.\u00a0 Bring to a boil then turn the heat down and simmer for about an hour.\u00a0 The beans should be cooked but not mushy.\u00a0 The cooking time will depend on the age of the bean, the older the bean the longer the cook time.\u00a0 Once the beans are cooked you can season with the salt and remove the garlic cloves.<\/li>\n<li>Bring a pot of water to a boil, add sweet potato, return to a boil and cook 2 minutes.\u00a0 Drain and set aside to cool.<\/li>\n<li>Heat the oil in a dutch oven and add the onion and mushrooms.\u00a0 Cook until most of the moisture has evaporated out of the mushrooms.\u00a0 Add the crushed garlic and stir a couple of times.\u00a0 Add the cumin, cinnamon, cayenne, smoked paprika and salt.\u00a0 Stir to combine.\u00a0 Add the sweet potatoes and cook for another 3 minutes or so over low heat.<\/li>\n<li>Add the canned tomatoes, crushed tomatoes and fresh tomato, corn niblets and brown sugar.\u00a0 Stir and cook until well blended taking care not to mash the sweet potato but to keep mixture from sticking, about 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the beans using a slotted spoon, then add enough of the bean water to make a nice chili like consistency.\u00a0 Simmer 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Serve with fresh Cilantro and Asiago or Monterey Jack cheese.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<p>If you are lucky enough to have lots of fresh garden tomatoes I would use them to replace the canned tomatoes in the recipe or if you have garden tomatoes in your freezer I would slip the skins off them by running them under hot water and add them to replace the crushed tomatoes.\u00a0 The brown sugar is added to take the &#8220;bite&#8221; off the tomatoes, you may need more or less depending on your taste.<\/p>\n<p>This chili is great served over rice or with tortillas or corn bread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This chili is a nice alternative to the meat variety and the smoked paprika and sweet potatoes contribute to it&#8217;s sweet, smokey flavour. 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