Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili. Sweet potatoes stand in for beans in this hearty chili and are a nice compliment to the smoky chipotle pepper. It's great served with diced avocado, fresh cilantro, and lime wedges. Feel free to double the batch and freeze some for future meals because it's super freezer-friendly though the sweet potatoes will breakdown a bit after you thaw.
If you prefer a milder version of this chili, cut back on the amount of chipotles, and add some smoked paprika. For an extra delicious twist, try subbing your favorite beer for the vegetable broth. Add in the flesh of the cooked sweet potato - as a thickener and to balance out the spiciness of the chipotle - and mix everything to together. You can cook Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili using 24 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili
- Prepare of Ingredients.
- It's of olive oil.
- Prepare of butter.
- It's of Sweet potatoes.
- It's of red onion.
- It's of yellow onion.
- Prepare of red pepper.
- It's of garlic.
- It's of broth (chicken or veggie).
- You need of black beans (rinsed and drained).
- Prepare of quinoa.
- You need of Chipotle peppers.
- It's of adobo sauce from canned Chipotle peppers.
- You need of diced tomatoes with juice.
- You need of Green chiles.
- Prepare of dried Chipotle flakes.
- It's of ground cumin.
- You need of chili powder.
- It's of paprika.
- It's of ground cinnamon.
- It's of salt(to taste).
- It's of lime or lemon juice.
- It's of crema.
- You need of avocado, sliced.
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Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili instructions
- In large heavy bottom pot, heat olive oil and butter. Sautee cubed sweet potatoes, chopped onion, and red pepper until soft-about 15 minutes..
- Add garlic, all ground and dried spices, broth, and uncooked quinoa to pot. Mix well..
- Add black beans, green chili's, diced tomatoes, chopped chipotle peppers with adobo sauce, and mix well. Bring to a boil and then lower to a simmer and cover for 20 minutes, until quinoa is soft. Allow chili to simmer until desired consistency is reached..
- Mash 1/4 of sweet potato cubes to enhance consistency. Pour in lime or lemon juice and remove from heat. Add salt to taste..
- Spoon into bowl and garnish with avocado slices and large spoonful of crema!.
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