Harvest Chipotle Chili

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Sweet potatoes and apples hold their own with spicy chipotle chilies in this perfect sweet-heat balance. Does it take a lot of peeling and chopping? Yes. Is it worth it? Oh, yeah. 

Harvest Chipotle Chili
Prep Time:
30 mins
Cook Time:
25 mins
Total Time:
55 mins
Servings:
8

Ingredients

  • 3 medium orange sweet peppers, halved and seeded

  • 2 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce

  • 2 cloves garlic

  • 1 ½ pounds ground pork, ground beef or uncooked ground turkey or chicken

  • 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)

  • 1 pound sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

  • 1 15 ounce can reduced-sodium pinto beans, rinsed and drained

  • 1 14.5 ounce can hominy or one 15.5-ounce can butter beans, rinsed and drained

  • 1 14.5 ounce can chunky chili-style tomatoes or stewed tomatoes, undrained

  • 1 12 ounce can beer or one 14.5-ounce can reduced-sodium chicken broth

  • 1 14.5 ounce can reduced-sodium chicken broth

  • 2 medium Granny Smith or tart red apples, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped

  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt

  • ½ cup coarsely chopped dry-roasted cashews

Directions

  1. In a food processor, cover and process sweet peppers, chipotle peppers and garlic with on/off turns until finely chopped. Set aside.

  2. In an 8-quart Dutch oven, cook ground pork and onion over medium-high heat until meat is brown and onion is tender, breaking up meat as it cooks. Drain off fat. Add pepper-garlic mixture; cook and stir for 5 minutes.

  3. Stir in the sweet potato, pinto beans, drained hominy, undrained tomatoes, beer, chicken broth, apples and salt. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 25 to 30 minutes or until sweet potato is tender.

  4. Top each serving with cashews. Makes 8 servings.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

424 Calories
19g Fat
40g Carbs
21g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 8
Calories 424
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 19g 24%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Cholesterol 61mg 20%
Sodium 866mg 38%
Total Carbohydrate 40g 15%
Total Sugars 13g
Protein 21g
Vitamin C 1mg 4%
Calcium 71mg 5%
Iron 3mg 15%
Potassium 648mg 14%
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